If you were taking bets back in 2013 about which Penrith under 20s player would be the first to play 100 NRL games for the club, Isaah Yeo would be a fair way down the list.
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The Panthers 20s side won the Toyota Cup that year with players like Bryce Cartwright and James Roberts stealing most of the limelight.
Cartwright, in particular was touted as someone who could become a club legend, while Roberts, Regan Campbell-Gillard, Waqa Blake, Dallin Watene-Zalezniak and George Jennings were also in the starting XIII on grand final day.
Isaah Yeo featured off the bench and, outside of Dubbo, created very little fanfare.
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But fast forward to Friday night and Yeo will be one of the first names on the team sheet and will lead his side out in his 100th match in Panthers colours.
The likes of Cartwright and Roberts have departed, largely due to off-field issues, while everyone from the club’s general manager Phil Gould through to some of Penrith’s youngest players have nothing but praise for Dubbo junior, Yeo.
Gould went as far to say the former St John’s junior was an “inspiration to all young players anywhere in the country”.
Roberts is the only other member of that 2013 side to have played 100 NRL matches, but he has also represented South Sydney, Gold Coast Titans and the Brisbane Broncos in that time.
Campbell-Gillard is likely to be the next to reach the milestone at Penrith after singing a new, long-term deal with the club earlier in the season.
The Origin representative has played 83 times for the Panthers while Waqa Blake played 67 times.
Yeo could very well be captain again at Brisbane with Origin representative James Malong no certainty to play.
"I'm not sure whether James Maloney is going to play this week," Gould told the Six Tackles with Gus Podcast.
"He's still got that toe injury and he hasn't trained as yet."
The Friday clash shapes as a crucial one for the fifth-placed Panthers, who are part of a four-team logjam of sides all on 24 points between fourth and seventh.
They remain just two points behind second-placed Melbourne, but only two ahead of the Broncos in eighth.
The Panthers have been on the Gold Coast for a mini-camp before the match, but have received good news with winger Josh Mansour considered a certainty to play on return from a serious facial injury.
Friday match will also be the 50th NRL match for Penrith halfback Nathan Cleary.
Kick-off is at 7.55pm.