Sunday’s NRL 2017 Round 25 match is between Penrith Panthers and St George Illawarra Dragons. The opening kick is set to commence at 16:10 local time with the game to be played at Pepper Stadium. The home team Penrith Panthers are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Penrith Panthers and St George Illawarra Dragons.
When: 16:10 | Sunday 27/08/2017
Where: Pepper Stadium
Preview:
After leading the competition seven rounds into the season, the Dragons are staring down the barrel of missing the finals with two matches remaining. They can return to the eight with a victory but need other results to go their way. The Panthers could potentially be in the top four by the end of the round. That looked a world away when they were struggling mid-season, but they’ve rallied to win seven-straight matches to show why many predicted they could win the title this year.
Key: Handling errors have hurt the Dragons but they’ve had no problem catching the flu. How much toll will illness take on the players as they try to save their season?
Tip: Panthers
Odds:
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Tip: Penrith Panthers at $1.50
Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Josh Mansour at $10.00
More Info:
Head to Head: Panthers 12 Dragons 19
Last clash: Round 1, 2017 – Dragons 42 bt Panthers 10 at UOW Jubilee Oval
Tab.com.au: Panthers $1.50 Dragons $2.60
FootyTAB.com.au: Dragons +6.5
Teams:
Panthers: 
1. Dylan Edwards 2. Josh Mansour 3. Tyrone Peachey 4. Waqa Blake 5. Dallin Watene Zelezniak 6. Tyrone May 7. Nathan Cleary 8. James Tamou 9. Peter Wallace 10. Regan Campbell-Gillard 11. Corey Harawira 12. Isaah Yeo 13. James Fisher-Harris 14. Sione Katoa 15. Bryce Cartwright 16. Tim Browne 17. Trent Merrin 18. Moses Leota 19. Dean Whare 20. Viliame Kikau 21. Kaide Ellis
Players cut: TBC
Dragons: 
1. Matthew Dufty 2. Nene Macdonald 3. Josh Dugan 4. Timoteo Lafai 5. Jason Nightingale 6. Gareth Widdop 7. Kurt Mann 8. Leeson Ah Mau 9. Cameron McInnes 10. Paul Vaughan 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Joel Thompson 13. Jack de Belin 14. Tariq Sims 15. Hame Sele 16. Blake Lawrie 17. Josh McCrone 18. Taane Milne 19. Kalifa Faifai Loa 20. Luciano Leilua 21. Will Matthews
Players cut: TBC
NRL News:
Brisbane winger Jordan Kahu has been ruled out of Thursday night’s NRL clash with Parramatta due to a groin injury.
Broncos coach Wayne Bennett said Kahu had been nursing the problem all year and needed a week off.
He will be replaced by PNG international David Mead.
“He won’t play. He’s got a groin problem that he has had for most of the year and probably needs a week off – he will be back next week,” Bennett said of Kahu.
Bench forward Tevita Pangai Junior (hamstring) will also be rested for a week, replaced by under 20s player Jaydn Su’A.
Bennett opted for Su’A with Joe Ofahengaue still with one week left on a three game lifting ban.
Bennett said he would stick with Kodi Nikorima at halfback and Ben Hunt coming off the bench as back-up hooker for the rest of the year with Anthony Milford calling the shots at pivot.
Milford was close to man of the match last round, setting up two tries and scoring another in their 24-12 win over St George Illawarra that kept them in the top two.
Bennett believed Brisbane faced a timely pre-finals test against the fifth-placed Eels.
“We respect them. We know they can play. They are obviously a much better team than last year – we have got our hands full tomorrow night,” he said.
