The NRL Round 7 teams have been revealed, with a couple of big names featuring on both the inclusion and exclusion lists.
As speculated all week, Melbourne will be without star fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen for their Anzac Day clash with the Warriors after he succumbed to a shoulder injury. Nicho Hynes gets a crack in the number 1 jersey, while Dale Finucane will make his season debut after snapping up the spot on the bench.
Shaun Johnson is set to play his first game since an Achilles injury late last year after being named on Cronulla’s interchange bench for their Saturday match with the Bulldogs. Josh Dugan also returns to the side after recovering from concussion, but Wade Graham is still missing.
Elsewhere, Ricky Stuart has swung the axe on his forward pack after a hefty loss to Parramatta last week. Josh Papalii has been sent to the bench, while Joseph Tapine and Sia Soliola have been dumped from the 17 altogether, allowing Emre Guler to move off the bench and Corey Harawira-Naera and Corey Horsburgh to join the interchange. Ryan James also returns to the side, but Canberra will be without Josh Hodgson, who’s out with a calf.
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Thursday, 7:50pm at BlueBet Stadium
Panthers | No. | Knights |
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Stephen Crichton | 1 | Kalyn Ponga |
Charlie Staines | 2 | Starford To’a |
Paul Momirovski | 3 | Enari Tuala |
Matt Burton | 4 | Bradman Best |
Brian To’o | 5 | Brayden Musgrove |
Jarome Luai | 6 | Kurt Mann |
Nathan Cleary | 7 | Blake Green |
Moses Leota | 8 | David Klemmer |
Mitch Kenny | 9 | Jayden Brailey |
James Fisher-Harris | 10 | Daniel Saifiti |
Viliame Kikau | 11 | Tyson Frizell |
Kurt Capewell | 12 | Mitchell Barnett |
Isaah Yeo | 13 | Connor Watson |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Tyrone May | 14 | Sauaso Sue |
Spencer Leniu | 15 | Jacob Saifiti |
Matthew Eisenhuth | 16 | Josh King |
Liam Martin | 17 | Brodie Jones |
Scott Sorensen | 18 | Simi Sasagi |
Robert Jennings | 19 | Pasami Saulo |
Apisai Koroisau | 20 | Gehamat Shibasaki |
Dylan Edwards | 21 | Phoenix Crossland |
Friday, 6pm at Cbus Super Stadium
Titans | No. | Rabbitohs |
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AJ Brimson | 1 | Alex Johnston |
Anthony Don | 2 | Dane Gagai |
Brian Kelly | 3 | Steven Marsters |
Patrick Herbert | 4 | Campbell Graham |
Corey Thompson | 5 | Jaxson Paulo |
Ash Taylor | 6 | Cody Walker |
Jamal Fogarty | 7 | Adam Reynolds |
Jarrod Wallace | 8 | Tom Burgess |
Mitch Rein | 9 | Damien Cook |
Moeaki Fotuaika | 10 | Tevita Tatola |
Kevin Proctor | 11 | Keaon Kolomatangi |
David Fifita | 12 | Jaydn Su’A |
Tyrone Peachey | 13 | Cameron Murray |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Erin Clark | 14 | Benji Marshall |
Jaimin Jolliffe | 15 | Mark Nicholls |
Sam Lisone | 16 | Liam Knight |
Sam McIntyre | 17 | Jai Arrow |
Beau Fermor | 18 | Jacob Host |
Herman Ese’ese | 19 | Patrick Mago |
Jonus Pearson | 20 | Dean Hawkins |
Phillip Sami | 21 | Hame Sele |
Friday, 7:55pm at TIO Stadium, Darwin
Eels | No. | Broncos |
