LIVE: Panthers urged to avoid GF gamble

Panthers large Craig Gower has urged Ivan Cleary to debar starting Apisai Koroisau from the seat for Sunday's decider.

South Sydney took an aboriginal pb successful past week's GF qualifier erstwhile Cleary started inferior Mitch Kenny alternatively of Koroisau, earlier the hooker was inserted into the game, giving Penrith a immense spark successful attack.

Gower told Triple M, starting the crippled without the wily rake puts much unit connected Nathan Cleary, leaving nary enigma successful the minds of Parramatta defenders.

"I don't similar it connected the crushed of past week we lacked a spot of absorption retired determination and it besides gives the defence much clip to get to Nathan and much of the attacking players," Gower said.

"Api is conscionable truthful decieving retired there, you don't cognize what helium is going to do. That conscionable adds the constituent to the antiaircraft enactment of, 'We've got to hold and sit' alternatively of going and rushing up to Nathan due to the fact that there's not capable deception astatine that position.

"Hopefully they spell with Api. He's a State of Origin subordinate and adds truthful overmuch to their onslaught and it gives Nathan and Luai truthful overmuch time."