Panthers Diary 7 March - 13 March 2010

[Matt Pritchard]

The leadup to round 1 here.  Feel free to make a comment on the news stories

[Matt Pritchard]

8th March 2010 - the usual club prospects are around in various media outlets, this one is from The Age and as usual they are predicting the Panthers to miss the eight.  The Panthers are $21 on SportsBet to win the Premiership.
http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/your-clubs-prospects-20100308-prfs.html

9th March 2010 - a Panthers family become the 100,000th members of the NRL membership for 2010. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/penrith-family-scores-100000th-membership/story-e6frfgbo-1225838382201
Danny Galea is chosen to face up against his former club for the Raiders this weekend. http://www.raiders.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=23189
Panther great Greg Alexander predicts we will come fourth in the NRL in 2010.  All his predictions are also in the Big League NRL program preview of season 2010 where he picks the Storm to win back to back. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26788410-23209,00.html

10th March 2010 - The local paper in Warwick Queensland talks about their local Travis Burns being a Panther and happy to be part of the club.  He will start at five eighth for the first NRL game this weekend.  http://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/story/2010/03/10/burns-now-a-panther/
The Grenfell Record talks about their local product Josh Bateman who is again in the playing roster at CUA Stadium. http://www.grenfellrecord.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/josh-makes-the-grade/1772367.aspx

11th March 2010 - The Penrith Star previews the Panthers 2010 season.  They see the anticipation for the 2010 season such as the premiership winning 2003 season.  Whilst our International players will grab the attention, they sight Luke Walsh and Kevin Kingston key players to our success.  http://www.penrithstar.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/the-confidence-builds-for-penrith-panthers/1773714.aspx
The Round 1 clash Panthers v Raiders is previewed at NRL.com. http://www.nrl.com/news/news/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/57827/panthers-v-raiders-preview/default.aspx
The Canberra Times and Jarrod Croker is looking forward to the challenge of lining up against Michael Jennings in round 1. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/excited-croker-braces-for-jennings/1773308.aspx
Laurie Daley is backing the Panthers to win against his old club in his preview of the opening round of the season. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26832060-23209,00.html
And former Panther Duncan McGillivray is in the running to be the Darwin Cup embassador.  http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/03/11/130791_entertainment.html

[Matt Pritchard]

12th March 2010 - The Age has the gameday preview pointing towards a forwards battle but the Raiders will need their big game players to stand tall to upset the Panthers.  http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/penrith-v-canberra-20100311-q1c3.html
Daily Telegraph talks about Michael Jennings and his arrest for unlicensed driving and how he needs to learn from this if he aspires to lead the Panthers in the future. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/jennings-grows-up-after-fine/story-e6frfgbo-1225839798033
The Cowboys suffer a 6 point loss to the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium on opening night for the NRL.  They were down 20-0 at the break before an inspirational second half led by Jonathon Thurston bought the score back to 24-all.  A late try to Denan Kemp sealed victory for the home side.  The Cowboys face the Panthers at Dairy Farmers in round two.

[Matt Pritchard]

13th March 2010 - rleague.com picks up on the Luke Walsh re-signing until the end of the 2012 NRL season.  http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=35633
League Central talks about Michael Jennings fine tuning his game for the upcoming season. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/jennings-king-of-the-mountain-men/story-e6frfgbo-1225840208918
WA Today talks about Adrian Purtell and playing against his former team the Raiders.  http://www.watoday.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/panther-purtell-will-get-early-crack-at-old-teammates-20100312-q44k.html