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Clint Gutherson | 1 | Jamayne Isaako |
Maika Sivo | 2 | Xavier Coates |
Tom Opacic | 3 | Herbie Farnworth |
Marata Niukore | 4 | David Mead |
Blake Ferguson | 5 | Corey Oates |
Dylan Brown | 6 | Brodie Croft |
Mitchell Moses | 7 | Tom Dearden |
Reagan Campbell-Gillard | 8 | Matthew Lodge |
Reed Mahoney | 9 | Jake Turpin |
Junior Paulo | 10 | Payne Haas |
Shaun Lane | 11 | Alex Glenn |
Isaiah Papali’i | 12 | Tevita Pangai Jr. |
Nathan Brown | 13 | Patrick Carrigan |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Oregon Kaufusi | 14 | Danny Levi |
William Penisini | 15 | Thomas Flegler |
Wiremu Greig | 16 | Ethan Bullemor |
Bryce Cartwright | 17 | Jordan Riki |
Haze Dunster | 18 | Rhys Kennedy |
Jordan Rankin | 19 | Tyson Gamble |
Keegan Hipgrave | 20 | John Asiata |
Ryan Matterson | 21 | Jesse Arthars |
Saturday, 5:30pm at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Sharks | No. | Bulldogs |
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Will Kennedy | 1 | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak |
Mawene Hiroti | 2 | Nick Cotric |
Josh Dugan | 3 | Will Hopoate |
Jesse Ramien | 4 | Corey Allan |
Connor Tracey | 5 | Tuipulotu Katoa |
Matt Moylan | 6 | Jake Averillo |
Chad Townsend | 7 | Kyle Flanagan |
Braden Hamlin-Uele | 8 | Dylan Napa |
Blayke Brailey | 9 | Sione Katoa |
Aaron Woods | 10 | Luke Thompson |
Briton Nikora | 11 | Adam Elliott |
Teig Wilton | 12 | Chris Smith |
Toby Rudolf | 13 | Corey Waddell |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Billy Magoulias | 14 | Bradley Deitz |
Shaun Johnson | 15 | Renouf Atoni |
Jack Williams | 16 | Ava Seumanufagai |
Siosifa Talakai | 17 | Matt Doorey |
Braydon Trindall | 18/19 | Lachlan Lewis |
Will Chambers | 19/20 | Joe Stimson |
Franklin Pele | 20/21 | Nick Meaney |
Jenson Taumoepeau | 21/23 | Ofahiki Ogden |
Saturday, 7:35pm at QCB Stadium
Cowboys | No. | Raiders |
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Valentine Holmes | 1 | Caleb Aekins |
Kyle Feldt | 2 | Sebastian Kris |
Justin O’Neill | 3 | Jarrod Croker |
Connelly Lemuelu | 4 | Curtis Scott |
Murray Taulagi | 5 | Jordan Rapana |
Scott Drinkwater | 6 | Jack Wighton |
Ben Hampton | 7 | George Williams |
Coen Hess | 8 | Ryan James |
Reece Robson | 9 | Tom Starling |
Jordan McLean | 10 | Emre Guler |
Shane Wright | 11 | Hudson Young |
Ben Condon | 12 | Elliott Whitehead |
Lachlan Burr | 13 | Ryan Sutton |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Jake Granville | 14 | Siliva Havili |
Mitchell Dunn | 15 | Corey Harawira-Naera |
Francis Molo | 16 | Corey Horsburgh |
Corey Jensen | 17 | Josh Papalii |
Esan Marsters | 18 | Matthew Timoko |
Peter Hola | 19 | Iosia Soliola |
Jake Clifford | 20 | Matt Frawley |
Tom Gilbert | 21 | Joseph Tapine |
Sunday, 1:45pm at Bankwest Stadium
Tigers | No. | Sea Eagles |
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Daine Laurie | 1 | Tom Trbojevic |
David Nofoaluma | 2 | Jason Saab |
James Roberts | 3 | Brad Parker |
Michael Chee Kam | 4 | Morgan Harper |
Tommy Talau | 5 | Reuben Garrick |
Adam Doueihi | 6 | Kieran Foran |
