NRL Round 7 Teams: No return for Panthers superstar, another Lomax position switch, NAS & Lodge back [Video]

Penrith have opted to give Nathan Cleary another week on the sidelines to recover from his hamstring injury, with the world’s best player to skip the Panthers’ trip to Bathurst to face the Wests Tigers. Brad Schneider will continue to deputise in the 7 jumper.

Jarome Luai, however, is good to go and will feature, using the bye round to recover from the knee problem that saw him limp out of the defeat at Manly.

The Dragons have returned Zac Lomax to the centres for their clash with the Warriors on Friday teatime as they reshuffle their backline to accomodate the loss of Jack Bird with a concussion. Christian Tuipulotu comes in on the wing and new signing Nu Brown is an outside chance of a debut, having been named to the extended bench.

Melbourne have a huge in for their trip to the Roosters with Nelson Asofa-Solomonanamed for his first start of the season in the …