We kicked off Super Saturday with a highly entertaining 10-try shootout at Campbelltown Stadium and it was the Dolphins making it seven wins in a row with a 36-22 victory over the Tigers.<\/p>\n
The Dolphins went into the game without Origin stars Max Plath, Thomas Flegler, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and Selwyn Cobbo as well as injured halfback Isaiya Katoa but they still packed too many weapons for Benji Marshall’s men.<\/p>\n
Can the Titans stop the Panthers juggernaut or will Ivan Cleary’s men rack up win No.13 for the season and continue their march towards another minor premiership?<\/p>\n
Can the Sea Eagles keep the Fozball revolution going and solidify their top-four spot or will the Bulldogs carry on their winning form from the King’s Birthday?<\/p>\n
These questions and more will be answered on Super Saturday and you can follow all the action on NRL.com’s live blog.<\/p>\n
Titans v Panthers at Cbus Super Stadium<\/p>\n
29th min: Huge defence from the Titans who have just held out the Panthers for three back-to-back sets on their line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Injury update – Cooper Bai has failed his HIA. Liam Henry from the Panthers has also left the field for a HIA.<\/p>\n
21st min: This time, it’s the Panthers who make an error and invite the Titans to pounce in their attacking area and it’s try sneak Kurtis Morrin who bursts through to make the most of their opportunity and goes in under the posts. Jayden Campbell converts and it’s 12-6 to Penrith.<\/p>\n
13th min: Panthers are in again with Tom Jenkins adding to his impressive tally, once again capitalising on errors from the home side. Alamoti slots the goal over again and it’s 12-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Injury update – Cooper Bai is off the field with a Cat 2 HIA.<\/p>\n
8th min: After both sides start the game with a few errors, the Panthers are the first to get things together are post the first points through Liam Martin. Paul Alamoti converts for a 6-0 lead.<\/p>\n
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A touching tribute to Fereti Fa’asuamaleaui<\/p>\n
Match preview<\/p>\n
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Titans v Panthers: Round 16<\/p>\n
Late Mail<\/p>\n
Titans:\u00a0Centre Jojo Fifita will play against the Panthers but coach Josh Hannay has chosen to rest captain Tino Fa’asuamaleaui after an emotional Origin appearance following the passing of his father Fereti last weekend. Klese Haas will start in the front row in Fa’asuamaleaui’s place with Sam Verrills added to the six-man bench. Adam Christensen also joins the bench on game day in place of Lachlan Ilias.<\/p>\n
Panthers:\u00a0The Panthers are 1-19 with no late changes. Blues stars Isaah Yeo, Nathan Cleary and Brian To’o will all be rested as coach Ivan Cleary looks to navigate a taxing period for his big names. Jack Cogger starts at halfback if Cleary while Lindsay Smith slots into lock as Yeo’s replacement. Luke Garner lines up in the centres amid a wider backline reshuffle after Casey McLean injured his quad in the lead-up to Origin Two.<\/p>\n
Wests Tigers v Dolphins at Campbelltown Sports Stadium<\/p>\n
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Wests Tigers v Dolphins \u2013 Round 16, 2026<\/p>\n
Press conferences<\/p>\n
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NRL Press Conference: Wests Tigers v Dolphins – Round 16, 2026<\/p>\n
Tireless Terrell: Wests Tigers prop Terrell May worked himself to a standstill with 17 runs for 152 metres, 45 tackles, three offloads and two tackle breaks. May also came up with a trysaving tackle on Kulikefu Finefeuiaki with 15 minutes to play as the Tigers tried to hang in the contest.<\/p>\n
Full-time: The Dolphins have extended their club record winning streak to seven and climb to third on the ladder. The Dolphins’ back five were absolutely lethal with 96 runs between them for 889 metres. Trai Fuller and Tevita Naufahu had eight tackle breaks each and snared a try apiece while Herbie Farnworth also crossed.<\/p>\n
