Panthers enforcer Moses Leota has flown out the gates with several bone-rattling hits and damaging carries, leaving the rugby league world stunned.
After only 15 minutes the 27-year-old has recorded 41 running metres and eight tackles, beginning the contest on a “search and destroy mission” according to the eighth Immortal Andrew Johns.
“Moses Leota is on a search and destroy mission. At the moment he is not searching, but doing a lot of destroying,” Johns said on Channel 9.
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Leota was one of the first Panthers to put his hand up for the big carries, taking on the Eels’ red-hot front row pairing of Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Junior Paulo.
“He’s not going to leave a single shred of energy tonight. He’s giving everything, Moses Leota,” Channel 9’s Matt Thompson said.
Ivan Cleary’s side clearly gained the upper hand off the back of his mammoth efforts taking a 10-0 lead 17 minutes into the contest, and the rugby league world was left stunned.
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