The NRL Round 3 teams have been revealed, and it’s Canberra who get one of the biggest boosts this weekend, welcoming co-captain Jarrod Croker back.
The centre hasn’t played all season, but re-joins the side ahead of their clash with the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon.
The other eyebrow-raising selection news comes out of Brisbane, with Kevin Walters electing to keep his side intact despite their losing streak reaching a whopping 13 matches.
Elsewhere, Newcastle have been buoyed by the swift return of Kurt Mann from a knee injury, Josh Mansour has been recalled to South Sydney’s starting side, while the Tigers have dropped Joe Ofahengaue to the bench and banished Joey Leilua from the 17 altogether.
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Thursday, 8:05pm at BlueBet Stadium
Panthers | No. | Storm |
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Dylan Edwards | 1 | Ryan Papenhuyzen |
Charlie Staines | 2 | George Jennings |
Paul Momirovski | 3 | Reimis Smith |
Stephen Crichton | 4 | Justin Olam |
Brian To’o | 5 | Josh Addo-Carr |
Jarome Luai | 6 | Cameron Munster |
Nathan Cleary | 7 | Jahrome Hughes |
Moses Leota | 8 | Jesse Bromwich |
Mitch Kenny | 9 | Brandon Smith |
James Fisher-Harris | 10 | Christian Welch |
Villame Kikau | 11 | Tom Eisenhuth |
Kurt Capewell | 12 | Kenneath Bromwich |
Isaah Yeo | 13 | Nelson Asofa-Solomona |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Tyrone May | 14 | Aaron Pene |
Spencer Leniu | 15 | Tui Kamikamica |
Matthew Eisenhuth | 16 | Chris Lewis |
Liam Martin | 17 | Nicho Hynes |
Scott Sorensen | 18 | Cooper Johns |
Matt Burton | 19 | Darryn Schonig |
J’maine Hopgood | 20 | Tyson Smoothy |
Jaeman Salmon | 21 | Dean Ieremia |
Friday, 6pm at WIN Stadium
Dragons | No. | Sea Eagles |
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Matt Dufty | 1 | Dylan Walker |
Cody Ramsey | 2 | Jason Saab |
Jack Bird | 3 | Brad Parker |
Zac Lomax | 4 | Moses Suli |
Mikaele Ravalawa | 5 | Reuben Garrick |
Corey Norman | 6 | Kieran Foran |
Ben Hunt | 7 | Daly Cherry-Evans |
Blake Lawrie | 8 | Taniela Paseka |
Andrew McCullough | 9 | Lachlan Croker |
Paul Vaughan | 10 | Martin Taupau |
Josh Kerr | 11 | Jack Gosiewski |
Tariq Sims | 12 | Josh Schuster |
Tyrell Fuimaono | 13 | Jake Trbojevic |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Poasa Faamausili | 14 | Cade Cust |
Trent Merrin | 15 | Morgan Boyle |
Daniel Alvaro | 16 | Sean Keppie |
Brayden Williame | 17 | Josh Aloiai |
Adam Clune | 18 | Tevita Funa |
Kaide Ellis | 19 | Morgan Harper |
Jackson Ford | 20 | Toafofoa Sipley |
Jordan Pereira | 21 | Christian Tuipulotu |
Friday, 8:05pm at Stadium Australia
Rabbitohs | No. | Roosters |
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Latrell Mitchell | 1 | James Tedesco |
Alex Johnston | 2 | Daniel Tupou |
Dane Gagai | 3 | Josh Morris |
Campbell Graham | 4 | Joseph Manu |
Josh Mansour | 5 | Brett Morris |
Cody Walker | 6 | Lachlan Lam |
Adam Reynolds | 7 | Luke Keary |
Tom Burgess | 8 | Lindsay Collins |
Damien Cook | 9 | Freddy Lussick |
Tevita Tavola | 10 | Sio Siua Taukeiaho |
Keaon Kolomatangi | 11 | Angus Crichton |
Jaydn Su’A | 12 | Sitili Tupouniua |
Cameron Murray | 13 | Isaac Liu |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Benji Marshall | 14 | Victor Radley |
Mark Nicholls | 15 | Jared Waerea-Hargreaves |
Patrick Mago | 16 | Nat Butcher |
Jai Arrow | 17 | Daniel Suluka-Fifita |
Jacob Host | 18 | Drew Hutchison |
Tautau Moga | 19 | Matt Ikuvalu |
Troy Dargan | 20 | Sam Walker |
Steven Marsters | 21 | Fletcher Baker |
Saturday, 3pm at GIO Stadium
Raiders | No. | Warriors |
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Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad | 1 | Roger Tuivasa-Sheck |
Bailey Simonsson | 2 | David Fusitu’a |
Jarrod Croker | 3 | Adam Pompey |
Curtis Scott | 4 | Peta Hiku |
Jordan Rapana | 5 | Ken Maumalo |
Jack Wighton | 6 | Kodi Nikorima |
George Williams | 7 | Sean O’Sullivan |
Josh Papalii | 8 | Addin Fonua-Blake |
Josh Hodgson | 9 | Wayde Egan |
Dunamis Lui | 10 | Bunty Afoa |
Hudson Young | 11 | Elisea Katoa |
Elliott Whitehead | 12 | Bayley Sironen |