78 min: Some outrageous athleticism from Jack Bostock as he climbs up to bring down a bomb and then gets an offload away while flat on his back. Jamayne Isaako accepts the ball and goes over in the corner. Isaako ices the cake with his sixth successful conversion. Dolphins 36-22<\/p>\n
76 min: A superb chase by Alex Seyfarth on a Jarome Luai bomb and the forward continues his sensational run of tryscoring form against the Dolphins. Seyfarth now has a try in four of his five games against the Dolphins. Heath Mason converts. Dolphins 30-22<\/p>\n
74 min: Terrell May throws a 30-metre cut-out pass which finds Taylan May and the Tigers have a chance but the ball is lost and Jamayne Isaako scoots away.<\/p>\n
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Kodi Nikorima Try<\/p>\n
72 min: The Dolphins wrap it up with a long-range special from halfway as Trai Fuller breaks the line again and picks up Jeremy Marshall-King who sends it on to Kurt Donoghoe and then finally Kodi Nikorima who finishes it off. Jamayne Isaako converts. Dolphins 30-16<\/p>\n
71 min: Starford Toa comes up with a dropped ball as the Tigers launch a short side raid but come up empty.<\/p>\n
68 min: Fast feet from close range by Trai Fuller gets him past Terrell May and Sione Fainu and over the line for a crucial try. Jamayne Isaako converts. Dolphins 24-16<\/p>\n
67 min: Youngster Josese Lanyon puts down a tough pass from Api Koroisau and the Dolphins are handed a great opportunity to stretch their lead.<\/p>\n
64 min: Concerted pressure by the Dolphins with a rampaging Kulikefu Finefeuiaki denied by Terrell May just short before the ball is spun right but Jamayne Isaako puts it down.<\/p>\n
61 min: The teams trade sets as the game is played at a frantic pace. Fullbacks Trai Fuller and Jahream Bula continue to be safe under the high ball and then the wingers go to work to come out of trouble.<\/p>\n
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Sione Fainu 2nd Try<\/p>\n
55 min: Another grubber from Jarome Luai produces another try for Sione Fainu as the ball eludes Trai Fuller and the back-rower is there to plant it down. Heath Mason converts. Dolphins 18-16<\/p>\n
52 min: Api Koroisau’s line break has the Tigers on the attack and on last play the hooker launches a kick which comes down right under the posts. Jahream Bula flies high but can’t control the catch.<\/p>\n
50 min: A powerhouse run by Fonua Pole ends right on the tryline as Tom Gilbert does a superb job to hold him up. Replays show Pole had lost the ball as he went for the line. The Dolphins come away.<\/p>\n
50 min: The Dolphins are penalised for an escort on Tigers kick chasers. They throw in a challenge which is unsuccessful.<\/p>\n
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Tevita Naufahu Try<\/p>\n
43 min: Kodi Nikorima cuts out Herbie Farnworth with a bullet pass for Tevita Naufahu to produce an acrobatic dive into the right-hand corner. Jamayne Isaako converts from touch. Dolphins 18-10\u00a0<\/p>\n
Herbie’s a handful: Dolphins centre Herbie Farnworth continued his outstanding season with 120 run metres, two offloads, one line break and a try.<\/p>\n
Half-time: The Tigers had 53 per cent of possession and completed 18 of 21 sets and looked set to take a lead to the sheds before Patrick Herbert left the field and the Dolphins went straight to his edge to send Connelly Lemuelu over for a try to go ahead 12-10.<\/p>\n
40 min: The Dolphins get a late shot at points but Brad Schneider throws a loose offload and the Tigers take possession.<\/p>\n
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Connelly Lemuelu Try<\/p>\n
36 min: The Dolphins’ left edge strikes again as Brad Schneider delivers a deft pass for Connelly Lemuelu to explode into a gap and score from 20 metres out. Jamayne Isaako nails the conversion. Dolphins 12-10<\/p>\n
35 min: A double blow for the Tigers as Patrick Herbert leaves the field nursing his shoulder and Jock Madden is ruled out after failing his HIA.<\/p>\n
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Starford To’a Try<\/p>\n
31 min: Jarome Luai sends a long cut-out pass to Starford Toa who shows all his power to brush off Jamayne Isaako, Jack Bostock, Brad Schneider and Trai Fuller to slam the ball down for the Tigers’ second try. Api Koroisau takes over the kicking with Jock Madden off for a HIA. Koroisau fails to convert. Wests Tigers 10-6<\/p>\n
