Winger Jacob Kiraz has revealed he is happy to keep playing with painkilling injections as a patched-up Canterbury turn to a barely tested halves combination of Lachlan Galvin and Toby Sexton to save their NRL season.

Hurting from a gruelling 26-18 defeat to the Melbourne Storm last week, injuries have forced Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo into a major reshuffle for Sunday's must-win semifinal with Penrith.

Galvin and Sexton will pair up in the halves for just the third game this season with regular five-eighth Matt Burton moving to centre to cover for the loss of injured captain Stephen Crichton.

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