
Viliame Kikau has stepped up to the plate for a Penrith side decimated by Origin call-ups to lead the Panthers to a 30-18 win over Canterbury.
With Nathan Cleary, Jarome Luai, Stephen Crichton, Brian To'o, Liam Martin and Isaah Yeo forming a six-man Penrith contingent in Brad Fittler's NSW squad, the home game with the bottom-placed Bulldogs on Friday night loomed as a potential banana skin.