29 min: A mistake in the play-the-ball by Herbie Farnworth hands the Tigers good field position.<\/p>\n
28 min: Jarome Luai puts in a pinpoint bomb, Jahream Bula climbs above the pack to bring the ball down but the Dolphins scramble superbly to hold him up over the line.<\/p>\n
25 min: Kodi Nikorima toes a loose ball ahead into the in-goal and is knocked over by Api Koroisau. The bunker rules Koroisau’s contact was incidental and it’s play on through to the dead ball line where Ray Stone tries to keep it alive but is outside the field of play when he touches the ball.<\/p>\n
23 min: Jock Madden goes to the line and picks up Sione Fainu who slips an offload to Jarome Luai who slides over the line but the last pass is ruled forward. Madden is taken high as he unloads the ball as he offloads and is sent for a HIA but there’s no penalty for the Tigers.<\/p>\n
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Herbie Farnworth Try<\/p>\n
18 min: The Dolphins respond with Kodi Nikorima putting Herbie Farnworth through a hole with a peach of a pass. That’s seven tries for the season for the in-form Farnworth. The conversion attempt from Jamayne Isaako is successful. 6-6<\/p>\n
14 min: Brad Schneider kicks on last tackle, Jarome Luai gets himself in front of the catcher and is bowled over by Jack Bostock who is penalised.<\/p>\n
12 min: A deft grubber kick by Api Koroisau for a chasing Terrell May but the ball hits the goal post and comes down to the Dolphins.<\/p>\n
11 min: Oryn Keeley comes up with a second error as the Dolphins look to come out of their own end. Tiger scrum 30m out.<\/p>\n
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Sione Fainu Try<\/p>\n
8 min: On the back of a six-again the Tigers mount concerted pressure and come up with the first try as Jarome Luai grubbers for Sione Fainu to follow through and score. Jock Madden converts. Wests Tigers 6-0<\/p>\n
6 min: Brad Schneider goes short to Oryn Keeley but Jarome Luai muscles up in defence and forces an error.<\/p>\n
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Isaako just short of a miracle<\/p>\n
4 min: Jamayne Isaako launches himself for the right corner but the Tigers get across and force him into touch just short of the corner post.<\/p>\n
Late Mail<\/p>\n
Wests Tigers: Bunty Afoa has been promoted to the starting side 90 minutes before kick-off with Fonua Pole moving to the bench. Adam Doueihi’s return from a shoulder injury is on hold for another week after he dropped off the reserves list on Friday. Jock Madden will again wear the No.7 jersey as has done for the past six games.\u00a0Co-captain Api Koroisau will take his place after going unused by Blues coach Laurie Daley on Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dolphins: Star half Isaiya Katoa was ruled out of the game after captain’s run on Friday. Katoa suffered a knee injury in his side’s win over the Roosters last week. Brad Schneider will play half. Queensland reps Max Plath, Thomas Flegler, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and Selwyn Cobbo will all miss the clash but fellow Maroon Kulikefu Finefeuiaki has been added to the six-man bench after playing just eight minutes in Origin Two.<\/p>\n
Numbers Game<\/p>\n
Wests Tigers have lost six of their last seven games at Campbelltown.
\nThe Dolphins will play at Campbelltown Sports Stadium for the first time.
\nWests Tigers hooker Api Koroisau has scored four tries in his last four games at Campbelltown.
\nThe Dolphins have scored 30 points or more in their last five games.
\nWests Tigers lock Alex Seyfarth has scored a try in three of his four games against the Dolphins.<\/p>\n
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Bulldogs v Sea Eagles at Accor Stadium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We kicked off Super Saturday with a highly entertaining 10-try shootout at Campbelltown Stadium and it was the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-486762","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\/486762","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=486762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}