Newcastle Knights vs Penrith Panthers Preview & Prediction | NRL 2024 | Regular Season
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Newcastle Knights will be desperate to avoid a third straight loss but come up against reigning premiers Penrith Panthers in this clash. The Knights pushed top of the ladder Melbourne Storm all the way last week but just fell short and will need to find a bit more in this one.
START DATE/TIME: UK - Sunday 16th June, 2024 - 07:05 / AUS - 14:05 / US EST - 02:05 / US PST - Saturday 15th June, 2024 - 23:05
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: This match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Action in the UK / This match will be broadcast live on Fox League and Nine in Australia / This match will be broadcast live on Fox Sports in the US
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: This match will be streamed live on Watch NRL and Sky Go in the UK / This match will be streamed live on Kayo Sports and 9Now in Australia / This match will be streamed live on Watch NRL in the US
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS FORM: KNIGHTS FALL TO SECOND STRAIGHT LOSS
Newcastle are tough to predict having performed woefully against Canterbury Bulldogs before being right in the game with Melbourne Storm last week. It is back-to-back losses though, and they will need to be at their best to win this one.
LAST FIVE: WWWLL
PENRITH PANTHERS FORM: PANTHERS BACK TO WINNING WAYS
Penrith bounced back from their poor loss to St. George Illawarra Dragons as they overcame Manly Sea Eagles last week as their W-L sequence was extended to five games and they will be out to buck that trend in this one.
LAST FIVE: WLWLW
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS TEAM NEWS: BEST BACK TO BOOST ORIGIN HOPES
Having missed out on a call-up for the Blues because of an injury, Bradman Best is back in the fold here and will want to give a good account of himself as he tries to force himself into contention for Game 2. Fletcher Sharpe has won the battle with David Armstrong for the #1 shirt.
Starting 13: 1. Fletcher Sharpe 2. Enari Tuala 3. Dane Gagai 4. Bradman Best 5. Greg Marzhew 6. Jack Cogger 7. Jackson Hastings 8. Jacob Saifiti 9. Jayden Brailey 10. Leo Thompson 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13. Adam Elliott Bench: 14. Phoenix Crossland 15. Daniel Saifiti 16. Dylan Lucas 17. Brodie Jones Reserves: 18. Jack Hetherington 19. Mathew Croker 20. Will Pryce 21. Krystian Mapapalangi 22. David Armstrong
PENRITH PANTHERS TEAM NEWS: EDWARDS RETURNS AT FULLBACK
Dylan Edwards was cruelly denied his Origin debut last week and then had to miss out on playing for his club due to the same injury. However, he appears to have put that issue behind him and has been named to start here while Jack Cole is again given the nod in the halves.
Starting 13: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Izack Tago 4. Paul Alamoti 5. Brian To'o 6. Jack Cole 7. Jarome Luai 8. Moses Leota 9. Mitch Kenny 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Scott Sorensen 12. Luke Garner 13. Isaah Yeo Bench: 14. Daine Laurie 15. Lindsay Smith 16. Liam Henry 17. Matt Eisenhuth Reserves: 18. Luke Sommerton 19. Mavrik Geyer 20. Liam Martin 21. Brad Schneider 22. Jesse McLean
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS VS PENRITH PANTHERS PREDICTION
Newcastle Knights will hope to replicate their effort from last week as they put up a solid fight against league leaders Melbourne Storm. Despite that, they still came up short and now need to find a bit more if they are to avoid a third successive loss. Penrith Panthers have lacked consistency of late but are unbeaten in the past eight matchups between the two and they should be able to win again.
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS VS PENRITH PANTHERS TIP: PENRITH PANTHERS -6
