You guys are worrying about our forward pack for no reason IMO.
Tony Puletua and Frank Pritchard might tower over your blokes, but these guys are lazy and your blokes will have a field day running at them. Unless the humiliating loss to the Broncos fires them up... these guys will do nothing.
Nathan Smith will no doubt make more tackles and hitups then both combined, and i bet he doesn't strike fear into your team. Raiders fans don't rate him, but i have to give him credit for his efforts. The only backrower you have to watch out for is Trent Waterhouse... he is big, tough and works hard.
The front row is the exact opposite though. Frank Puletua, Adam Woolnough and ofcourse Petero Civoniceva are all hard working blokes that don't shy from a heavy workload. Brendon Worth isn't the most talented player, nor is he aggressive. But he will put in 100%.
Panthers only chance is if Blair and Sammut can rip your team apart from the centre of the field and spread the ball to our faster backs in Wesser, Tighe and Jennings. If you can stop these guys from making a break, you should win with ease.
My predicted scoreline:
Raiders 32
Panthers 10