Penrith Panthers V Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs

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• published: 10 Mar 2016
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Canterbury Bulldogs star Moses Mbye scores last play try to deny Penrith Panthers at death MOSES Mbye has capped a five-star performance with a miracle last play try to snatch an 18-16 victory from the jaws of defeat for the Bulldogs. The young halfback was sublime in attack all night and in the end it was his try that gave debutant Kerrod Holland a kick to win the game after the siren and the youngster had ice in his veins, slotting it straight over the black dot. It was a heartbreaking result for the Panthers on their 50th anniversary celebrations, the home side were outstanding in the first half and led for all but the last of the 80 minutes. THE STAR Moses Mbye. Two games in to the 2016 season and this 22-year-old is already thriving on the additional responsibility of the starting halfback role. It was his desperation that provided the winning try but the Bulldogs were only in the game at the end due to Mbye’s skill and execution over 80 minutes, with the young gun also superb in setting up Will Hopoate’s first half try. THE DUNCE James Graham. Hard to pick faults with this guy because he plays with his heart on his sleeve every time he steps across the white line. Graham has started the season in excellent form but he’s potentially going to be wasting it on the sidelines for a week after he was put on report for a needless shoulder charge. THE MOMENT This belongs to debutant Kerrod Holland. In his first game in the top grade, this 23-year-old centre stepped up to the plate to attempt the conversion that would either win the Bulldogs the game or send it into golden point. After what seemed like an age weighing it up, the young kid potted it straight over the black dot, and told Channel Nine’s sideline eye after the game that it was “never in doubt”. WHAT WE LEARNED This was more a reminder than a learning but the Bulldogs are made of very strong stuff. They played out the 80 minutes using only 16 players — Adam Elliott sat on the pine for the whole game — and came over the top of their valiant opponents when it counted. Des Hasler’s side was being written out of the finals by some in the pre-season. Their first two games prove they’re every chance of continuing the coach’s near flawless record of qualifying his side. The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professionalrugby league clubs in Australasia. Run by the Australian Rugby League Commission, the NRL's main competition is known as the Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra Corporation and is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand. It is regarded as the world's elite rugby league championship and, per season, is the most viewed and attended rugby league club competition in the world. The National Rugby League is Australia's top-level domestic rugby-league club competition. It contains clubs from the original Sydney club Rugby League competition, which had been running continuously since 1908. The NRL formed in the aftermath of the 1990s' Super League waras a joint partnership between the Australian governing body, theAustralian Rugby League (ARL) and media giant News Corporation-controlled Super League,[2] after both organisations ran premierships parallel to each other in 1997.[3] This partnership was dissolved in February 2012, with control of the NRL going to the independently formed Australian Rugby League Commission. NRL matches are played in Australia and New Zealand from March to October. The season culminates in the premiership-deciding game, theNRL Grand Final, traditionally one of Australia's most popular sporting events and one of the world's largest attended sporting championship games.[4] In addition, the NRL premiers also play in the World Club Challenge, a pre-season match against the champions of the EuropeanSuper League competition.[5] The reigning premiers are the North Queensland Cowboys. After several years of preparation and build up, on 14 December 2010 the Australian Rugby League and News Corporation agreed upon a constitutional framework paving the way for the establishment of a new and independent commission to govern the sport in Australia. The negotiations of such a framework became drawn out over establishing details, primarily of sponsorship, media rights, funding of state bodies, funding of the Melbourne Storm, debate over News Ltd private ownership of clubs, and also of individual appointments to the new body. On 10 February 2012, the independent commission, known as theAustralian Rugby League Commission assumed control of all levels of the game, replacing former state based boards and assuming full control of the NRL from the NRL partnership (comprising the previous ARL board and News Limited). The NRL Grand Final, which determines the season's premiers, is one of Australia's major sporting events and is one of the largest attended club championship events