Gold Coast hooker Nathan Peats has been called into NSW camp and is in line to make his Origin debut after Peter Wallace's dreams of a representative rendezvous were shattered in Newcastle on Sunday.
Peter Wallace's hopes of NSW selection suffered a blow as Penrith came back from the dead for a second week in a row to overrun the Newcastle Knights 30-20 at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday.
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Phil Gould says Cooper Cronk looks increasingly likely to retire after this NRL season, with the Penrith boss emphatically ruling out making a play for the departing Melbourne superstar.
The Titans superstar has been given up until game day to decide whether to take up a $1.2 million option on the Gold Coast.
The Panthers smashed all sorts of records in a season-saving second-half onslaught to reel in a 22-point half-time deficit against the Warriors, the second biggest comeback in the club's history - and their best since the Sydney Olympics.
Te Maire Martin is set to join the Warriors after knocking back Melbourne in a move that will expedite the immediate the transfers of Tui Lolohea to Wests Tigers and Mitchell Moses to Parramatta.
Penrith lock Trent Merrin believes he has the credits in the bank to be part of Anzac Test.
Pick me at six: that's the message from Blues incumbent Matt Moylan to NSW coach Laurie Daley and may just be the tonic to cure Penrith's early season woes.
The legitimacy of the City-Country clash diminished years ago, however, it has now plunged to a farcical new low.
Penrith coach Anthony Griffin says the competition has its 'foot on the throat' of the struggling Panthers after they fell to another defeat, this time at the hands of the Broncos in Brisbane.
Bennett went out of his way to ensure Thursday's match at Suncorp Stadium was about the players, not the coaches, as the Panthers try to avoid a fifth-straight defeat in the NRL.
When David Klemmer's newborn son was admitted to intensive care more than a fortnight ago, one of the first people he rang was Aaron Woods.
Mitchell Moses could join the Parramatta Eels in the next fortnight as the Wests Tigers move to bring Panthers five-eighth Te Maire Martin back to the club this season.
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More western Sydney derbies, Gus? Parramatta won't mind. Just name the time and place while the Panthers are struggling like this.
Penrith supremo Phil Gould has unloaded on the NRL over its scheduling of the traditional clash with local rivals Parramatta, declaring: "They've got no respect for the west whatsoever."
Luke Brooks was told that if he resigned with the Wests Tigers there was a possibility he would be the only member of the so called 'big four' to be at the club next season. He still signed.
Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan and Paul Gallen sprayed Phil Gould after the win over Penrith. You'd think they would have better things to do.
The Penrith Panthers insist they didn't mean any disrespect to Cronulla after sending the club the wrong allocation of tickets for the Easter Sunday clash at Pepper Stadium.