The Penrith Panthers have opted for an all-star line-up for the last round of the competition before their finals campaign.

Paul Gallen hailed Panthers star Viliame Kikau as “one of the best backrowers of the game”, a compliment gratefully accepted.

While several clubs are resting their star players in the lead up to finals, Kikau told Gal and Mark Levy the Panthers are approaching round 25 the “same as how we approach any other game throughout the year”.

“Throughout the year, we just couldn’t put together a team to play for a long period of time, and that was one of the main reasons … not to rest anyone.”

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