Joseph Tapine | 13 | Tohu Harris |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Siliva Havili | 14 | Jazz Tevaga |
Ryan Sutton | 15 | Ben Murdoch-Masila |
Iosia Soliola | 16 | Leeson Ah Mau |
Ryan James | 17 | Jack Murchie |
Sam Williams | 18 | Tom Ale |
Tom Starling | 19/20 | Marcelo Montoya |
Caleb Aekins | 20/21 | Paul Turner |
Sebastian Kris | 21/22 | Kane Evans |
Saturday, 5:30pm at Suncorp Stadium
Broncos | No. | Bulldogs |
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Jamayne Isaako | 1 | Corey Allan |
Xavier Coates | 2 | Nick Meaney |
Herbie Farnworth | 3 | Will Hopoate |
Tesi Niu | 4 | Nick Cotric |
David Mead | 5 | Tuipulotu Katoa |
Anthony Milford | 6 | Jake Averillo |
Brodie Croft | 7 | Kyle Flanagan |
Tevita Pangai Jr. | 8 | Ofahiki Ogden |
Jake Turpin | 9 | Jeremy Marshall-King |
Thomas Flegler | 10 | Jack Hetherington |
Alex Glenn | 11 | Adam Elliott |
Jordan Riki | 12 | Corey Waddell |
Patrick Carrigan | 13 | Josh Jackson |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
John Asiata | 14 | Sione Katoa |
Rhys Kennedy | 15 | Renouf Atoni |
Ethan Bullemor | 16 | Joe Stimson |
Ben Te’o | 17 | Dylan Napa |
Tom Dearden | 18/19 | Dean Britt |
Richard Kennar | 19/20 | Chris Smith |
Cory Paix | 20/21 | Lachlan Lewis |
Corey Oates | 21/22 | Avu Seumanufagai |
Saturday, 7:35pm at Bankwest Stadium
Eels | No. | Sharks |
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Clint Gutherson | 1 | Will Kennedy |
Maika Sivo | 2 | Sione Katoa |
Tom Opacic | 3 | Josh Dugan |
Marata Niukore | 4 | Connor Tracey |
Blake Ferguson | 5 | Ronaldo Mulitalo |
Dylan Brown | 6 | Matt Moylan |
Mitchell Moses | 7 | Chad Townsend |
Reagan Campbell-Gillard | 8 | Braden Hamlin-Uele |
Reed Mahoney | 9 | Blayke Brailey |
Junior Paulo | 10 | Aaron Woods |
Shaun Lane | 11 | Briton Nikora |
Isaiah Papali’i | 12 | Wade Graham |
Nathan Brown | 13 | Toby Rudolf |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Oregon Kaufusi | 14 | Teig Wilton |
Keegan Hipgrave | 15 | Aiden Tolman |
Will Smith | 16 | Jack Williams |
Ray Stone | 17 | Billy Magoulias |
Jordan Rankin | 18 | Mawene Hiroti |
Haze Dunster | 19 | Nene Macdonald |
David Hollis | 20 | Andrew Fifita |
Joey Lussick | 21 | Braydon Trindall |
Sunday, 4:05pm at McDonald Jones Stadium
Knights | No. | Tigers |
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Tex Hoy | 1 | Daine Laurie |
Starford To’a | 2 | David Nofoaluma |
Enari Tuala | 3 | Tommy Talau |
Bradman Best | 4 | James Roberts |
Hymel Hunt | 5 | Asu Kepaoa |
Kurt Mann | 6 | Adam Doueihi |
Mitchell Pearce | 7 | Luke Brooks |
David Klemmer | 8 | Zane Musgrove |
Jayden Brailey | 9 | Jacob Liddle |
Daniel Saifiti | 10 | James Tamou |
Tyson Frizell | 11 | Luke Brooks |
Mitchell Barnett | 12 | Luciano Leilua |
Connor Watson | 13 | Alex Twal |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Sauaso Sue | 14 | Joe Ofahengaue |
Jacob Saifiti | 15 | Thomas Mikaele |
Josh King | 16 | Stefano Utoikamanu |
Brodie Jones | 17 | Moses Mbye |
Gehamat Shibasaki | 18 | Michael Chee-Kam |
Pasami Saulo | 19 | Joey Leilua |
Dominic Young | 20 | Russell Packer |
Simi Sasagi | 21 | Alex Seyfarth |
Sunday, 6:15pm at QCB Stadium
Cowboys | No. | Titans |
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Scott Drinkwater | 1 | AJ Brimson |
Murray Taulagi | 2 | Anthony Don |
Esan Marsters | 3 | Phillip Sami |
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow | 4 | Patrick Herbert |
Valentine Holmes | 5 | Corey Thompson |
Michael Morgan | 6 | Tanah Boyd |
Jake Clifford | 7 | Jamal Fogarty |
Francis Molo | 8 | Jarrod Wallace |
Reece Robson | 9 | Mitch Rein |
Jordan McLean | 10 | Moeaki Fotuaika |
Mitchell Dunn | 11 | Kevin Proctor |
Coen Hess | 12 | David Fifita |
Reuben Cotter | 13 | Tino Fa’asuamaleaui |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Jake Granville | 14 | Tyrone Peachey |
Josh McGuire | 15 | Sam Lisone |
Corey Jensen | 16 | Jaimin Jolliffe |
Lachlan Burr | 17 | Erin Clark |
Justin O’Neill | 18 | Beau Fermor |
Shane Wright | 19 | Herman Ese’ese |
Peter Hola | 20 | Sam McIntyre |
Ben Hampton | 21 | Sam Stone |
All times AEDT (Sydney/Melbourne).