We take a look at Sunday’s (28/07/2019) NRL 2019 Week 19 match is between Penrith Panthers and Canberra Raiders. Bookmakers have been unable to split the two teams in early betting.
When: Sunday July 28, 4:05pm
Where: Panthers Stadium
Bet: Bet On This Match HERE
Preview:
The Panthers are gunning for their seventh win in a row when they play Canberra in the closest match to call on Sunday afternoon. After being down and out for much of the season, Penrith has risen from the ashes to sit in seventh spot on the table.
The loss of Viliame Kikau to suspension is big for Ivan Cleary’s men, with the second rower a huge reason why they’ve been able to climb out of the bottom four in the past two months. They face a Canberra team that is in the top four after a trio of wins. Josh Papalii is starting at prop, with Sia Soliola shifting to the bench in an otherwise unchanged side that beat Wests 20-12 last week.
These two have played some tremendous matches recently, with their last meeting in Penrith a 40-31 win to the Panthers. In round 8 this season, the Raiders got the better of Penrith 30-12.
The Wolf expects this result to be much closer and while the Raiders have shown themselves to be in good form, they have played in fits and bursts in the past month. They have been a dominant first half team though, racing out to big leads against the Sharks, Eels, Dragons and Tigers, but not being at their best for a full 80 minutes. It’s a step up in opposition this Sunday and the Panthers should edge this one.
Odds:
Tip: Penrith Panthers at $2.00
Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Josh Mansour at $9.00
Teams:
Panthers: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Josh Mansour 3. Dean Whare 4. Brent Naden 5. Brian To’o 6. James Maloney 7. Nathan Cleary 8. James Tamou 9. Mitch Kenny 10. James Fisher-Harris 12. Frank Winterstein 13. Isaah Yeo 14. Wayde Egan 15. Jarome Luai 16. Moses Leota 17. Reagan Campbell-Gillard 18. Jed Cartwright 19. Spencer Leniu 20. Stephen Crichton 21. Liam Martin
Players cut: 11. Viliame Kikau
Raiders: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Bailey Simonsson 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Michael Oldfield 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Jack Wighton 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Josh Papalii 9. Josh Hodgson 10. Iosia Soliola 11. John Bateman 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Joseph Tapine 14. Siliva Havili 15. Emre Guler 16. Corey Horsburgh 17. Dunamis Lui 18. Sam Williams 19. Royce Hunt 20. Sebastian Kris 21. JJ Collins
*Odds correct at time of posting. Subject to change