The NRL Round 9 teams have been revealed.
Underfire Brisbane coach Anthony Seibold has declined to make any changes to his 17 despite a sixth consecutive loss last weekend, instead opting to simply to shuffle the forwards. Tevita Pangai Jr. will start at prop, Corey Oates moves to the second row and Thomas Fleger has been moved to the bench.
Their arch-rivals, North Queensland, have done the opposite, naming a new-look backline. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow gets the no.1 jersey again, with Valentine Holmes moving to the wing, Conelly Lemuelu moving into the centres and Justin O’Neill (injury) and Tom Opacic (form) making way.
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Thursday, 7:50pm at QCB Stadium
Cowboys
1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, 2. Kyle Feldt, 3. Connelly Lemuelu, 4. Esan Marsters, 5. Valentine Holmes, 6. Scott Drinkwater, 7. Jake Clifford, 8. Josh McGuire, 9. Reece Robson, 10. Francis Molo, 11. Shane Wright, 12. Coen Hess, 13. Jason Taumalolo
Bench/Reserves: 14. Ben Hampton, 15. Tom Gilbert, 16. Peter Hola, 17. Gavin Cooper, 18. Murray Taulagi, 19. Reuben Cotter, 20. Corey Jensen, 21. Jake Granville
Roosters
1. James Tedesco, 2. Ryan Hall, 3. Josh Morris, 4. Joseph Manu, 5. Brett Morris, 6. Luke Keary, 7. Kyle Flanagan, 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 9. Jake Friend, 10. Sio Siua Taukeiaho, 11. Angus Crichton, 12. Mitchell Aubusson, 13. Nat Butcher
Bench/Reserves: 14. Lachlan Lam, 15. Sitili Tupouniua, 16. Poasa Faamausili, 17. Lindsay Collins, 18. Daniel Fifita, 19. Drew Hutchison, 20. Freddy Lussick, 21. Matt Ikuvalu
Friday, 6pm at Cbus Super Stadium
Titans
1. Corey Thompson, 2. Anthony Don, 3. Beau Fermor, 4. Bryce Cartwright, 5. Treymain Spry, 6. Ashley Taylor, 7. Jamal Fogarty, 8. Moeaki Fotuaika, 9. Erin Clark, 10. Jaimin Joliffe, 11. Sam Stone, 12. Keegan Hipgrave, 13. Jai Arrow
Bench/Reserves: 14. Tanah Boyd, 15. Sam Lisone, 16. Tyrone Peachey, 17. Jarrod Wallace, 18. Jai Whitbread, 19. Nathan Peats, 20. Greg Leleuisiuao, 21. Tyrone Roberts
Warriors
1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 2. David Fusitu’a, 3. Patrick Herbert, 4. Peta Hiku, 5. Ken Maumalo, 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita, 7. Blake Green, 8. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, 9. Wayde Egan, 10. Adam Blair, 11. Jack Murchie, 12. Tohu Harris, 13. Karl Lawton
Bench/Reserves: 14. Agnatius Paasi, 15. Jack Hetherington, 16. Isaiah Papali’i, 17. Jazz Tevaga, 18. Lachlan Burr, 20. Gerard Beale, 21. King Vuniyayawa, 22. Adam Pompey
Friday, 7:55pm at BankWest Stadium
Rabbitohs
1. Latrell Mitchell, 2. Dane Gagai, 3. Campbell Graham, 4. James Roberts, 5. Alex Johnston, 6. Cody Walker, 7. Adam Reynolds, 8. Tevita Tavola, 9. Damien Cook, 10. Tom Burgess, 11. Jaydn Su’A, 12. Ethan Lowe, 13. Cameron Murray
Bench/Reserves: 14. Liam Knight, 15. Bayley Sironen, 16. Patrick Mago, 17. Hame Sele, 18. Mark Nicholls, 19. Steven Marsters, 20. Troy Dargan, 21. Corey Allan
