Mounties Coach Stephen Antonelli has named his side for the Round 5 clash with the Penrith Panthers on Saturday at 3:15pm at Sportingbet Stadium.
Mounties are unbeaten and sitting on top of the VB NSW Cup ladder, a statistic they wish to keep intact when they face the Panthers in the curtain raiser to the NRL match.
Antonelli was able to name a similar side to the one that defeated North Sydney Bears in Round 4 however Mounties will have to do without the stellar services of back-rower Jake Foster who has been promoted to 18th man in the Raiders NRL line-up.
After scoring six tries in his four appearances Foster will prove a huge loss to Mounties on the left edge however they have a very capable replacement in Raiders forward Lagi Setu.
The full team line-up is:
1. Joey Bond
2. Gus Aiga
3. Jeremy Hawkins
4. Mosese Pangai
5. Sami Sauiluma
6. Matt Place
7. Mitch Cornish
8. Kyle O’Donnell
9. Matt McIlwrick
10. Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
11. Lagi Setu
12. Mark Nicholls
13. Clay Priest
14. Mitch Cahalane
15. Kurt Horton
16. Rodney Coates
17. Reece Goldsmith
18. Francis Vaiotu
