The NRL Round 5 teams have been revealed, with the headline being Kalyn Ponga’s return to the Newcastle line-up.
The Knights have been absolutely decimated by injury after the carnage in last week’s loss to St George Illawarra, but will at least welcome their Origin fullback to the fold for Saturday’s trip to face the Titans.
Most of the other team selection news is fairly straightforward this weekend, although a handful of injured players have been named amongst the reserves – including Gold Coast’s Ash Taylor and Melbourne’s Harry Grant – fueling speculation of a potential return.
Manly have also named Ben Trbojevic in the reserves, although there’s still no side of Tom.
CHECK OUT THE FULL TEAMS
Thursday, 7:50pm at Stadium Australia
Rabbitohs | No. | Broncos |
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Latrell Mitchell | 1 | Jamayne Isaako |
Alex Johnston | 2 | Xavier Coates |
Dane Gagai | 3 | Richard Kennar |
Campbell Graham | 4 | Tesi Niu |
Josh Mansour | 5 | David Mead |
Benji Marshall | 6 | Anthony Milford |
Adam Reynolds | 7 | Tom Dearden |
Tom Burgess | 8 | Matthew Lodge |
Damien Cook | 9 | Jake Turpin |
Tevita Tatola | 10 | Payne Haas |
Jacob Host | 11 | Alex Glenn |
Jaydn Su’A | 12 | Jordan Riki |
Cameron Murray | 13 | Tevita Pangai Jr. |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Dean Hawkins | 14 | Brodie Croft |
Mark Nicholls | 15 | Thomas Flegler |
Patrick Mago | 16 | John Asiata |
Jai Arrow | 17 | Ben Te’o |
Hame Sele | 18 | Ethan Bullemor |
Jaxson Paulo | 19 | Rhys Kennedy |
Troy Dargan | 20 | Cory Paix |
Steven Marsters | 21 |
Friday, 6pm at Central Coast Stadium
Warriors | No. | Sea Eagles |
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck | 1 | Dylan Walker |
David Fusitu’a | 2 | Jason Saab |
Adam Pompey | 3 | Brad Parker |
Marcelo Montoya | 4 | Morgan Harper |
Ken Maumalo | 5 | Reuben Garrick |
Kodi Nikorima | 6 | Kieran Foran |
Sean O’Sullivan | 7 | Daly Cherry-Evans |
Leeson Ah Mau | 8 | Taniela Paseka |
Wayde Egan | 9 | Lachlan Croker |
Tohu Harris | 10 | Martin Taupau |
Elisea Katoa | 11 | Jack Gosiewski |
Jack Murchie | 12 | Josh Schuster |
Jazz Tevaga | 13 | Jake Trbojevic |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Ben Murdoch-Masila | 14 | Cade Cust |
Tom Ale | 15 | Toafofoa Sipley |
Kane Evans | 16 | Sean Keppie |
Josh Curran | 17 | Josh Aloiai |
Rocco Berry | 18 | Tevita Funa |
Paul Turner | 20/19 | Zac Saddler |
Jackson Frei | 21/20 | Christian Tuipulotu |
Taniela Otukolo | 22/21 | Ben Trbojevic |
Friday, 7:55pm at BlueBet Stadium
Panthers | No. | Raiders |
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Stephen Crichton | 1 | Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad |
Charlie Staines | 2 | Bailey Simonsson |
Paul Momirovski | 3 | Jarrod Croker |
Matt Burton | 4 | Sebastian Kris |
Brian To’o | 5 | Jordan Rapana |
Jarome Luai | 6 | Jack Wighton |
Nathan Cleary | 7 | George Williams |
Moses Leota | 8 | Josh Papalii |
Mitch Kenny | 9 | Josh Hodgson |
James Fisher-Harris | 10 | Ryan Sutton |
Villame Kikau | 11 | Hudson Young |
Kurt Capewell | 12 | Elliott Whitehead |
Isaah Yeo | 13 | Joseph Tapine |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Tyrone May | 14 | Tom Starling |
Spencer Leniu | 15 | Siliva Havili |
Matthew Eisenhuth | 16 | Iosia Soliola |
Liam Martin | 17 | Ryan James |
Scott Sorensen | 18 | Sam Williams |
Robert Jennings | 19 | Semi Valemei |
J’maine Hopgood | 20 | Dunamis Lui |
Jaeman Salmon | 21 | Corey Harawira-Naera |
Saturday, 3pm at Cbus Super Stadium
Titans | No. | Knights |
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AJ Brimson | 1 | Kalyn Ponga |
Phillip Sami | 2 | Starford To’a |
Brian Kelly | 3 | Enari Tuala |
Patrick Herbert | 4 | Gehamat Shibasaki |
Corey Thompson | 5 | Hymel Hunt |
Tanah Boyd | 6 | Connor Watson |
Jamal Fogarty | 7 | Blake Green |
Jarrod Wallace | 8 | David Klemmer |
Mitch Rein | 9 | Jayden Brailey |
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui | 10 | Daniel Saifiti |
Kevin Proctor | 11 | Tyson Frizell |
David Fifita | 12 | Mitchell Barnett |
