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There are four teams left, and it’s a case of last man standing as injuries and suspensions play their part on the finals. Join The Roar for all the news, analysis and team lists ahead of the preliminary finals from 3:30pm (AEST).
The big news regards suspensions this weekend. Latrell Mitchell will be missing for the Roosters after committing a crusher tackle on Josh Dugan during their win over the Sharks in the second qualifying final.
Their opponents, the South Sydney Rabbitohs, will have Greg Inglis available for selection though after he escaped without suspension from a crusher tackle of his own against the Dragons. The difference between the pair of Origin centres was carry over points.
Speaking of suspensions, and Will Chambers will be back in the centres for the Melbourne Storm after he has sat out a few weeks for a crusher tackle of his own.
Moving to injury news, and it’s the Cronulla Sharks who have the most going on.
Ahead of their trip to Melbourne, Paul Gallen will need to overcome a rotator cuff injury, but is expected to be named today and given until the last minute to prove his fitness for the contest.
Luke Lewis is also likely to beat a corked thigh, while Josh Dugan is rated a 50-50 chance to return from the shoulder injury which saw him become a late exclusion last week.
The Storm also have good news in terms of injuries, with Nelson Asofa-Solomona expected to beat an ankle injury.
The Roosters had plenty of bumps and bruises after their qualifying final, but are likely to be at full strength minus Mitchell for their clash against the Rabbitohs, who are also expected to be at full strength despite off-field allegations for Sam Burgess and a on-field head clash between other two Burgess brothers last week.
Melbourne Storm
1 Billy Slater, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Will Chambers, 4 Curtis Scott, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Brodie Croft, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith, 10 Tim Glasby, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Joe Stimson, 13 Dale Finucane
Interchange: 14 Kenneath Bromwich, 15 Christian Welch, 16 Ryan Hoffman, 17 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 18. Brandon Smith 19. Jahrome Hughes 20. Sam Kasiano 21. Cheyse Blair
Cronulla Sharks
1 Valentine Holmes, 2 Sosaia Feki, 3 Jesse Ramien, 4 Ricky Leutele, 5 Edrick Lee, 6 Matt Moylan, 7 Chad Townsend, 8 Andrew Fifita, 9 Jayden Brailey, 10 Matt Prior, 11 Luke Lewis, 12 Kurt Capewell, 13 Paul Gallen
Interchange: 14 Scott Sorensen, 15 James Segeyaro, 16 Aaron Woods, 17 Jayson Bukuya, 18 Josh Dugan, 19 Ava Seumanufagai, 20 Joseph Paulo, 21 Kyle Flanagan
Sydney Roosters
1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Mitchell Aubusson 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 9 Jake Friend (c), 10 Siosiua Taukeiaho, 11 Boyd Cordner, 12 Isaac Liu, 13 Victor Radley
Interchange: 14 Lindsay Collins, 15 Zane Tetevano, 16 Nat Butcher, 17 Ryan Matterson, 18 Sean O’Sullivan, 19 Matt Ikuvalu, 20 Paul Momirovski, 21 Sitili Tupouniua
South Sydney Rabbitohs
1 Alex Johnston, 2 Campbell Graham, 3 Greg Inglis, 4 Dane Gagai, 5 Robert Jennings, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Tom Burgess, 9 Damien Cook, 10 George Burgess, 11 John Sutton, 12 Angus Crichton, 13 Sam Burgess
Interchange: 14 Hymel Hunt, 15 Cameron Murray, 16 Jason Clark, 17 Dean Britt, 18 Braidon Burns, 19 Mark Nicholls, 20 Tevita Tatola, 21 Connor Tracey
All times AEST.
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