Isaah Yeo has been given Penrith’s blessing to captain Australia at the World Cup rather than undergo immediate pectoral surgery after the NRL season. The Panthers are happy for Isaah Yeo to delay surgery to play for Australia at the World Cup. Credit: AAPBut complicating matters, Yeo had been set to captain the Kangaroos at the World Cup, which begins only 11 days after the NRL grand final in October. The Panthers are not concerned by the prospect of Yeo causing further damage to his injury at the World Cup, with function and pain both bigger concerns. “The World Cup doesn’t come around every day.