Feb 4th, 2018

Feb 4th, 2018

A bad week for Penrith just got even worse with star winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak certain to miss the opening few rounds of the new season.

Watene-Zelezniak was doing a contact drill with team-mates on the weekend when he fell awkwardly on his ankle.

Preliminary reports indicate the flying winger will miss at least a month with the injury.

The news comes less than 48 hours after the Panthers lost star back-rower Bryce Cartwright to the Titans - and speculation in today’s press that boom halfback Nathan Cleary may follow.

A Penrith junior, Watene-Zelezniak has been among the Panthers’ most consistent players in recent years.

Watene-Zelezniak is in a moon boot and won’t run for another few weeks.