Luke Brooks | 7 | Daly Cherry-Evans |
James Tamou | 8 | Taniela Paseka |
Jake Simpkin | 9 | Lachlan Croker |
Stefano Utoikamanu | 10 | Martin Taupau |
Joe Ofahengaue | 11 | Haumole Olakau’atu |
Luciano Leilua | 12 | Josh Schuster |
Alex Twal | 13 | Jake Trbojevic |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Moses Mbye | 14 | Cade Cust |
Luke Garner | 15 | Josh Aloiai |
Alex Seyfarth | 16 | Sean Keppie |
Zane Musgrove | 17 | Toafofoa Sipley |
Jacob Liddle | 18 | Zac Saddler |
Thomas Mikaele | 19 | Tevita Funa |
Tom Amone | 20 | Christian Tuipulotu |
Joey Leilua | 21 | Ben Trbojevic |
Sunday, 4:05pm at SCG
Roosters | No. | Dragons |
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James Tedesco | 1 | Matt Dufty |
Daniel Tupou | 2 | Cody Ramsey |
Josh Morris | 3 | Jack Bird |
Joseph Manu | 4 | Zac Lomax |
Brett Morris | 5 | Mikaele Ravalawa |
Drew Hutchison | 6 | Corey Norman |
Sam Walker | 7 | Adam Clune |
Isaac Liu | 8 | Blake Lawrie |
Sam Verrills | 9 | Andrew McCullough |
Sio Siua Taukeiaho | 10 | Paul Vaughan |
Angus Crichton | 11 | Josh Kerr |
Sitili Tupouniua | 12 | Tariq Sims |
Victor Radley | 13 | Tyrell Fuimaono |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Benjamin Marschke | 14 | Kaide Ellis |
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves | 15 | Josh McGuire |
Nat Butcher | 16 | Daniel Alvaro |
Lindsay Collins | 17 | Brayden Wiliame |
Fletcher Baker | 18 | Billy Burns |
Matt Ikuvalu | 19 | Poasa Faamausili |
Egan Butcher | 20 | Jordan Pereira |
Tuku Hau Tapuha | 21 | Ben Hunt |
Sunday, 6:15pm at AAMI Park
Storm | No. | Warriors |
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Nicho Hynes | 1 | Roger Tuivasa-Sheck |
George Jennings | 2 | David Fusitu’a |
Reimis Smith | 3 | Marcelo Montoya |
Justin Olam | 4 | Jack Murchie |
Josh Addo-Carr | 5 | Ken Maumalo |
Cameron Munster | 6 | Kodi Nikorima |
Jahrome Hughes | 7 | Sean O’Sullivan |
Jesse Bromwich | 8 | Jamayne Taunoa-Brown |
Brandon Smith | 9 | Wayde Egan |
Christian Welch | 10 | Kane Evans |
Felise Kaufusi | 11 | Josh Curran |
Kenneath Bromwich | 12 | Ben Murdoch-Masila |
Nelson Asofa-Solomona | 13 | Tohu Harris |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Harry Grant | 14 | Jazz Tevaga |
Tui Kamikamica | 15 | Bunty Afoa |
Tom Eisenhuth | 16 | Leeson Ah Mau |
Dale Finucane | 17 | Bayley Sironen |
Dean Ieremia | 18 | Rocco Berry |
Ryley Jacks | 19/20 | Tom Ale |
Trent Loiero | 20/21 | Reece Walsh |
Aaron Pene | 21/22 | Taniela Otukolo |
All times AEST (Sydney/Melbourne).
Joey
Guest
Papenhuyzen probably at acting class preparing to be cut from Origin selection again at Bellyaches request.
Mango Jack
Roar Guru
"Canberra will be without Josh Hodgson, who’s out with a calf". Do we know the calf's name? :stoked:
AJL.
Roar Pro
Havilii has also been stuck having to play on an edge because of Stuart's refusal to have any backline or edge back row cover on the bench. With CHN on the bench, Havilii can go back to his preferred role in the middle or at hooker. I have to think that Croker and Scott are safe because of injuries in the backs, with CNK, Valemai, Smith-Shields and Simonsson all out.
