There's a cruel irony to PenrithPanthers rookie Taylan May's grand final heartache. The NRL's decision allowing May to serve a 2-match ban for assault next season triggered outrage. Now, he'll miss Sunday night's decider anyway due to injury. NRL 7NEWS
has been ruled out of Sunday’s sell-out clash with a hamstring injury, meaning Staines has hung on to his spot and the Panthers will go into the game unchanged from the team that defeated South Sydney.
Staines, who has played 14 games for the Panthers this season, earned a recall for Penrith’s preliminary final win over the Rabbitohs with May sidelined with injury and suspension.Credit:after he was sent for two head injury assessments last week.”Playing NSW Cup has helped me and when I get that chance in first grade I want to bring that into first grade,” Staines said.
“I’ve been getting a good few games under my belt. I feel like I’ve been going OK whenever I’ve stepped up this year.” It’s heartache for May who trained separately from the rest of the Penrith players on Tuesday at an open session at Panthers Stadium.on the reserves list after he missed last week’s preliminary final win over North Queensland with a hamstring issue.will hold the centre spot if Opacic fails to pass a late fitness test while Cartwright has been named as Parramatta’s 18th man.
Prior to the teams being announced, Opacic said: “It’s in the hands of the medical staff but if I’m not 100 per cent ready to go, I’m not going to jeopardise the team for my own benefit.”has again been named on the bench despite spending the entire preliminary final there. Earlier in the season the Eels coach was forced to bat off criticism for selecting his son amid calls of favouritism.NRL GRAND FINAL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 7.30pm AEDT1. Dylan Edwards 2. Charlie Staines 3. Izack Tago 4.
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