{"id":749137,"date":"2026-06-20T16:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/749137\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T16:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:21:04","slug":"nrl-2026-gold-coast-titans-penrith-panthers-press-conferences-josh-hannay-ivan-cleary-titans-beat-panthers-news-videos-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/749137\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Gold Coast Titans, Penrith Panthers, press conferences, Josh Hannay, Ivan Cleary, Titans beat Panthers, news, videos, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Hannay labelled young gun Zane Harrison \u201cthe real deal\u201d after he steered the Titans to a monumental victory, while Ivan Cleary believed his side lacked \u201ckiller punch\u201d on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Gold Coast broke a seven-game losing streak against Penrith with their 19-18 win, which was also the first time since 2023 the Titans had secured victory after scoring 20 points or less.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison played a starring role in the comeback win, assisting two crucial tries before slotting a field goal with 10 seconds remaining on the clock.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20261605\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pointsbet.com.au\/sports\/rugby-league\/NRL\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjI4IiB3aWR0aD0iOTAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20261606\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pointsbet.com.au\/sports\/rugby-league\/NRL\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjI4IiB3aWR0aD0iOTAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20261607\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pointsbet.com.au\/sports\/rugby-league\/NRL\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjI4IiB3aWR0aD0iOTAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And that moment was not a surprise for Hannay who was full of praise for his rising No.7, who was practicising his field goals on Friday ready for that big moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see Zane train and prepare every day with composure. Everything we\u2019ve seen from that kid from day one of pre-season is that composure that you saw tonight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to do it at training but it\u2019s another to do it in front of 20,000 against the Panthers right?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe try assists, the field goal. It feels funny saying this, but it doesn\u2019t surprise me. He\u2019s the real deal. It\u2019s a special night for him and he\u2019s going to have a lot more of those moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a really measured, smart young person and he wants it, he wants it badly. He wants to be really good and he works hard at it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen he was kicking field goals at training yesterday, he was preparing for that moment, it doesn\u2019t just happen. The good ones prepare for those moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hannay was also not surprised his team were able to grind a victory out after leaning into \u201cour footy and our connection\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest NRL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=NRLArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Panthers suffer rare upset loss | 04:16<\/p>\n<p>And it was a win that marks a change of fortunes for the Titans, who went down to the Tigers in Round 15 but secured a win against the Broncos a week earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain it doesn\u2019t surprise me that we were able to do that tonight. It wasn\u2019t an outlier that sort of effort, like these guys have been busting their arse most weeks,\u201d Hannay said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the season we might have got it wrong a couple of times, we\u2019ve come off the field and gone, \u2018that wasn\u2019t us\u2019 and so it\u2019s not, we don\u2019t get carried away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got the Dogs in six days, and you\u2019ve just got to go again, we get to enjoy this for a few minutes tonight, but the reality is we go again in six days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut gladly we\u2019ll be at home again, so I\u2019d like to think our people will come out and support us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a frustrated Ivan Cleary was left perplexed regarding his side\u2019s red-hot start to the contest, scoring two tries inside 12 minutes \u2014 before an ugly fade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did start well, yeah, I think we just lost the killer punch, the killer instinct, whatever you want to call it,\u201d Cleary said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just kind of did enough and it wasn\u2019t enough, that\u2019s probably the best way to explain it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE ORIGIN NEWS<\/p>\n<p>\u2018NATHAN NEVER DOES THAT\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/state-of-origin-2026-nathan-cleary-defensive-efforts-in-game-2-under-the-spotlight-nsw-blues-loss-video\/news-story\/bbb564e54f71e26a96fdcbc379d36f63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Shock Cleary sight shows everyone is missing the point<\/a><\/p>\n<p>REVEALED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/state-of-origin-2026-the-michael-maguire-act-that-left-nsw-blues-players-in-tears-laurie-daley-coaching-criticism\/news-story\/a68878e71529137547ea5838cbd8d4ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Madge act that left Blues players \u2018in tears\u2019&#8230; and how it exposes NSW\u2019s real \u2018problem\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHO\u2019S SAFE, WHO ISN\u2019T: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/state-of-origin-2026-what-changes-will-the-blues-make-for-the-decider-who-is-safe-who-is-on-the-chopping-block-kotoni-staggs-mitch-moses-james-tedesco-opinion-analysis\/news-story\/290ab900397043006f25834b059bedba\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Verdict on every Blues player as axe to be swung<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harrison slots match-winning Field Goal | 03:38<\/p>\n<p>Cleary was also asked if he saw this loss as a \u201cglitch\u201d in their season, with Penrith still sitting clear outright leaders over the Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see it as a glitch. Definitely, it\u2019s part of the journey, long season and all that sort of stuff, yeah. I don\u2019t know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere would be a lot of things you could consider, but ultimately, you know, we\u2019re about high performance and tonight wasn\u2019t good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Star fullback Dylan Edwards echoed his coach\u2019s sentiment, saying: \u201cBut like coach said, we just lacked that bit of kill, I think. That little bit of extra energy at times sort of pushes them over the edge when we get a chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, like credit to them, they held their gloves up and scrambled well and yeah, it did hold us up a couple of times. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if we just have that little bit more of a kill in us, then we could have turned some of those holds up into tries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Hannay labelled young gun Zane Harrison \u201cthe real deal\u201d after he steered the Titans to a monumental&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-749137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}