It seems anything \u201cTeddy\u201d can do, \u201cEddy\u201d can too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A hat-trick of tries and a stand-out performance in Penrith\u2019s 44-12 rout of Newcastle at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday suggests Panthers and NSW fullback Dylan Edwards has no intention of handing back his Blues jersey to Roosters skipper James Tedesco.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Edwards was everywhere against the Knights, scoring his try treble in an eight-minute blitz to give Penrith an 18-0 lead after 20 minutes, and they never looked like losing from there against a Newcastle side that made too many mistakes to challenge the NRL leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He added a try assist for Brian To\u2019o in the 64th minute to extend Penrith\u2019s lead to 34-12, was never troubled by Newcastle\u2019s kickers, and by the final siren had run for 284 metres.<\/p>\n
\u2018Dyl\u2019 is everywhere all the time,\u201d Penrith coach Ivan Cleary said at the post-match media conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A first half hat-trick for Edwards<\/p>\n
\u201cI just think he\u2019s had a great season, and he does so much work, but some of the quality today as well, he turned up in the right spot to get those tries, but he threw a nice pass for a try as well, and that\u2019s an evolution in his game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty much business as usual for \u2018Dyl\u2019. He does that for us week in, week out, and has been for years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tedesco, a former NSW captain with 23 State of Origin games to his name, has rocketed back into selection contention courtesy of his scintillating form for the Roosters this season and last, giving Blues coach Laurie Daley much to ponder in the next three weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what you want, ultimately,\u201d Cleary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Brian goes back to back for two<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want competition for spots, and no-one owns any Origin jersey \u2013 or they shouldn\u2019t \u2013 so it\u2019s a good problem for Laurie and the selectors…<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not really my business but I think it\u2019s a good problem at the end of the day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Edwards, who has worn the Blues\u2019 No.1 jersey for the past five games, is well aware of the competition for his position but is only concerned with playing well for Penrith each week rather than looking ahead to the Origin series-opener at Accor Stadium on May 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe [Tedesco] has been in great form, so whoever Laurie goes with, he goes with,\u201d Edwards told NRL.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s cliched but obviously I\u2019m just trying to do my best for the team week in, week out, and that\u2019s all I can worry about and all I can control.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had the whole [NSW] squad, you might call it, we had a get-together at the start of the year, and Laurie said whoever\u2019s playing the best will get the nod for the jersey and that\u2019s totally fair. That\u2019s how it should be, really.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just aware that I\u2019ve got to worry about my own form and my own performances and try to play well for this team. Everyone in this team wants to play well, and we have a collective group that\u2019s working really hard.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Penrith and NSW halfback Nathan Cleary, who has played alongside Edwards and Tedesco in the Origin arena, believed Edwards was not using Tedesco\u2019s stellar form for motivation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNot really, I don\u2019t reckon. I reckon he\u2019s fully focused on getting the best out of himself and putting his best foot forward for the team,\u201d Cleary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDyl\u2019s always been a very selfless player, a team-first guy, and probably not one that does a lot of flashy stuff. But he\u2019s always there when we need him, and super reliable, and I love taking the field with Dyl every time I get to.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems anything \u201cTeddy\u201d can do, \u201cEddy\u201d can too.\u00a0 A hat-trick of tries and a stand-out performance in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-399535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}