NRL line-ups revealed for Round 20

All 16 NRL clubs have confirmed their for this weekend’s Round 20 fixtures.

With the top eight confirmed, home and away advantage in the finals is the main thing at stake this week, with several clubs vying to improve their chances with one game to go.

The Panthers were confirmed as minor premiers last week for the first time in 17 years, while the Storm cemented their place in second.

The Raiders are still a chance of creeping into the top four should they beat Cronulla and the Eels fail to win against the Tigers, although the third-place Roosters could also still drop into fourth if results don’t go their way.

This weekend’s opening fixture could decide who takes the wooden spoon in 2020, as bottom-placed Brisbane take on 14th-placed North Queensland at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday at 10:50am (UK time).

A Broncos loss would all but confirm their finish at the foot of the ladder, however should they pull off a win, the pressure would be on the Bulldogs to beat the Panthers instead.

Here’s a full list of the games and who’ll be lining up for each team:

Thursday 24 September

Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys (Suncorp Stadium – KO 10:50am)

Broncos: 1 Darius Boyd, 2 Xavier Coates, 3 Jesse Arthars, 4 Herbie Farnworth, 5 Richard Kennar, 6 Kotoni Staggs, 7 Tom Dearden, 8 Joe Ofahengaue, 9 Issac Luke, 10 Payne Haas, 11 Jordan Riki, 12 Alex Glenn, 13 Patrick Carrigan. Subs: 14 Cory Paix, 15 Ben Te’o, 16 Corey Oates, 17 Jamil Hopoate.

Cowboys: 1 Valentine Holmes, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Murray Taulagi, 21 Justin O’Neill, 5 Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, 6 Scott Drinkwater, 7 Jake Clifford, 8 Josh McGuire, 9 Reuben Cotter, 10 Jordan McLean, 15 Tom Gilbert, 12 Mitchell Dunn, 13 Jason Taumalolo. Subs: 11 Gavin Cooper 14 John Asiata, 16 Corey Jensen, 17 Francis Molo.

Friday 25 September

Gold Coast Titans v Newcastle Knights (Cbus Super Stadium – KO 9:00am)

Titans: 1 Alexander Brimson, 2 Anthony Don, 3 Brian Kelly, 4 Young Tonumaipea, 5 Treymain Spry, 6 Ashley Taylor, 7 Jamal Fogarty, 8 Jarrod Wallace, 9 Mitch Rein, 10 Moeaki Fotuaika, 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Sam Stone, 13 Tyrone Peachey. Subs: 14 Tanah Boyd, 15 Sam Lisone, 16 Jai Arrow, 17 Jai Whitbread.

Knights: 1 Kalyn Ponga, 2 Edrick Lee, 3 Enari Tuala, 4 Bradman Best, 5 Hymel Hunt, 6 Mason Lino, 7 Mitchell Pearce, 8 David Klemmer, 9 Kurt Mann, 10 Daniel Saifiti, 11 Sione Mata’utia, 12 Aidan Guerra, 13 Mitchell Barnett. Subs: 14 Chris Randall, 15 Jacob Saifiti, 16 Herman Ese’ese, 17 Brodie Jones.

South Sydney Rabbitohs v Sydney Roosters (ANZ Stadium – KO 10:55am – live on Sky Sports Arena)

Rabbitohs: 1 Corey Allan, 2 Alex Johnston, 3 Campbell Graham, 4 Dane Gagai, 5 Jaxson Paulo, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Liam Knight, 9 Damien Cook, 10 Thomas Burgess, 18 Tevita Tatola, 12 Bayley Sironen, 13 Cameron Murray. Subs: 11 Jed Cartwright, 14 Mark Nicholls, 15 Hame Sele, 17 Keaon Koloamatangi.

Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Mitchell Aubusson, 18 Matt Ikuvalu, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Kyle Flanagan, 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 9 Jake Friend, 10 Siosiua Taukeiaho, 11 Boyd Cordner, 12 Sitili Tupouniua, 13 Angus Crichton. Subs: 14 Lachlan Lam, 15 Poasa Faamausili, 16 Nat Butcher, 17 Sonny Bill Williams.

Panthers: 1 Daine Laurie, 2 Josh Mansour, 3 Tyrone May, 4 Brent Naden, 5 Brian To’o, 6 Jarome Luai, 7 Nathan Cleary, 8 James Tamou, 9 Apisai Koroisau, 10 James Fisher-Harris, 11 Kurt Capewell, 12 Liam Martin, 13 Isaah Yeo. Subs: 14 Matt Burton, 15 Spencer Leniu, 16 Moses Leota, 17 Zane Tetevano.

