Saturday’s NRL 2017 Round 26 match is between Manly Sea Eagles and Penrith Panthers. The opening kick is set to commence at 17:30 local time with the game to be played at Lottoland. 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 Penrith Panthers.
When: 17:30 | Saturday 02/09/2017
Where: Lottoland
Preview:
Daly Cherry-Evans’ left and right feet salvaged an incredible golden-point victory for the Sea Eagles last week against the Warriors. Manly will hope his inspirational field goals give them momentum going into a must-win clash with Penrith. Both sides are in danger of missing the finals if the Dragons and Cowboys win. It’s even more precarious for the Sea Eagles who could drop out of the top eight if the Dragons triumph and the Cowboys maintain their points-differential advantage which sits at 10.
Key: The Panthers have won two of eight matches against the current top eight, although one of those victories was two months ago against the Sea Eagles.
Tip: Panthers
Odds:
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Tip: Penrith Panthers at $2.08
Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Joshua Mansour at $11.00
More Info:
Head to Head: Sea Eagles 50 Panthers 33 drawn 1
Last clash: Round 18, 2017 – Panthers 16 bt Sea Eagles 8 at Pepper Stadium
Tab Sportsbet: Sea Eagles $1.80 Panthers $2
Footy TAB: Panthers +2.5
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. Jackson Hastings
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. James Fisher-Harris 14. Sione Katoa 15. Bryce Cartwright 16. Tim Browne 17. Trent Merrin 18. Moses Leota 19. Viliame Kikau 20. Matt Moylan 21. Jed Cartwright
NRL News:
Some choice words may have been offered from Wests Tigers captain Aaron Woods.
But Wayne Bennett says he will resist the urge to speak to Matt Lodge as the former NRL bad boy weighs up a comeback with Brisbane in 2018.
Lodge is considering taking up a 2018 Broncos deal after the 22-year-old bounced back from controversy to impress Bennett at feeder club Redcliffe this season.
The ex-Tigers prop is one of five contenders for the second tier Queensland Cup best and fairest award after snapping up a Dolphins lifeline in 2017.
Lodge has not played in the NRL for two years after the Tigers sacked him following his arrest at gunpoint for a drunken rampage in New York in October 2015.
Bennett usually gets what he wants but the Brisbane mentor said he would resist getting in Lodge’s ear and give him space as he mulls over his future.
“Now the game has given him permission to come back next year we want him to be with us and we hope that will happen,” Bennett said.
“He knows we have supported him all the way through this.
“I think he is in a pretty good place. Going forward we are optimistic he will be here.”
Woods was more forthright, warning his former Tigers teammate that he should not consider an NRL return unless he can “stay off the drink” and be a role model.
Lodge avoided jail time over the US incident but is facing bankruptcy after a New York judge ordered him to pay the victims of his Manhattan rampage $US1.2 million ($A1.5m) in damages.
“He’s had two years out of first grade, he’s worked hard off the field doing a lot of stuff in the community and some rehab to sort himself out,” Woods said of his 2014-15 teammate on Fox Sports’ NRL 360.
“And he’s got a child on the way, he’s going to be a father.
“I am happy for where he is at at the moment.”