Tyrone Peachey | 13 | Sauaso Sue |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Moeaki Fotuaika | 14 | Chris Randall |
Sam Lisone | 15 | Pasami Saulo |
Jaimin Jolliffe | 16 | Josh King |
Erin Clark | 17 | Brodie Jones |
Beau Fermor | 18 | Jack Johns |
Herman Ese’ese | 19 | Brayden Musgrove |
Sam McIntyre | 20 | Simi Sasagi |
Ash Taylor | 21 | Garrett Smith |
Saturday, 5:30pm at Stadium Australia
Bulldogs | No. | Storm |
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Dallin Watene-Zelezniak | 1 | Ryan Papenhuyzen |
Nick Cotric | 2 | George Jennings |
Will Hopoate | 3 | Reimis Smith |
Corey Allan | 4 | Justin Olam |
Tuipulotu Katoa | 5 | Josh Addo-Carr |
Jake Averillo | 6 | Cameron Munster |
Kyle Flanagan | 7 | Jahrome Hughes |
Luke Thompson | 8 | Jesse Bromwich |
Sione Katoa | 9 | Brandon Smith |
Jack Hetherington | 10 | Christian Welch |
Adam Elliott | 11 | Felise Kaufusi |
Corey Waddell | 12 | Kenneath Bromwich |
Josh Jackson | 13 | Nelson Asofa-Solomona |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Jackson Topine | 14 | Chris Lewis |
Renouf Atoni | 15 | Tui Kamikamica |
Dylan Napa | 16 | Tom Eisenhuth |
Ofahiki Ogden | 17 | Nicho Hynes |
Brandon Wakeham | 19/18 | Aaron Pene |
Chris Smith | 20/19 | Dean Ieremia |
Dean Britt | 21/20 | Brenko Lee |
Joe Stimson | 22/21 | Harrry Grant |
Saturday, 7:35pm at SCG
Roosters | No. | Sharks |
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James Tedesco | 1 | Will Kennedy |
Daniel Tupou | 2 | Mawene Hiroti |
Josh Morris | 3 | Josh Dugan |
Joseph Manu | 4 | Jesse Ramein |
Brett Morris | 5 | Ronaldo Mulitalo |
Drew Hutchison | 6 | Matt Moylan |
Sam Walker | 7 | Chad Townsend |
Isaac Liu | 8 | Braden Hamlin-Uele |
Freddy Lussick | 9 | Blayke Brailey |
Sio Siua Taukeiaho | 10 | Aaron Woods |
Angus Crichton | 11 | Teig Wilton |
Sitili Tupouniua | 12 | Wade Graham |
Victor Radley | 13 | Toby Rudolf |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Ben Marschke | 14 | Connor Tracey |
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves | 15 | Aiden Tolman |
Nat Butcher | 16 | Jack Williams |
Fletcher Baker | 17 | Billy Magoulias |
Daniel Suluka-Fifita | 18 | Braydon Trindall |
Egan Butcher | 19 | Nene Macdonald |
Joseph Suaalii | 20 | Andrew Fifita |
Matt Ikuvalu | 21 | Franklin Pele |
Sunday, 4:05pm at Leichhardt Oval
Tigers | No. | Cowboys |
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Daine Laurie | 1 | Valentine Holmes |
David Nofoaluma | 2 | Kyle Feldt |
James Roberts | 3 | Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow |
Moses Mbye | 4 | Connelly Lemuelu |
Tommy Talau | 5 | Murray Tualagi |
Adam Doueihi | 6 | Scott Drinkwater |
Luke Brooks | 7 | Ben Hampton |
Zane Musgrove | 8 | Francis Molo |
Jacob Liddle | 9 | Reece Robson |
James Tamou | 10 | Jordan McLean |
Luke Garner | 11 | Shane Wright |
Luciano Leilua | 12 | Ben Condon |
Alex Twal | 13 | Jason Taumalolo |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Michael Chee Kam | 14 | Jake Granville |
Thomas Mikaele | 15 | Coen Hess |
Stefano Utoikamanu | 16 | Josh McGuire |
Joe Ofahengaue | 17 | Lachlan Burr |
Alex Seyfarth | 18 | Esan Marsters |
Joey Leilua | 19 | Reuben Cotter |
Jake Simpkin | 20 | Corey Jensen |
Tukimihia Simpkins | 21 | Jake Clifford |
Sunday, 6:15pm at Bankwest Stadium
Eels | No. | Dragons |
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Clint Gutherson | 1 | Matt Dufty |
Maika Sivo | 2 | Cody Ramsey |
Tom Opacic | 3 | Jack Bird |
Marata Niukore | 4 | Zac Lomax |
Blake Ferguson | 5 | Mikaele Ravalawa |
Dylan Brown | 6 | Corey Norman |
Mitchell Moses | 7 | Adam Clune |
Reagan Campbell-Gillard | 8 | Blake Lawrie |
Reed Mahoney | 9 | Andrew McCullough |
Junior Paulo | 10 | Paul Vaughan |
Shaun Lane | 11 | Josh Kerr |
Ryan Matterson | 12 | Tariq Sims |
Nathan Brown | 13 | Tyrell Fuimaono |
Interchange/Reserves | ||
Oregon Kaufusi | 14 | Poasa Faamausili |
Isaiah Papali’i | 15 | Trent Merrin |
Will Smith | 16 | Daniel Alvaro |
Bryce Cartwright | 17 | Brayden Williame |
Ray Stone | 18 | Jackson Ford |
Haze Dunster | 19 | Kaide Ellis |
Keegan Hipgrave | 20 | Jordan Pereira |
Jordan Rankin | 21 | Max Feagai |
All times AEST (Sydney/Melbourne).