PANTHERS CHIEF GRIX PLAYING MIND GAMES
HALIFAX PANTHERS are working to solve a crisis of confidence as they try to get their bid for a top-two finish and a trip to Wembley for the 1895 Cup final firmly back on track.
Simon Grix's side went into their derby at fellow play-off chasers Batley on the back of a 28-18 loss at York. Having won seven of their first eleven league games, the defeat at the LNER Community Stadium, where Castleford's former Tonga back Mahe Fonua played for the Panthers on dualregistration, was a third in six.