Tigers
1. Adam Doueihi, 2. David Nofoaluma, 3. Michael Chee-Kam, 4. Moses Mbye, 5. Tommy Talau, 6. Josh Reynolds, 7. Luke Brooks, 8. Josh Aloiai, 9. Harry Grant, 10. Oliver Clark, 11. Luke Garner, 12. Luciano Leilua, 13. Matthew Eisenhuth
Bench/Reserves: 14. Elijah Taylor, 15. Thomas Mikaele, 16. Sam McIntyre, 17. Chris Lawrence, 18. Benji Marshall, 19. Reece Hoffman, 20. Billy Walters, 21. Russell Packer
Saturday, 3pm at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Sharks
1. Josh Dugan, 2. Sione Katoa, 3. Bryson Goodwin, 4. Jesse Ramien, 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo, 6. Shaun Johnson, 7. Chad Townsend, 8. Andrew Fifita, 9. Blayke Brailey, 10. Aaron Woods, 11. Briton Nikora, 12. Wade Graham, 13. Jack Williams
Bench/Reserves: 14. Toby Rudolf, 15. Braden Hamlin-Uele, 16. Siosifa Talakai, 17. Royce Hunt, 18. Scott Sorensen, 19. Connor Tracey, 20. William Kennedy, 21. Nene Macdonald
Panthers
1. Dylan Edwards, 2. Josh Mansour, 3. Dean Whare, 4. Stephen Crichton, 5. Brent Naden, 6. Jarome Luai, 7. Nathan Cleary, 8. James Tamou, 9. Apisai Koroisau, 10. James Fisher-Harris, 11. Villame Kikau, 12. Liam Martin, 13. Isaah Yeo
Bench/Reserves: 14. Tyrone May, 15. Zane Tetevano, 16. Moses Leota, 17. Billy Burns, 18. Mitch Kenny, 19. Malakai Watene-Zelezniak, 20. Spencer Leniu, 21. Charlie Staines
Saturday, 5:30pm at Suncorp Stadium
Broncos
1. Tesi Niu, 2. Jamayne Isaako, 3. Herbie Farnworth, 4. Darius Boyd, 5. Xavier Coates, 6. Anthony Milford, 7. Brodie Croft, 8. Tevita Pangai Jr., 9. Isaac Luke, 10. Payne Haas, 11. Alex Glenn, 12. Corey Oates, 13. Patrick Carrigan
Bench/Reserves: 14. Tom Dearden, 15. Thomas Flegler, 16. Rhys Kennedy, 17. Ben Te’o, 18. Cory Paix, 19. Jamil Hopoate, 20. Kotoni Staggs, 21. Matt Lodge
Bulldogs
1. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 2. Nick Meaney, 3. Reimis Smith, 4. Marcelo Montoya, 5. Christian Crichton, 6. Kieran Foran, 7. Brandon Wakeham, 8. Aiden Tolman, 9. Jeremy Marshall-King, 10. Dylan Napa, 11. Josh Jackson, 12. Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 13. Luke Thompson
Bench/Reserves: 14. Kerrod Holland, 15. Dean Britt, 16. Renouf To’omaga, 17. Sauaso Sue, 19. Ofahiki Ogden, 20. Jack Cogger, 21. Sione Katoa, 22. Lachlan Lewis
Saturday, 7:35pm at GIO Stadium
Raiders
1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 2. Nick Cotric, 3. Jarrod Croker, 4. Michael Oldfield, 5. Bailey Simonsson, 6. Jack Wighton, 7. George Williams, 8. Josh Papalii, 9. Josh Hodgson, 10. Dunamis Lui, 11. Hudson Young, 12. Elliott Whitehead, 13. Joseph Tapine
Bench/Reserves: 14. Siliva Havili, 15. Kai O’Donnell, 16. Ryan Sutton, 17. Jordan Rapana, 18. Tom Starling, 19. Matt Frawley, 20. Darby Medlyn, 21. Curtis Scott
Storm
1. Ryan Papenhuyzen, 2. Marion Seve, 3. Justin Olam, 4. Paul Momirovski, 5. Josh Addo-Carr, 6. Ryley Jacks, 7. Jahrome Hughes, 8. Jesse Bromwich, 9. Cameron Smith, 10. Christian Welch, 11. Felise Kaufusi, 12. Kenneath Bromwich, 13. Dale Finucane
