NRL line-ups revealed for Round 11

All 16 NRL clubs have confirmed their 21-man squads for this weekend’s 11th round of the 2021 season.

It was Magic Round last week but the headlines centred around the referees, who dished out a total of 17 cards – 14 yellow and three red – across the weekend primarily as a result of stricter laws on contact with the head.

Despite the disciplinary drama, it was a successful week for the top five, with Penrith, Parramatta, Melbourne, South Sydney and Sydney all picking up comfortable wins.

Elsewhere, 12-man Canberra came from behind to snatch a 20-18 victory over Canterbury, who continue to struggle at the bottom of the table, while Wests’ 36-18 win over Newcastle nudged them above Cronulla and Brisbane into 13th, just two points adrift of the top eight.

This week is kicked off by the Cowboys hosting the Knights at Queensland Country Bank Stadium on Thursday at 10:50am (UK time), while arguably the tie of the round sees the Rabbitohs face the Panthers on Sunday.

Thursday 20 May

North Queensland Cowboys v Newcastle Knights (Queensland Country Bank Stadium – KO 10:50am)

Cowboys: 1 Valentine Holmes, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Javid Bowen, 4 Connelly Lemuelu, 5 Murray Taulagi, 6 Scott Drinkwater, 7 Jake Clifford, 8 Tom Gilbert, 9 Reece Robson, 10 Jordan McLean, 11 Shane Wright, 12 Mitchell Dunn, 13 Jason Taumalolo. Subs: 14 Jake Granville, 15 Lachlan Burr, 16 Francis Molo, 17 Heilum Luki. 18th man: 19 Daejarn Asi.

Knights: 6 Kurt Mann, 2 Starford To’a, 3 Enari Tuala, 18 Simi Sasagi, 5 Brayden Musgrove, 21 Blake Green, 7 Phoenix Crossland, 8 David Klemmer, 9 Jayden Brailey, 10 Daniel Saifiti, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 13 Mitchell Barnett. Subs: 14 Connor Watson, 15 Jacob Saifiti, 16 Sauaso Sue, 17 Brodie Jones. 18th man: 1 Tex Hoy.

Friday 21 May

New Zealand Warriors v Wests Tigers (Central Coast Stadium – KO 9:00am)

Warriors: 17 Reece Walsh, 2 Marcelo Montoya, 3 Adam Pompey, 4 Euan Aitken, 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 6 Kodi Nikorima, 7 Chanel Harris-Tavita, 8 Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, 9 Wayde Egan, 16 Bunty Afoa, 18 Eliesa Katoa, 12 Ben Murdoch-Masila, 13 Tohu Harris. Subs: 10 Kane Evans, 11 Jack Murchie, 14 Jazz Tevaga, 15 Leeson Ah Mau. 18th man: 21 Edward Kosi.

Tigers: 1 Daine Laurie, 2 David Nofoaluma, 3 Adam Doueihi, 4 Joseph Leilua, 5 Tommy Talau, 6 Moses Mbye, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 James Tamou, 9 Jacob Liddle, 10 Alex Twal, 11 Luke Garner, 12 Luciano Leilua, 13 Joe Ofahengaue. Subs: 15 Shawn Blore, 16 Alex Seyfarth, 17 Thomas Mikaele, 19 Jake Simpkin. 18th man: 18 Michael Chee-Kam.

Cronulla Sharks v St George Illawarra Dragons (Netstrata Jubilee Stadium – KO 10:55am – live on Sky Sports Arena)

Sharks: 1 Will Kennedy, 2 Mawene Hiroti, 3 Josh Dugan, 4 Will Chambers, 5 Connor Tracey, 6 Matt Moylan, 7 Chad Townsend, 8 Aiden Tolman, 9 Blayke Brailey, 10 Aaron Woods, 11 Briton Nikora, 12 Wade Graham, 13 Toby Rudolf. Subs: 14 Braydon Trindall, 15 Teig Wilton, 16 Jack Williams, 19 Billy Magoulias. 18th man: 20 Franklin Pele.

Dragons: 1 Cody Ramsey, 2 Max Feagai, 3 Jack Bird, 17 Junior Amone, 5 Jordan Pereira, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Ben Hunt, 8 Blake Lawrie, 9 Andrew McCullough, 13 Poasa Faamausili, 11 Josh Kerr, 4 Billy Burns, 12 Jackson Ford. Subs: 10 Paul Vaughan, 14 Kaide Ellis, 15 Jaiyden Hunt, 18 Adam Clune. 18th man: 16 Daniel Alvaro.

Saturday 22 May

Gold Coast Titans v Canterbury Bulldogs (Cbus Super Stadium – KO 6:00am)

Titans: 1 Alexander Brimson, 2 Anthony Don, 3 Brian Kelly, 4 Esan Marsters, 5 Phillip Sami, 6 Tanah Boyd, 7 Jamal Fogarty, 8 Jarrod Wallace, 9 Mitch Rein, 10 Moeaki Fotuaika, 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Beau Fermor, 13 Tino Fa’asuamaleaui. Subs: 14 Erin Clark, 15 Sam Stone, 16 Jaimin Jolliffe, 17 Sam McIntyre. 18th man: 18 Jai Whitbread.

