That was ugly but we’ll take victory says ‘Muggo’ about Penrith breakthrough

By MARK CASHMAN Penrith coach John Muggleton knows what he signed up for when he took on the toughest job in the Shute Shield. Obviously some days are tougher than others but at the end of a week where they took the tough call to pull their reserve grade out of the Colin Caird Shield, a victory for the Emus - admittedly a pretty bloody ugly one - materialised, their first win since 2014 in the top grade - seven years or 2471 long days The Emus defeated the Western Sydney Two Blues 11-7 at Holroyd Sports Ground and as ‘Muggo’ said in the wake of that win they’ll take that “any day of the week” “Getting people to come and play here isn’t easy as you would appreciate with us on the wrong end of some big losses but we’re working away and being able to concentrate on the Shute Shield grade will help in our development,” Muggleton told Rugby News Shute Shield entry requires club to field three grade sides and two colts teams but the Emus have been granted an

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