The Melbourne Storm are pitted against a weakened Penrith Panthers in their bid to move higher up on the NRL table.
Where: Pepper Stadium, Penrith
When: 10.30am Saturday 6 June (7.30pm live)
Watch live: Premier Sports
The Storm were very poor against the Roosters on Monday night.
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The loss moved them down the table from the top, and currently they sit in fourth.
They won’t be short of motivation when they arrive at Pepper Stadium.
The return of Billy Slater for Melbourne should help. Slater starts at fullback for Cameron Munster in an otherwise unchanged line-up.
Christian Welch, Hymel Hunt and Ben Hampton make-up Melbourne’s seven-man bench.
The Panthers are in the middle of an injury crisis. Matt Moylan’s syndesmosis strain and Robert Jennings’ demotion has caused a huge backline shuffle as Dallin Watene-Zelezniak moves to fullback for Dean Whare’s return in the centres.
Waqa Blake moves to the wing for Issah Ye,o with Sika Manu starting in the back row with Tyrone Peachey returning from suspension on the bench.
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