All 16 NRL clubs have confirmed their for this weekend’s Round 18 fixtures.
There were no changes to the table last week, with all top four clubs claiming victories.
A 24-18 loss to Parramatta dented the Warriors’ push for the top eight, however the Tigers came from behind to beat Manly 34-32 to give themselves a fighting chance of making the finals.
The fight to avoid the wooden spoon is now confirmed as a three-horse race between the Bulldogs, Broncos and Cowboys, after the Gold Coast notched their sixth win of the campaign against current bottom-dwellers Canterbury.
This weekend’s round of fixtures is kicked off by Wests hosting South Sydney at Bankwest Stadium at 10:50am (UK time).
Here’s a full list of the games and who’ll be lining up for each team:
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Thursday 10 September
Wests Tigers v South Sydney Rabbitohs (Bankwest Stadium – KO 10:50am – live on Sky Sports Arena)
Tigers: 4 Adam Doueihi, 2 David Nofoaluma, 19 Tommy Talau, 18 Chris Lawrence, 5 Asu Kepaoa, 6 Benji Marshall, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Josh Aloiai, 9 Harry Grant, 10 Thomas Mikaele, 11 Luke Garner, 12 Luciano Leilua, 13 Alex Twal. Subs: 14 Matt Eisenhuth, 15 Elijah Taylor, 16 Jacob Liddle, 17 Sam McIntyre.
Rabbitohs: 1 Corey Allan, 2 Alex Johnston, 3 Campbell Graham, 4 Steven Marsters, 5 Dane Gagai, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Liam Knight, 9 Damien Cook, 10 Thomas Burgess, 11 Jaydn Su’A, 12 Bayley Sironen, 13 Cameron Murray. Subs: 14 Mark Nicholls, 15 Jed Cartwright, 16 Patrick Mago, 17 Keaon Koloamatangi.
Friday 11 September
Canterbury Bulldogs v Manly Sea Eagles (ANZ Stadium – KO 9:00am)
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Bulldogs: 1 Will Hopoate, 2 Nick Meaney, 3 Reimis Smith, 4 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 5 Jayden Okunbor, 6 Jake Averillo, 7 Lachlan Lewis, 15 Renouf To’omaga, 9 Jeremy Marshall-King, 10 Aiden Tolman, 16 Matt Doorey, 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 11 Josh Jackson. Subs: 14 Brandon Wakeham, 17 Sauaso Sue, 19 Dean Britt, 23 Chris Smith.
Sea Eagles: 1 Tevita Funa, 2 Albert Hopoate, 3 Brad Parker, 4 Morgan Harper, 5 Abbas Miski, 6 Cade Cust, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans, 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 14 Lachlan Croker, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Jack Gosiewski, 12 Curtis Sironen, 13 Jake Trbojevic. Subs: 9 Danny Levi, 15 Corey Waddell, 16 Sean Keppie, 17 Taniela Paseka.
Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels (Panthers Stadium – KO 10:55am – live on Sky Sports Arena)
Panthers: 1 Dylan Edwards, 2 Josh Mansour, 3 Brent Naden, 4 Stephen Crichton, 5 Brian To’o, 6 Jarome Luai, 7 Nathan Cleary, 8 James Tamou, 9 Apisai Koroisau, 10 James Fisher-Harris, 11 Viliame Kikau, 12 Liam Martin, 13 Isaah Yeo. Subs: 14 Tyrone May, 15 Spencer Leniu, 16 Moses Leota, 17 Zane Tetevano.
Eels: 1 Clinton Gutherson, 2 Maika Sivo, 3 Michael Jennings, 4 Waqa Blake, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Jai Field, 7 Mitchell Moses, 8 Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 14 Ray Stone, 10 Junior Paulo, 11 Shaun Lane, 12 Ryan Matterson, 13 Nathan Brown. Subs: 15 Andrew Davey, 16 Kane Evans, 17 Oregon Kaufusi, 20 Will Smith.
Saturday 12 September
St George Illawarra Dragons v Canberra Raiders (WIN Stadium – KO 6:00am)
Dragons: 1 Matthew Dufty, 2 Jordan Pereira, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Zac Lomax, 5 Cody Ramsey, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Adam Clune, 8 Kaide Ellis, 9 Ben Hunt, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Tyson Frizell, 17 Jackson Ford, 13 Cameron McInnes. Subs: 14 Billy Brittain, 15 Josh Kerr, 16 Blake Lawrie, 19 Tyrell Fuimaono.