Bulldogs: 1 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 2 Nick Cotric, 3 Will Hopoate, 4 Aaron Schoupp, 5 Nick Meaney, 6 Brandon Wakeham, 7 Jake Averillo, 8 Ava Seumanufagai, 9 Sione Katoa, 10 Luke Thompson, 11 Matt Doorey, 12 Chris Smith, 16 Adam Elliott. Subs: 13 Renouf Atoni, 14 Bradley Deitz, 15 Corey Waddell, 17 Dylan Napa. 18th man: 23 Ofahiki Ogden.

Sydney Roosters v Brisbane Broncos (Sydney Cricket Ground – KO 8:30am)

Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 21 Joseph Suaalii, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Matt Ikuvalu, 6 Lachlan Lam, 7 Sam Walker, 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 9 Benjamin Marschke, 10 Isaac Liu, 11 Angus Crichton, 12 Sitili Tupouniua, 13 Victor Radley. Subs: 14 Adam Keighran, 16 Nat Butcher, 17 Siosiua Taukeiaho, 19 Fletcher Baker. 18th man: 20 Egan Butcher.

Broncos: 1 Jamayne Isaako, 2 Xavier Coates, 19 Dale Copley, 4 Jesse Arthars, 5 David Mead, 6 Albert Kelly, 7 Tyson Gamble, 8 Matthew Lodge, 9 Jake Turpin, 10 Payne Haas, 11 Keenan Palasia, 12 Tevita Pangai Jnr, 13 Thomas Flegler. Subs: 14 Kobe Hetherington, 15 John Asiata, 16 Ethan Bullemor, 17 Rhys Kennedy. 18th man: 18 TC Robati.

Canberra Raiders v Melbourne Storm (GIO Stadium – KO 10:35am – live on Sky Sports Arena)

Raiders: 1 Caleb Aekins, 2 Bailey Simonsson, 3 Sebastian Kris, 4 Curtis Scott, 5 Semi Valemei, 6 Sam Williams, 7 George Williams, 8 Dunamis Lui, 9 Tom Starling, 10 Emre Guler, 11 Corey Harawira-Naera, 12 Elliott Whitehead, 15 Ryan Sutton. Subs: 13 Hudson Young, 14 Brad Schneider, 16 Corey Horsburgh, 17 Ryan James. 18th man: 18 Matthew Timoko.

Storm: 1 Nicho Hynes, 2 George Jennings, 3 Reimis Smith, 4 Justin Olam, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Chris Lewis, 19 Cooper Johns, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Brandon Smith, 10 Christian Welch, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 16 Tom Eisenhuth, 13 Dale Finucane. Subs: 15 Tui Kamikamica, 17 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 18 Aaron Booth, 20 Trent Loiero. 18th man: 14 Aaron Pene.

Sunday 23 May

South Sydney Rabbitohs v Penrith Panthers (Apex Oval – KO 5:00am)

Rabbitohs: 1 Latrell Mitchell, 2 Alex Johnston, 3 Dane Gagai, 21 Campbell Graham, 5 Josh Mansour, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Thomas Burgess, 9 Damien Cook, 10 Tevita Tatola, 11 Keaon Koloamatangi, 12 Jaydn Su’A, 13 Liam Knight, 14 Benji Marshall, 15 Mark Nicholls, 17 Jai Arrow, 22 Jed Cartwright, 4 Braidon Burns, 19 Hame Sele.

Panthers: 21 Paul Momirovski, 2 Charlie Staines, 3 Stephen Crichton, 4 Matt Burton, 5 Brian To’o, 6 Jarome Luai, 7 Nathan Cleary, 16 Matthew Eisenhuth, 9 Apisai Koroisau, 10 James Fisher-Harris, 11 Viliame Kikau, 12 Kurt Capewell, 13 Isaah Yeo, 14 Tyrone May, 15 Scott Sorensen, 17 Liam Martin, 18 Spencer Leniu, 19 Mitch Kenny, 22 Robert Jennings.

Parramatta Eels v Manly Sea Eagles (Bankwest Stadium – KO 7:05am)

Eels: 1 Clinton Gutherson, 2 Maika Sivo, 3 Tom Opacic, 4 Waqa Blake, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Jakob Arthur, 7 Mitchell Moses, 8 Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 9 Reed Mahoney, 10 Junior Paulo, 11 Isaiah Papali’i, 12 Ryan Matterson, 13 Nathan Brown, 14 Oregon Kaufusi, 15 Shaun Lane, 16 Joey Lussick, 17 Bryce Cartwright, 18 Ray Stone, 20 Haze Dunster.

Sea Eagles: 1 Tom Trbojevic, 2 Jason Saab, 3 Brad Parker, 4 Morgan Harper, 5 Reuben Garrick, 12 Josh Schuster, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans, 8 Taniela Paseka, 9 Lachlan Croker, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Haumole Olakau’atu, 16 Sean Keppie, 13 Jake Trbojevic, 14 Moses Suli, 15 Zac Saddler, 17 Toafofoa Sipley, 23 Karl Lawton, 18 Ben Trbojevic, 20 Christian Tuipulotu.