Rested and refreshed following a week off due to the bye, the Sharks host the competition leading Panthers on Friday night in a round 14 match to be played at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.
On the back of two consecutive victories, the Sharks play a Panthers side which has seven players involved in the State of Origin match tomorrow night.
The status of those seven players, six in the Blues squads and former Shark Kurt Capewell representing the Maroons, won’t be confirmed until later in the week.
As for the Sharks, coach Josh Hannay has stuck with the Matt Moylan-Shaun Johnson combination in the halves, with the pair impressive in the win over the Titans two weeks ago.
In the only change to the Sharks line up, Andrew Fifita has been named to return in jersey 17, with young prop Franklin Pele, who debuted in the game in Coffs Harbour, included on the extended reserves list.
Also outside the top 17 and named in the 21, is Chad Townsend, Teig Wilton and Mawene Hiroti who missed the round 12 win due to suspension.
The last time the two teams met, which was back in round nine, the Panthers ran out convincing 48-0 winners.
The Sharks v Panthers match kicks off at 7.50pm at Netstrata Jubilee on Friday night, with the two squads included below.
Match: Sharks v Panthers
Round 14 -
home Team
Sharks
away Team
Panthers
Team Lists
Backs
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Fullback for Sharks is number 1 William KennedyFullback for Panthers is number 1 Dylan Edwards
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Winger for Sharks is number 2 Connor TraceyWinger for Panthers is number 2 Charlie Staines
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Centre for Sharks is number 3 Will ChambersCentre for Panthers is number 3 Stephen Crichton
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Centre for Sharks is number 4 Jesse RamienCentre for Panthers is number 4 Paul Momirovski
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Winger for Sharks is number 5 Ronaldo MulitaloWinger for Panthers is number 5 Robert Jennings
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Five-Eighth for Sharks is number 6 Matt MoylanFive-Eighth for Panthers is number 6 Matt Burton
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Halfback for Sharks is number 7 Shaun JohnsonHalfback for Panthers is number 7 Tyrone May
Forwards
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Prop for Sharks is number 8 Aiden TolmanProp for Panthers is number 8 Moses Leota
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Hooker for Sharks is number 9 Blayke BraileyHooker for Panthers is number 9 Apisai Koroisau
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Prop for Sharks is number 10 Aaron WoodsProp for Panthers is number 10 James Fisher-Harris
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2nd Row for Sharks is number 11 Briton Nikora2nd Row for Panthers is number 11 Viliame Kikau
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2nd Row for Sharks is number 12 Wade Graham2nd Row for Panthers is number 12 Scott Sorensen
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Lock for Sharks is number 13 Toby RudolfLock for Panthers is number 15 J'maine Hopgood
Interchange
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Interchange for Sharks is number 14 Braydon TrindallInterchange for Panthers is number 13 Matthew Eisenhuth
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Interchange for Sharks is number 15 Siosifa TalakaiInterchange for Panthers is number 14 Mitch Kenny
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Interchange for Sharks is number 16 Jack WilliamsInterchange for Panthers is number 17 Izack Tago
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Interchange for Sharks is number 17 Andrew FifitaInterchange for Panthers is number 20 Liam Martin
Reserves
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Reserve for Sharks is number 18 Teig WiltonReserve for Panthers is number 26 Brent Naden
Match Officials
- Referee: Ashley Klein
- Touch Judge: Dave Munro
- Touch Judge: Jon Stone
- Senior Review Official: Henry Perenara
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