Saturday‘s NRL Finals 2017 match is between Manly Sea Eagles and the Penrith Panthers. The opening kick is set to commence at 14:00 local time with the game to be played at Allianz Stadium. The home team the Manly Sea Eagles are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Manly Sea Eagles and the Penrith Panthers.

When: 19:40 | Saturday 9/9/2017

Where: Allianz Stadium

Preview:

These teams know each other well after doing battle in the final home-and-away round, with Manly triumphant. There’s no second chances this time around, with the loser out of the finals race. The Sea Eagles take the better form of the two teams into the match, with Penrith losing their past two while they are also missing skipper Matt Moylan, with the star five-eighth given leave to deal with personal issues. The Panthers have proven strong finishers this season – they haven’t let in a try in the final 20 minutes since round 20 – but need to shake things up at the opening whistle. Winger Josh Mansour has an impressive strike record with seven tries from eight games against Manly but the Eagles look like coming home with a wet sail.

Key: What affect will the absence of Matt Moylan have on the out-of-touch Panthers?

Tip: Panthers

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Tip: Penrith Panthers at $2.52

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More Info:

Manly v Penrith at Allianz Stadium, 7.40pm

Head to Head: Sea Eagles 56, Panthers, 34 Draw 1.

Last clash: Round 26, 2017 – Sea Eagles 28 bt Panthers 12 at Lottoland.

Tab Sportsbet: Sea Eagles $1.60 Panthers $2.40

FootyTAB: Panthers +4.5

Teams:

Sea Eagles:

1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Matthew Wright 3. Dylan Walker 4. Brian Kelly 5. Akuila Uate 6. Blake Green 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Darcy Lussick 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. Martin Taupau 11. Frank Winterstein 12. Curtis Sironen 13. Jake Trbojevic 14. Lewis Brown 15. Lloyd Perrett 16. Brenton Lawrence 17. Addin Fonua-blake 18. Shaun Lane 19. Cameron Cullen 20. Jarrad Kennedy 21. Kelepi Tanginoa

Panthers:

1. Dean Whare 2. Josh Mansour 3. Tyrone Peachey 4. Waqa Blake 5. Dallin Watene Zelezniak 6. Tyrone May 7. Nathan Cleary 8. James Tamou 9. Peter Wallace 10. Regan Campbell-Gillard 11. Corey Harawira 12. Isaah Yeo 13. Trent Merrin 14. Sione Katoa 15. Bryce Cartwright 16. Tim Browne 17. James Fisher-Harris 18. Moses Leota 19. Viliame Kikau 20. Dylan Edwards 21. Jarome Luai

NRL News:

Dylan Walker has dared Penrith to put “one on” him after the Panthers had vowed to exact retribution on the Manly star for his trash-talking in last week’s NRL win at Lottoland.

The Panthers and Sea Eagles face off for the second time in a week in Saturday’s elimination final at Allianz Stadium in what promises to be a fiery affair.

Walker on Wednesday refused to back down on Penrith’s threat to get a shot at him in the sudden-death final, but hosed down the on-field talk as banter.

“I come in this morning and that’s what the boys told me. What can you do man? It’s a competitive sport. If they want to put one on me, I’m more than happy to,” Walker said.

“What I say on the field, it gets left out there. It’s a bit of respect between both teams.

“There was words exchanged, but I think it was all a bit of good fun out there. After the game, I even told some of their players sorry for lairing up.”

Walker said his gamesmanship wasn’t pre-planned and instead remained focused on doing his job for the team – and urged the Panthers to do the same.

“If it was me in their shoes, I wouldn’t make a big picture about wanting a single player,” he said.

“I’m more than happy to forget about it and worry about what you have to do for the boys and the team. It’s just heat of the moment, those sort of games.

“I don’t go out there thinking I have to do those things. I go out there and play what I have to play. Some things happen. If you’re definitely going to dish it, you’ve definitely got to take it.

“I thought I did that on the weekend.”

Walker expects a torrid opening to the elimination encounter after the Sea Eagles had blown the Panthers apart last week and shot out to a 28-0 lead.

The winner faces the loser of the qualifying final between the Sydney Roosters and Brisbane.

“They’re going to come out a bit more fired up and try and start the game faster. What we can do is defend well, kick chase, try and do all the little things right,” Walker said.