Penrith head coach Ivan Cleary has shuffled his playing stocks for Friday night’s 10th-round NRL battle against the Vodafone Warriors at Panthers Stadium (6.00pm kick-off local time; 8.00pm NZT).
Regular first-choice wing Josh Mansour is out of the squad completely while New South Wales Origin prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard is listed as a reserve on the extended bench. Mansour has been replaced by Brian To’o and Campbell-Gillard by veteran Tim Grant.
Also out of the side used against the Wests Tigers last week is New Zealand-born fullback Caleb Aekins – on the extended bench – and centre Tyrell Fuimaono, who moves to the interchange with Waqa Blake returning after being stood down for the Magic Round. Dylan Edwards comes in for Aekins.
The hookers have been swapped with New Zealander Sione Katoa coming into the starting line-up and Wayde Egan moved to the interchange. Liam Martin returns to start at loose forward with Kaide Ellis on the bench.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v PENRITH PANTHERS
6.00pm, Friday, May 17, 2019
Panthers Stadium, Penrith
PENRITH PANTHERS
1 DYLAN EDWARDS
2 BRIAN TO’O
3 DEAN WHARE
4 WAQA BLAKE
5 DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK
6 JAMES MALONEY
7 NATHAN CLEARY
8 JAMES TAMOU
9 SIONE KATOA
10 TIM GRANT
11 VILIAME KIKAU
12 JAMES FISHER-HARRIS
13 LIAM MARTIN
Interchange:
14 JAROME LUAI
15 TYRELL FUIMAONO
16 MOSES LEOTA
17 KAIDE ELLIS
18 REAGAN CAMPBELL-GILLARD
19 HAME SELE
HEAD COACH | IVAN CLEARY
20 FRANK WINTERSTEIN
21 CALEB AEKINS
