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Debutant centre Caelys Putoko and seasoned winger Edward Kosi nabbed doubles as the One New Zealand Warriors beat Penrith 32-12 to secure their 10th consecutive win in Saturday’s round 16 New South Wales Cup at Go Media Stadium.
In an exceptional run since their only loss to Newtown on April 12, the Warriors have now dismissed the Dragons (40-12), Knights (30-18), Bears (56-18), Raiders (46-30), Roosters (24-14), Bulldogs (40-24), Rabbitohs (24-6), Jets (22-16), Eels (46-22) and now the Panthers.
In doing so they’ve racked up 360 points while conceding 172, converting to an average winning score of 36-17.
With four consecutive wins to open the season, they now have a 14-1 record to sit on 30 points (509 points for, 264 against), still three clear of the Dragons who stayed in contact three points behind with victory over the Magpies yesterday.
The Warriors made a textbook start against the Panthers on Saturday with Kosi smashing his way over twice in the opening 15 minutes to open up a 10-0 lead.
Match: Warriors v Panthers
Round 16 -
home Team
Warriors
1st Position
away Team
Panthers
5th Position
Venue: Go Media Stadium, Auckland
Halves Tanah Boyd and Luke Hanson were in perfect harmony going left in the fifth minute, Hanson with a long ball to create space for Kosi to rumble over despite the attention of three defenders.
Just ten minutes later the Warriors went back to the well from an almost identical position, this time Kalani Going at first receiver, then Boyd out the back to Hanson linking with Putoko who gave Kosi a second shot against a scattered defensive line. Holding the ball out in front in his left hand he took a defender with to slam it down again.

The Warriors’ ruck defence near their line was exposed when Penrith scored in the 33rd minute to leave the score 10-6 at halftime but the home side set about putting its stamp on the contest with two strikes in the opening phase of the second half.
With the Panthers on attack in the 44th minute, a pass went loose, second rower Eddie Ieremia-Toeava swooping on his own 10-metre line and breaking 30 metres before off loading to fullback Geronimo Doyle who blasted 60 metres down the left touchline for a stunner.
Four minutes later a long right-to-left shift saw Boyd and Hanson in synch again for Putoko to charge through two defenders for a smart try on debut.
Having put their mark on the match, the Warriors then went through a stage when they strayed from their script as the Panthers pulled it back to 22-12 with 27 minutes still to play.
There were more anxious moments to follow but it was Boyd who settled his side down. From 40 metres out he dummied and created an opening off a Going pass to score wide out for a 26-12 lead with 15 minutes to play.

With six minutes left the Warriors struck from range again, heading to their productive left through Freddy Lussick, Going, Boyd and Hanson before Putoko, reaching behind to gather the pass 33 metres out, flung off one defender, burst through two more, feinted to off load to Kosi and then went all the way to score a beauty wide out.
As well as his two tries Putoko finished with 12 runs for 143 metres, two line breaks, a line break assist, a try assist, five tackle breaks and nine tackles without a miss.
Also making his New South Wales Cup debut as a late replacement was right winger Garry Tuilekutu, a Naenae College product with a rugby union background. He scored eight tries in 18 matches for the club’s Jersey Flegg Cup (under-21) side last season.
The Warriors hit the road again next week when they meet the Sea Eagles at 4 Pines Park seeking to extend their winning streak to 11.