Bench/Reserves: 14. Brandon Smith, 15. Tino Faasuamaleaui, 16. Tom Eisenuth, 17. Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 18. Darryn Schonig, 19. Cameron Munster, 20. Brenko Lee, 21. Nicho Hynes
Sunday, 4:05pm at McDonald Jones Stadium
Knights
1. Kalyn Ponga, 2. Tex Hoy, 3. Enari Tuala, 4. Bradman Best, 5. Hymel Hunt, 6. Kurt Mann, 7. Mitchell Pearce, 8. David Klemmer, 9. Andrew McCullough, 10. Daniel Saifiti, 11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 12. Aidan Guerra, 13. Hermn Ese’ese
Bench/Reserves: 14. Starford To’a, 15. Jacob Saifiti, 16. Pasami Saulo, 17. Brodie Jones, 18. Tautau Moga, 19. Josh King, 20. Phoenix Crossland, 21. Connor Watson
Eels
1. Clint Gutherson, 2. Maika Sivo, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Waqa Blake, 5. Blake Ferguson, 6. Dylan Brown, 7. Jai Field, 8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 9. Reed Mahoney, 10. Junior Paulo, 11. Shaun Lane, 12. Ryan Matterson, 13. Nathan Brown
Bench/Reserves: 14. David Gower, 15. Stefano Utoikamanu, 16. Marata Niukore, 17. Brad Takairangi, 18. Daniel Alvaro, 19. George Jennings, 20. Will Smith, 21. Andrew Davey
Sunday, 6:30pm at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Dragons
1. Matt Dufty, 2. Jordan Pereira, 3. Euan Aitken, 4. Zac Lomax, 5. Mikaele Ravalawa, 6. Corey Norman, 7. Adam Clune, 8. Blake Lawrie, 9. Ben Hunt, 10. Paul Vaughan, 11. Tyson Frizell, 12. Tariq Sims, 13. Cameron McInnes
Bench/Reserves: 14. Trent Merrin, 15. Josh Kerr, 16. Tyrell Fuimaono, 17. Jackson Ford, 18. Timoteo Lafai, 19. Tristan Sailor, 20. Jason Saab, 21. Korbin Sims
Sea Eagles
1. Reuben Garrick, 2. Jorge Taufua, 3. Brad Parker, 4. Moses Suli, 5. Tevita Funa, 6. Lachlan Croker, 7. Daly Cherry-Evans, 8. Taniela Paseka, 9. Danny Levi, 10. Martin Taupau, 11. Joel Thompson, 12. Curtis Sironen, 13. Jake Trbojevic
Bench/Reserves: 14. Cade Cust, 15. Jack Gosiewski, 16. Sean Keppie, 17. Morgan Boyle, 18. Corey Waddell, 19. Brendan Elliot, 20. Abbas Miski, 21. Haumole Olakau’atu
All times AEST (Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne).
Nat
Roar Rookie
He did have that option in his contract, based on playing x first grade games but he's retiring eitherway. That said, he shouldn't stink up the joint for legacy purposes.
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
Maybe Chris, but i think it all stems from Marsters. Feldt has no confidence in him at all and everyone is second guesing themselves. Green will hqve done a lot of work this week on that RHS. I hope it works or it will be cricket scores this week.
Chris Love
Roar Guru
Feldt was a disaster In defence last week. Sure it was a Sivo ambush on him but a number of those options were weak as water. I reckon he saw the Teddy hit and said I’m having none of that thanks.
Chris Love
Roar Guru
I think Holmes is still not at 100%. That’s got to be the reason for this call? Sure the Hammer has talent, but is he the best fullback option? Can’t he play wing also?
