The Penrith Panthers will be facing the last team to beat them when they bring a run of four straight wins into Sunday’s 15th-round NRL Heritage Round clash at Mount Smart Stadium.
Since losing 10-30 to the Vodafone Warriors in the 10th round on May 17 – their sixth consecutive loss – the Panthers have beaten Parramatta 16-10, Manly 15-12, the Sydney Roosters 19-10 and South Sydney 19-18.
They’ll be without injured Blues Origin halfback Nathan Cleary this weekend with former Junior Kiwi Jarome Luai coming into standoff and ex-Vodafone Warrior James Maloney moving to halfback.
Northlander James Fisher-Harris is back at Mount Smart Stadium for the second time in a week after celebrating success with the Kiwis when they toppled Mate Ma’a Tonga 34-14 in Auckland last Saturday night.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v PENRITH PANTHERS
4.00pm, Sunday, June 30
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
PENRITH PANTHERS
1 DYLAN EDWARDS
2 JOSH MANSOUR
3 ISAAH YEO
4 BRENT NADEN
5 BRIAN TO’O
6 JAROME LUAI
7 JAMES MALONEY
8 JAMES TAMOU
9 MITCH KENNY
10 JAMES FISHER-HARRIS
11 VILIAME KIKAU
12 FRANK WINTERSTEIN
13 LIAM MARTIN
14 WAYDE EGAN
15 REAGAN CAMPBELL-GILLARD
16 MOSES LEOTA
17 HAME SELE
18 KAIDE ELLIS
19 MALAKAI WATENE-ZELEZNIAK
20 SIONE KATOA
21 DEAN WHARE
HEAD COACH | IVAN CLEARY
