The second of Saturday’s NRL Round 10 matches is between Penrith Panthers and New Zealand Warriors. The opening kick is set to commence at 7:30pm local time with the game to be played at Centrebet Stadium. The home team the Penrith Panthers are the current favourites in the market after a surprise win over Melbourne Storm last week. View our preview and teams for the game between Penrith Panthers and New Zealand Warriors.

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Odds Comparison by NRL Odds:

Penrith Panthers	1.72	1.65	1.73	1.65	1.72	1.72
New Zealand Warriors	2.15	2.30	2.15	2.30	2.15	2.15

Preview:

Penrith are coming off the high of beating Melbourne last Monday night, their third win of the season and their second win in the past three weeks.

Three first half tries were enough for the Panthers to hold on to a 12-10 win and with another home game on Saturday night, expect a strong and vocal crowd looking for win number four.

Should the Penrith forwards, who’ll meet an equally big pack this week, be able to get the upper hand such as they did over Melbourne and allow Luke Walsh to direct his outside backs, the fourth win is well within their reach.

Especially coming up against a side whose momentum isn’t has strong as Penrith’s, despite some very good performances in the past month.

The Warriors have only won one of their past five matches (1 point win over the Cowboys) but haven’t been defeated by more than 10 points in their losses to Souths, Canberra (in Canberra), Melbourne (in Melbourne) and Canterbury last week where they surrendered a sixteen nil lead.

Last week’s win would have hurt and they now face a Panther’s side with their tails up, it’ll be another tough game for the Warriros but one that they can win.

New Zealand hold a 4-1 record over Penrith in recent times with none of these games producing a total match point tally in excess of 38 points.

Teams:

Penrith Panthers:
Matt Moylan, Travis Robinson, Lewis Brown, Dean Whare, David Simmons, Isaac John, Luke Walsh, Nigel Plum, Kevin Kingston (c), Tim Grant, Sika Manu, Matt Robinson, Adam Docker. Interchange: James Segeyaro, Sam Anderson, Mose Masoe, Clint Newton

New Zealand Warriors:
Glen Fisiiahi, Bill Tupou, Ben Henry, Carlos Tuimavave, Manu Vatuvei, Thomas Leuluai, Shaun Johnson, Sam Rapira, Nathan Friend, Russell Packer, Feleti Mateo, Simon Mannering (c), Todd Lowrie. Interchange: Ben Matulino, Jacob Lillyman, Elijah Taylor, Pita Godinet, Suaia Matagi

One win doesn’t make NRL season: Panthers

Captain Kevin Kingston says Penrith’s shock win over Melbourne will amount to little if they can’t back it up against the Warriors this weekend.

The Panthers produced the upset of the NRL season so far on Sunday night when they accounted for the premiers 12-10 in a victory that could help to define their season.

After losing Michael Jennings, Luke Lewis and Michael Gordon in the offseason, Panthers coach Ivan Cleary looked to rebuild the side with a number of unheralded players.

The new-look Panthers were not given much hope of making an impact on the NRL this season by many critics and Kingston said his side need to put together a series of good performances before they can start patting themselves on the back.

“We got a lot of confidence out of that performance against Melbourne and we now know we can put that sort of performance together but we need to be consistent,” Kingston told AAP.

“We were written off at the start of the year and that was fine by us – we have used that as motivation. But I don’t think that one win will make everyone sit up and take notice. We need to put a good block of performances together and that is what we are looking to do.”

The Panthers host the unpredictable Warriors in round 10 action on Saturday night and Kingston said his side know they need to back up their impressive effort against Melbourne after a big win over Parramatta in round seven was followed by a 30-6 loss to Sydney Roosters.

“It was important that we enjoyed that win over Melbourne but, all week, we have been very focused on the Warriors,” Kingston said.

“They are a tough side and they are a better side than their spot on the ladder might suggest.

“The expectation is there now within our playing group that we continue to play well. That is what is driving us. With that win over Melbourne, we have set the standard for how we want to play and it is up to us to maintain that standard.”