An encounter with alleged racial abuse is powering Brent Naden to the perfect NRL season

Brent Naden could just be Penrith's X factor in Saturday's preliminary final against Souths.But the 24-year-old insists he's no lucky charm.The centre's season could have gone either way after he was allegedlyIt was the first time the Indigenous star had experienced anything like it at a game.

Naden says what fellow Indigenous footballers have been through has made taking a stance easier for him. The Panthers go into Saturday's game refreshed from a week off and as strong favourites to win a record 17 straight games. Penrith missed the finals for the first time in four years last year, but the young team have their eyes firmly on the premiership this season."The grand final would mean a lot, but I am just taking it one week at a time."

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