Chris Love
Roar Guru
This was my thought also. Surely Boyd has to go? Someone correct me if I’m wrong. I thought Boyd’s contract stated that the option for the extra year required him to play more than 8 games? So if he plays this game and changes his mind on retirement, they’d have to pay him 800k to not play next year? Please tell me I got the number of game wrong?
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
I think Val at wing has a lot to do with injury recovery. Might not be ready to put a fullback's running load on that ankle yet. Good luck this week, I was thinking about how many the chooks have in sickbay and thought Cows more than half a chance, then I saw the team chooks were still putting on the paddock... no comment, but maybe Cowboys are still half a chance at home.
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
Stagg's will play, surely. They win their first two games, Staggs scores 4 tries. He's off, there is a drought. They rely heavily on individuals pulling something out of their hat.
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
I think Clifford is coming along OK. His defense just keeps getting better. He knows when to run , and his kicking game is good now he's getting good service from dh. I think, Morgs and Clifford can be a good combo. BUT Clifford needs to run things and do most of the kicking. Run, Michael , Run .
Shane
Roar Pro
Plus Feldt stood at centre last week so he didn’t have to tackle Sivo
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
He's got some ability . He can get through the line and runs a good line . He's just a bit hot and cold. The difference between his best and worst is just too big atm. He is not our worst option though.
Nat
Roar Rookie
I'll be interested to see how Lemuelu goes in the centers, he's a fair sized unit. Reading his bio, he's played everywhere but mostly center in lower grades. Not sure about Feldty moving into center tbh. It's hard to argue the Holmes wouldn't do a job, no real good reason, I just like Feldt on his wing. I think Green will have to make his call on Drinkwater or Clifford upon Morgs return. Who would youse choose?
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
Maybe he just needs a rocket and getting put back to wing might just do it. Agree on Sivo. Teddy will have nightmares about him till his dying days.
Nat
Roar Rookie
I agree Val isn't hitting great heights but I think his importance to the team was growing each game. Last week was average at best but it was Parra, they've some good teams look pretty average... :crying: Bloody Sivo was devastating.
Walter Black
Guest
Well, I admire a man who is willing to back himself but after all this, if the Doggies win he should be gone.
Dutski
Roar Guru
What’s your take on Opacic jimmmy? I haven’t seen too many games but he seemed to hit the highlight reels for tries and offloads for the two weeks he’s in then gets dumped.
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
Yeah, i dont mind that at all . It gets Drinkwater out of the front line and gives us too really good wingers. Can Feldty play centre? Well he can't be worse than Marsters. What I think will happen though is that Morgs and Clifford will be halves and Drinkwater will go to the bench. At least Green has stirred it up a bit which I don't mind.
Rellum
Roar Guru
You would hope so.
Rellum
Roar Guru
I think you are better off with Drinkwater at fullback, Fidow and Val on the wings and put Feldt in at centre. He can't do any worse than who has been there so far. I would definitely do that when Morgs comes back. Problem as always is Val is on "fullback" money so you have to play him at fullback.
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
Interesting. I quite like the move of Val to the wing. He’s a talent no doubt, but he doesn’t have the work effort atm. I hope Greeny told him that we need a high work rate fullback and he can’t play there until he steps it up.. Unfortunately Hammer is not a high work rate played either so I think Val will be back there next week. Personally I woukd have kept Val at the back but make him play like Ponga at the Knights. Stay near the ruck, play some first or second receiver, follow all the forwards through the line. He is way too content to sleep at the back.
Nat
Roar Rookie
Broncos aside, there's a few interesting changes in the Qld teams this week. Seems Green is happy with a $1m winger. Hammer is an absolute talent but Val would better serve NQ at the back I reckon w/ Hammer on the wing. Drinkwater and Hammer killed it in the nines with him on the flank (I know not a fair comparison). Thankfully Thompson has gone back to FB for the Titans. There's a young winger Spry, he's a solid unit who can move well. I'd say he's a better option for center instead of Cartwright but they're both just holding for Tonumaipia in any case. So Hunt is now a FT hooker? Good luck to him.