Penrith players have vowed not to let their latest injury blows deter them from attempting to save their NRL season in Brisbane this week. The Panthers are still sweating on results for second-rowers Isaah Yeo (shoulder) and Viliame Kikau (ankle) after both picked up serious injuries on Saturday. Yeo is reportedly out for the season with a dislocated shoulder, while it remains to be seen how bad the damage is for Kikau. The loss of their entire second row is just another hammer blow for an out-of-sorts Panthers side sitting equal last in the premiership. Winger Malakai Watene-Zelezniak also picked up a rib injury, while forward Liam Martin has copped a one-game ban for a dangerous throw against Canberra. Veteran five-eighth James Maloney could join him as he fights a grade-one dangerous contact charge at the NRL judiciary on Tuesday. An unsuccessful case means coach Ivan Cleary could be forced into a whopping five changes for their Magic Round clash with the Wests Tigers. Veteran prop Tim Grant backed the depth of the squad to fill the holes. "Like any team in the NRL, if you get an injury, someone's got to step up. And who knows? We might unearth the next big thing," Grant said on Monday. "We've just got to bond together and get the job done."
