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Panthers star sledges Eels ahead of decider - CtrlF.XYZ

Panthers star sledges Eels ahead of decider

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Penrith five-eighth Jarome Luai has lit the fuse with a sledge up of Sunday's NRL decider against occidental Sydney rivals Parramatta.

Penrith spell into the expansive final arsenic immense $1.35 favourites to go the archetypal nine successful past to triumph each 4 grades.

The Panthers person already won the SG Ball, Jersey Flegg and NSW Cup competitions this play and beryllium connected the cusp of the archetypal cleanable expanse successful rugby league's 113-year history.

Such dominance is simply a alteration to the dynamics successful rugby league's heartland successful Sydney's west, wherever Parramatta had ruled the roost for respective years with inferior typical sides littered with aboriginal NRL players.

But the Panthers person present stolen that mantle and Luai said this erstwhile asked who held the rubric of large member successful the west.

"You tin telephone america daddy," the Panthers five-eighth told The Sydney Morning Herald.

"We're some occidental Sydney, but our squad has been unneurotic for a agelong clip and played a batch of footy together.

"I deliberation we're home-grown. We correspond our people. Western Sydney is our home. Every clip we enactment this jersey connected we correspond our home. We conscionable privation to comparison ourselves to the best. It's an awesome feeling erstwhile you've travel done the grades and marque your people connected the biggest stage."

Local juniors volition marque up much than fractional the Panthers broadside that volition tally retired connected Sunday and 14 of the 17 made their NRL debut for the club.

The Eels person six section juniors successful their team, but lone 3 person spent their full NRL careers astatine the club.

"Things person changed," Penrith winger Brian To'o added.

"There aren't that galore kids coming done the Parramatta strategy that are from the west. The bulk of the radical that are successful the Parramatta squad travel from different countries oregon different parts of NSW ... oregon adjacent Penrith.

"It's beauteous chill to spot however galore of america Penrith juniors person travel done the little grades up to the large leagues.

"It's beauteous peculiar to spot similar Taylan May and Izack Tago travel done this year."

Penrith person won 66 of 78 games implicit the past 3 years, making them arguably 1 of the champion teams ever.

However, there's nary uncertainty erstwhile the Eels perceive astir Luai's comments, it volition supply added information for the last crippled of the NRL season.

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