Raiders: 1 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 2 Semi Valemei, 3 Jarrod Croker, 4 Jordan Rapana, 5 Nick Cotric, 6 Jack Wighton, 7 George Williams, 8 Josh Papalii, 9 Tom Starling, 15 Dunamis Lui, 11 John Bateman, 12 Elliott Whitehead, 13 Joseph Tapine. Subs: 10 Ryan Sutton, 14 Siliva Havili, 16 Hudson Young, 17 Corey Harawira-Naera.
Gold Coast Titans v Brisbane Broncos (Cbus Super Stadium – KO 8:30am)
Titans: 1 Alexander Brimson, 2 Anthony Don, 19 Treymain Spry, 4 Young Tonumaipea, 5 Corey Thompson, 6 Ashley Taylor, 7 Jamal Fogarty, 8 Jarrod Wallace, 9 Mitch Rein, 10 Moeaki Fotuaika, 11 Sam Stone, 3 Beau Fermor, 13 Tyrone Peachey. Subs: 14 Erin Clark, 15 Jai Whitbread, 16 Jai Arrow, 17 Sam Lisone.
Broncos: 1 Darius Boyd, 2 Corey Oates, 3 Kotoni Staggs, 4 Herbie Farnworth, 5 Richard Kennar, 6 Sean O’Sullivan, 7 Tom Dearden, 8 Rhys Kennedy, 9 Issac Luke, 10 Payne Haas, 11 David Fifita, 12 Alex Glenn, 13 Patrick Carrigan. Subs: 14 Cory Paix, 15 Ben Te’o, 16 Xavier Coates, 17 Joe Ofahengaue.
Sydney Roosters v Newcastle Knights (Sydney Cricket Ground – KO 10:35am – live on Sky Sports Arena)
Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Brett Morris, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Kyle Flanagan, 13 Isaac Liu, 9 Jake Friend, 10 Siosiua Taukeiaho, 11 Boyd Cordner, 12 Sitili Tupouniua, 16 Angus Crichton. Subs: 14 Nat Butcher, 15 Lindsay Collins, 17 Sonny Bill Williams, 19 Mitchell Aubusson.
Knights: 1 Tex Hoy, 2 Edrick Lee, 3 Enari Tuala, 4 Gehamat Shibasaki, 5 Starford To’a, 6 Mason Lino, 7 Mitchell Pearce, 8 David Klemmer, 9 Kurt Mann, 15 Daniel Saifiti, 11 Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 12 Aidan Guerra, 10 Jacob Saifiti. Subs: 13 Herman Ese’ese, 16 Josh King, 18 Sione Mata’utia, 21 Chris Randall.
Sunday 13 September
Melbourne Storm v North Queensland Cowboys (Sunshine Coast Stadium – KO 7:05am)
Storm: 1 Nicho Hynes, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Brenko Lee, 4 Justin Olam, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Jahrome Hughes, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith, 10 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Kenneath Bromwich, 13 Tino Fa’asuamaleaui. Subs: 14 Ryley Jacks, 15 Darryn Schonig, 18 Tom Eisenhuth, 20 Tui Kamikamica.
Cowboys: 1 Valentine Holmes, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Justin O’Neill, 4 Esan Marsters, 5 Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, 6 Scott Drinkwater, 7 Jake Clifford, 8 Francis Molo, 9 Reuben Cotter, 10 Jordan McLean, 16 Tom Gilbert, 12 Mitchell Dunn, 13 Josh McGuire. Subs: 11 Gavin Cooper, 14 Daejarn Asi, 15 John Asiata, 17 Corey Jensen.
Cronulla Sharks v New Zealand Warriors (Netstrata Jubilee Stadium – KO 9:30am)
Sharks: 1 Will Kennedy, 2 Sione Katoa, 3 Josh Dugan, 4 Jesse Ramien, 5 Ronaldo Mulitalo, 6 Connor Tracey, 7 Shaun Johnson, 8 Braden Hamlin-Uele, 9 Blayke Brailey, 10 Aaron Woods, 11 Briton Nikora, 12 Siosifa Talakai, 13 Toby Rudolf. Subs: 14 Teig Wilton, 15 Jack Williams, 16 Andrew Fifita, 17 Royce Hunt.
Warriors: 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 2 Adam Pompey, 3 Hayze Perham, 4 Peta Hiku, 5 George Jennings, 6 Kodi Nikorima, 7 Chanel Harris-Tavita, 8 Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, 9 Karl Lawton, 12 Tohu Harris, 11 Jack Murchie, 10 Isaiah Papali’i, 13 Jazz Tevaga. Subs: 14 Wayde Egan, 15 Adam Blair, 16 Daniel Alvaro, 17 Lachlan Burr.