One of the season’s most heavily anticipated clashes is almost upon us, with the Bulldogs and Panthers doing battle for a preliminary finals berth on Sunday afternoon.

Reed Mahoney starts at hooker with Bailey Hayward dropping back to the bench. Sitili Tupouniua start at prop with Josh Curran moving to the pine.

Hooker Mitch Kenny returns to start with Luke Sommerton making way.

The Canterbury club have consistently dipped into Penrith’s wealth of talent in recent years, plucking the likes of Stephen Crichton, Matt Burton and Viliame Kikau away from the reigning premiers.

Adding to that star group is now head coach Cameron Ciraldo, who was the Panthers’ assistant before taking over of the famous Belmore club.

So it’s fair to say there’s going to be some fireworks in this clash.

Howev

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