The Wests Tigers have reshuffled their spine in a bid to spark their spluttering attack ahead of the Easter Monday showdown with the Eels.
Veteran Raiders centre Jarrod Croker will play his first NRL game since Round 9 last year and appear in the top grade for just the second time since 2021, after being called in to replace Harley Smith-Shields for the Green Machine's trip to face the ladder-leading Broncos at Suncorp Stadium.
As it stands 32-year-old Croker, who will co-captain the team in his return, sits eight games short of joining the 300-game club. The Panthers will be without the services of representative forward Liam Martin for another week as he continues to overcome a hamstring injury, while there is no sign of off-season recruit Luke Garner either, with the back-rower missing last week due to a rib complaint.
The injury-ravaged Bulldogs, who are already without eight frontline players due to injury or suspension, will be sweating on the fitness of prop Max King and impressive rookie Jacob Preston after they suffered gruesome eye and hand injuries in a collision with each other in Round 5.
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