Jordan Rapana will return for the Raiders important clash against the Panthers at GIO Stadium on Saturday evening.
Rapana replaces Albert Hopoate on the wing in the only change from the club’s 36-24 victory over the Titans last week.
The Raiders head into the match in ninth place on the ladder having won three games in a row against the Storm, Warriors and Gold Coast.
Meanwhile, the Panthers will be without superstar halfback Nathan Cleary after he copped a five-match suspension for a dangerous tackle on Parramatta’s Dylan Brown last weekend.
Despite Cleary being an integral member of the Panthers’ set up, the club is still 5-0 without him this season and have a host of other stars that can step up in his absence.
With Jarome Luai also missing, Jaeman Salmon and Sean O’Sullivan have been named as the Penrith halves, while Kurt Falls is on the extended bench.
In some good news for the Panthers, Stephen Crichton returns at centre after returning from a nasty head knock.
Raiders and Panthers team lists
| RAIDERS | PANTHERS | |
| Xavier Savage | 1 | Dylan Edwards |
| Nick Cotric | 2 | Taylan May |
| Matthew Timoko | 3 | Izack Tago |
| Sebastian Kris | 4 | Stephen Crichton |
| Jordan Rapana | 5 | Brian To’o |
| Jack Wighton | 6 | Jaeman Salmon |
| Jamal Fogarty | 7 | Sean O’Sullivan |
| Josh Papalii | 8 | Moses Leota |
| Zac Woolford | 9 | Api Koroisau |
| Joe Tapine | 10 | James Fisher-Harris |
| Hudson Young | 11 | Viliame Kikau |
| Elliott Whitehead | 12 | Liam Martin |
| Adam Elliott | 13 | Isaah Yeo |
| BENCH | BENCH | |
| Tom Starling | 14 | Mitch Kenny |
| Ryan Sutton | 15 | Scott Sorensen |
| Emre Guler | 16 | Spencer Leniu |
| Corey Harawira-Naera | 17 | Charlie Staines |
| RESERVES | RESERVES | |
| Albert Hopoate | 18 | Sunia Turuva |
| Ata Mariota | 19 | Matthew Eisenhuth |
| Matt Frawley | 20 | Chris Smith |
| Corey Horsburgh | 21 | Kurt Falls |
| Semi Valemei | 22 | Lindsay Smith |
