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Penrith rookie Nathan Cleary says hes ready for a break after his fairytale rise to the NRL came to a crashing end in Canberra on Saturday night.The Raiders blew the Panthers away early at GIO Stadium before holding off a late comeback, which included two clutch sideline conversions from Cleary to keep his team in the game.It was yet another mature performance from the 18-year-old, who has enjoyed one of the more stunning ascensions to first grade in recent memory.But the son of former Panthers coach Ivan has welcomed the upcoming off-season, all but ruling himself out of a possible return to the clubs under-20s preliminary final this week.Theyre going pretty well at the moment so dont really want to interrupt that. Ill definitely be watching them, he said after their NRL defeat to Canberra.Ill try and stay fit and get away from footy for a bit. Its been a pretty big year for me. Ill just relax and then be raring come pre-season.The Panthers were treading in 10th spot when coach Anthony Griffin made the bold decision to sack veteran Jamie Soward and give Cleary a debut against Melbourne in round 13.And while Penrith lost that game, they won nine of their final 12 regular season games to finish in sixth spot before roaring over Canterbury in an elimination final victory.Griffin admitted to waiting for the rookie Cleary to hit the wall for the entire back end of the year.Its a credit to him that hes been able to get himself to this point, Griffin said.There were times during the year where you were thinking Hell drop off soon, hell drop off. But he just kept coming. Unfortunately tonight, it comes to an end, but well get on with it.With the Panthers unlikely to have to farewell in the summer any of the 17 players who took the field against Canberra, Cleary said he is looking forward to improving on this years finish in 2017.Injured players Dean Whare, Peta Hiku, Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Sam McKendry, together with big-name recruit James Tamou, are set to bolster the squad.For a lot of us, this is the first time weve played together, Cleary said.Weve done pretty well to get this far deep into the season. With a big pre-season under our belts, Im hoping we can hit our straps and even improve on this year.Wholesale NHL Jerseys . - Chris Tierney snapped a tie with a power-play goal late in the third period as the London Knights rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Erie Otters 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday. NHL Jerseys . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. 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The pitch is pretty good and New Zealand have been in the field for a long time. From a team growth point of view, I am really looking forward to it.Kluseners charges showed marked improvement from the first-Test performance when they collapsed to 36 for 4 and 164 all out in the first innings and 17 for 4 in the second, when they eventually totaled 295. Theyve done better in the second Test, with a first innings total of 362 which included a half-century opening stand, a 148-run partnership for the sixth wicket and a second hundred by a Zimbabwe batsmen in the series with Craig Ervine joining Sean Williams as a centurion.The difference, Klusener explained, came with a chance in mindset. We wanted to place a value on our wickets. In the first Test match, there were a couple too many soft dismissals. There were a couple that were a bit soft again here but we were prepared to grind out tough sessions and bat time. We want to make sure bowlers work hard for our wickets, like we had to do for theirs.It also came with a change in personnel. Tino Mawoyo recovered from a thumb injury to take his place at the top of the order alongside Chamu Chibhabha and Klusener thinks they could be the pair to take Zimbabwe forward. Since I have been involved, Ive noticed weve always struggled to get a good platform. Tino and Chamu have settled things a little bit and take some shine off the ball. I am extremely impressed with them and hopefully they can grow as a partnership together.Their stand was only worth 45 in the second innings and two wickets towards the end of the day will leave Zimbabwes middle order exposed early but Klusener believes they have the playeers to bat out the day.dddddddddddd Zimbabwe still have four specialist batsmen at their disposal: Ervine, who took a knock on the knee but should be all right to bat again, first-Test centurion Williams, Prince Masvaure, although he is nursing a sprained ankle, and debutant PJ Moor.All four have shown signs of being able to occupy the crease and for them, Klusener had a message: Their job is not finished, he said.Ideally, he would like all of them to bat like Ervine did. Craig was really organised. He had a good plan. Thats where we need to get to with the other batsmen because its one thing having a plan, but its important to be comfortable with the plan.Ideally, New Zealand would prefer none of them to bat like Ervine. Although Trent Boult gave Zimbabwe credit for showing great resilience, he warned them it would be a a new challenge to bat on a tiring wicket.But the condition of the strip has remained fairly stable and it will as tough for New Zealand to take wickets as it will be for Zimbabwe not to give them away, and Boult knows it. The challenges is the pace. Its been a wicket that we dont find where we come from. Its a testing surface but a good test at that, he said.For Boult, who has yet to reach the speeds he did before he injured his back during the Australia series last summer, the challenge has also been against himself, but he feels he is getting back to his best. I would have liked to take more wickets but thats the way it goes. I feel I am getting better with each spell, he said.His end-of-day burst was particularly impressive, when he got the shape away and picked up the late wicket of Tino Mawoyo. Tim Southee followed up with a similar delivery to get rid of Sikandar Raza and the two late scalps gave New Zealand the edge, according to Boult. We know it is a very slow and unresponsive wicket. Nice to come back here and only have to grab seven, he said.Only seven? Or as many as seven? Klusener would say the latter. ' ' '