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
Agree about Havilli - not sure what he is bringing to the team - when he is rolling he is good but haven't seen much evidence of it this season. And Ricky brings Starling on too late in the match for him to influence the result - what can he do in 10 or 15 minutes? He used to do the same with Kurt Baptiste. I can remember screaming from the stands - "bring on Kurt" - when we were sorely missing a bit of spark. Why not give Starling the first or last 25 minutes? I would have much preferred to have CHN on the bench than Havilli in the past 3 weeks but I guess he was still serving his time for the off season DUI indiscretion. At least the bench looks much stronger this week.
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
:laughing: :thumbup:
Emcie
Roar Guru
I may have been being kind to myself there. Just do me a favour and don't look at the time difference between what HY said and my reply...
farkurnell
Roar Rookie
Havili is another who doesn’t seem as effective as last year.A lot of experts have pointed to the Hodgson factor in the team.Be interesting to see how they go without him.Could be the reverse Turbo Phenomenon.
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
:thumbup: Ba ha ha haaa.. I would never have got it without your comment connecting the puzzle. A minute is doing well in my book..
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
Look I don't think there is much doubt that Hodgson is a great no. 9 - he was rated second behind Cameron Smith in terms of the best hookers in the game for several years - he can play - when he keeps it simple and direct he's dynamic - but when he's running around trying to create things he just confuses everyone including himself. When Hodgson is in form you wouldn't want him off the field. Wighton, Williams, Hodgson and CNK are all very good individual players but haven't quite sorted out their roles and how to support each other as yet. Potentially they could make a very good spine but its still a work in progress.
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
I was thinking something similar with Tapine on Saturday - he'd make a decent run but just wasn't looking to offload or create some second phase play. But he's dynamic when he's on. I think Ricky is just trying to stir him into action. No argument about Whitehead - probably not as dynamic and explosive as Kikau and a few other backrowers in the game - but a great defender and super smart player. One of the first picked. Papali'i for the Eels was a real handful. What a pick up for them.
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
I noticed that a couple of times on Saturday. He didn't look switched on - mind you he had a few mates - Josh Papalii looked to be going through the motions - not his usual dominant self. But I was surprised Ricky dropped Tapine - didn't see that coming. Bit of a wake up call for the squad I suspect. If there was a bit more depth in the backs Croker or Scott may have had a rest as well.
farkurnell
Roar Rookie
Geoff ,something has definitely happened to Tapine .Couple of weeks ago he was playing with Spiders on him.Only a shadow of that form now.
farkurnell
Roar Rookie
Drags will be challenging Bunnies for grubbiness status soon
Tony
Roar Guru
I personally think that Shakespearian quotes should be mandatory on the Roar
Kick n Clap
Guest
Geoff, I agree with your sentiments about Tapine? My issue with him is he likes the “biff and handbags at five paces”, but doesn’t make enough clean breaks for me or bringing other players into the game. On the other hand in my humble opinion .as I saw he make him make his debut “Whitehead is like Carlsberg”. Probably the best and most consistent backrower in the NRL. If played he played for top four sides the media would going bananas in Sydney about him. Great ball player ,too when give the chance !!
Ben Lewis
Roar Pro
Kris is starting; he’s on the wing. I think Croker needs to have a blinder this week. He’s in the danger zone; and if he wants to stay in the hunt to overtake Smith as the all-time leading point scorer, he needs to up his game and avoid being dropped at all costs.
Emcie
Roar Guru
:silly: Not gonna lie, took me a minute to realise who HY was talking about
Joe
Roar Rookie
How is Kris not starting this week? Croker and Scott were both ordinary last week. Croker really doesn't deserve his spot, he is the weakest link in defense and if Ricky were serious Croker would been replaced with Kris this week.
Phil
Roar Rookie
Ricky has swung the machete but the big liability has ducked it. Jarrod Croker was all at sea last game, missing in defence and attack. However, Ricky can see value in him so he stays. As for Saints, I'm still coming to grips with McGuire being there. I hope Griffin can get some positive results from him as I see him as a cringeworthy type of character, not the type you would want in the trenches with you.
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
At least they know him well. Clever, I had to trawl through the memory banks for that connection..