NRL 2021: Late Mail, round 11
All the Late Mail leading into round 10 of the NRL Telstra Premiership.
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All the Late Mail leading into round 10 of the NRL Telstra Premiership.
All the Late Mail leading into round 10 of the NRL Telstra Premiership.
Burton holds NRL spot in Penrith's 17 AAP 1 day ago Scott Bailey © Jason Obrien/AAP PHOTOS Penrith have named Matt Burton (pic) ahead of Paul Momirovski for the clash against Gold Coast. Matt Burton's days as a reserve grader look over after Penrith named him at centre ahead of Paul Momirovski for Magic Round. The Canterbury-bound playmaker has starred filling in at left centre for Penrith, scoring in all but one game and working up a dynamite combination with Jarome Luai. But all the while he has been doing it plugging a hole. First, he was there to cover for a backline ...
Winners The Wests Tigers couldn't get the win against the Titans but it was through no lack of effort from their five-eighth Adam Doueihi, who registered his best NRL Fantasy score of 103 with a try and two try assists to go with five busts and a stack of run and kick metres. Tom Trbojevic finished with an even 100 as his remarkable run continued on the back of two tries, four try assists and eight busts. Nathan Cleary was back to his high-scoring ways, barely raising a sweat in cranking out 88 for the second-top score of the week. Jason Taumalolo was also back to his best, almost reaching hi...
Viliame Kikau isn't fazed by a significant drop in his game time under Ivan Cleary this season as the Panthers coach continues to juggle a three-way edge rotation at the club. Kikau started the season in blistering fashion for the competition leaders but has been statistically down by his usual standards in recent weeks with no line breaks and just three tackle busts recorded to his name. The Fijian international's minutes have dropped from a 67-minute average last year to 55 minutes per game this season with Kurt Capewell and Liam Martin's output making up for the lost time. Cleary dismissed...