Cronulla Sharks v Canberra Raiders (Netsrata Jubilee Stadium – KO 8:30am – live on Sky Sports Arena)

Sharks: 1 Will Kennedy, 2 Nene Macdonald, 3 Mawene Hiroti, 20 Bryson Goodwin, 5 Ronaldo Mulitalo, 6 Wade Graham, 7 Connor Tracey, 8 Braden Hamlin-Uele, 19 Braydon Trindall, 10 Aaron Woods, 11 Briton Nikora, 17 Teig Wilton, 14 Scott Sorensen. Subs: 15 Jack Williams, 16 Andrew Fifita, 18 Billy Magoulias, 21 Daniel Vasquez.

Raiders: 1 Adam Cook, 2 Semi Valemei, 3 Matthew Timoko, 4 Harley Smith-Shields, 5 Nick Cotric, 6 Matt Frawley, 7 Sam Williams, 8 Dunamis Lui, 9 Tom Starling, 10 Iosia Soliola, 11 Hudson Young, 12 Corey Harawira-Naera, 13 Siliva Havili. Subs: 14 Kai O’Donnell, 15 Ryan Sutton, 16 Darby Medlyn, 17 Jarrett Subloo.

Wests Tigers v Parramatta Eels (Bankwest Stadium – KO 10:35am – live on Sky Sports Arena)

Tigers: 1 Adam Doueihi, 2 David Nofoaluma, 3 Tommy Talau, 4 Chris Lawrence, 5 Asu Kepaoa, 6 Benji Marshall, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Zane Musgrove, 9 Harry Grant, 10 Thomas Mikaele, 11 Luke Garner, 12 Luciano Leilua, 13 Alex Twal. Subs: 14 Matt Eisenhuth, 15 Elijah Taylor, 16 Shawn Blore, 17 Michael Chee-Kam.

Eels: 1 Clinton Gutherson, 2 Maika Sivo, 19 Brad Takairangi, 4 Waqa Blake, 5 Blake Ferguson, 14 Will Smith, 7 Mitchell Moses, 16 Kane Evans, 9 Reed Mahoney, 10 Junior Paulo, 15 Andrew Davey, 12 Ryan Matterson, 13 Nathan Brown. Subs: 11 Shaun Lane, 17 Oregon Kaufusi, 20 George Jennings, 21 Daniel Alvaro.

Sunday 27 September

New Zealand Warriors v Manly Sea Eagles (Central Coast Stadium – KO: 5:00am)

Warriors: 1 Peta Hiku, 2 Adam Pompey, 3 Adam Keighran, 4 Hayze Perham, 5 Patrick Herbert, 6 Kodi Nikorima, 7 Chanel Harris-Tavita, 8 Lachlan Burr, 9 Karl Lawton, 12 Tohu Harris, 11 Eliesa Katoa, 10 Isaiah Papali’i, 13 Jazz Tevaga. Subs: 14 Wayde Egan, 15 Adam Blair, 16 Jack Murchie, 17 Jamayne Taunoa-Brown.

Sea Eagles: 1 Tevita Funa, 2 Abbas Miski, 3 Brad Parker, 4 Morgan Harper, 5 Reuben Garrick, 6 Lachlan Croker, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans, 8 Taniela Paseka, 9 Danny Levi, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Corey Waddell, 12 Curtis Sironen, 13 Jake Trbojevic. Subs: 14 Albert Hopoate, 15 Morgan Boyle, 16 Sean Keppie, 17 Haumole Olakau’atu.

St George Illawarra Dragons v Melbourne Storm (Netsrata Jubilee Stadium – KO 7:05am)

Dragons: 1 Matthew Dufty, 2 Max Feagai, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Zac Lomax, 5 Cody Ramsey, 6 Jayden Sullivan, 7 Adam Clune, 8 Blake Lawrie, 9 Cameron McInnes, 15 Kaide Ellis, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Jacob Host, 13 Jackson Ford. Subs: 14 Tariq Sims, 16 Josh Kerr, 17 Eddie Blacker, 21 Tyrell Fuimaono.

Storm: 1 Ryan Papenhuyzen, 2 Sandor Earl, 3 Ricky Leutele, 4 Paul Momirovski, 5 Isaac Lumelume, 6 Ryley Jacks, 7 Cooper Johns, 8 Tui Kamikamica, 9 Brandon Smith, 10 Christian Welch, 11 Tom Eisenhuth, 12 Chris Lewis, 18 Aaron Booth. Subs: 13 Max King, 14 Nicholas Hynes, 15 Darryn Schonig, 17 Aaron Pene.