NRL line-ups revealed for Round 22

All 16 NRL clubs have confirmed their 21-man squads for this weekend’s round 22 fixtures.

Melbourne’s gritty 28-18 win over Manly was their 17th victory in a row as they continue to become firm favourites for the Premiership title.

Penrith remain hot on their heels after beating fifth-place Sydney, while Parramatta asserted their authority in the battle between third and fourth with an impressive 40-12 win over South Sydney.

With Manly’s play-off spot now secured, Gold Coast, Canberra and Newcastle are the front runners in the race for places seventh and eighth after victories on the weekend, while Cronulla and St George have slipped two points behind them on the back of losses.

It seems, meanwhile, that Canterbury are resigned to the wooden spoon as they sit six points behind 15th-placed Brisbane, with Sunday’s defeat to Wests being their seventh straight loss.

This round’s action is kicked off by league leaders the Storm hosting the finals-chasing Raiders on Thursday at 10:50am (UK time), with several of the weekend’s venues still to be decided due to COVID-19 restrictions in Australia.

Thursday 12 August

Melbourne Storm v Canberra Raiders (Sunshine Coast Stadium – KO 10:50am – live on Sky Sports Arena)

Storm: 1 Nicho Hynes, 2 Dean Ieremia, 3 Reimis Smith, 4 Justin Olam, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Jahrome Hughes, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Brandon Smith, 10 Christian Welch, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Kenneath Bromwich, 13 Dale Finucane. Subs: 14 Harry Grant, 15 Chris Lewis, 17 Ryan Papenhuyzen, 18 Tom Eisenhuth. 18th man: 19 Tepai Moeroa.

Raiders: 1 Jordan Rapana. 2 Bailey Simonsson, 3 Jarrod Croker, 4 Matthew Timoko, 5 Harley Smith-Shields, 6 Jack Wighton, 7 Sam Williams, 8 Josh Papalii, 9 Josh Hodgson, 10 Joseph Tapine, 11 Hudson Young, 12 Elliott Whitehead, 17 Iosia Soliola. Subs: 13 Ryan Sutton, 14 Tom Starling, 15 Emre Guler, 16 Corey Harawira-Naera. 18th man: 18 Sebastian Kris.

Friday 13 August

St George Illawarra Dragons v Penrith Panthers (Suncorp Stadium – KO 9:00am – live on Sky Sports Arena)

Dragons: 1 Jack Bird, 2 Mat Feagai, 3 Gerard Beale, 4 Zac Lomax, 5 Mikaele Ravalawa, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Adam Clune, 8 Blake Lawrie, 9 Andrew McCullough, 10 Josh McGuire, 11 Billy Burns, 12 Tyrell Fuimaono, 13 Jack de Belin. Subs: 14 Junior Amone, 15 Jackson Ford, 16 Josh Kerr, 17 Kaide Ellis. 18th man: 18 Matthew Dufty.

Panthers: 1 Dylan Edwards, 4 Paul Momirovski, 3 Stephen Crichton, 6 Matt Burton, 5 Brent Naden, 7 Jarome Luai, 21 Nathan Cleary, 8 Moses Leota, 14 Mitch Kenny, 10 Matthew Eisenhuth, 11 Viliame Kikau, 12 Liam Martin, 13 Isaah Yeo. Subs: 15 Scott Sorensen, 16 J’maine Hopgood, 17 Izack Tago, 19 Jaeman Salmon. 18th man: 20 Taylan May.

Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters (Suncorp Stadium – KO 10:55am)

Broncos: 1 Tesi Niu, 2 Corey Oates, 3 Selwyn Cobbo, 21 David Mead, 5 Xavier Coates, 6 Tyson Gamble, 7 Albert Kelly, 8 Thomas Flegler, 9 Danny Levi, 10 Payne Haas, 11 Alex Glenn, 12 Jordan Riki, 13 Kobe Hetherington. Subs: 14 Xavier Willison, 15 Rhys Kennedy, 17 TC Robati, 19 Anthony Milford. 18th man: 18 Cory Paix.

Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Adam Keighran, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Dale Copley, 6 Drew Hutchison, 7 Sam Walker, 8 Isaac Liu, 9 Sam Verrills, 10 Siosiua Taukeiaho, 11 Nat Butcher, 12 Sitili Tupouniua, 13 Victor Radley. Subs: 14 Lachlan Lam, 15 Egan Butcher, 16 Fletcher Baker, 17 Naufahu Whyte. 18th man: 20 Brad Abbey.

Saturday 14 August

South Sydney Rabbitohs v Gold Coast Titans (Cbus Super Stadium – KO 6:00am)

Rabbitohs: 1 Latrell Mitchell, 2 Josh Mansour, 18 Braidon Burns, 4 Taane Milne, 5 Jaxson Paulo, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Mark Nicholls, 9 Damien Cook, 10 Thomas Burgess, 11 Keaon Koloamatangi, 12 Jai Arrow, 13 Cameron Murray. Subs: 14 Benji Marshall, 15 Jacob Host, 16 Tevita Tatola, 17 Jaydn Su’A. 18th man: 19 Patrick Mago.

Titans: 1 AJ Brimson, 2 Greg Marzhew, 3 Brian Kelly, 4 Patrick Herbert, 5 Corey Thompson, 6 Ashley Taylor, 7 Toby Sexton, 8 Jarrod Wallace, 9 Mitch Rein, 10 Moeaki Fotuaika, 11 Kevin Proctor, 17 Beau Fermor, 13 Tino Fa’asuamaleaui. Subs: 12 David Fifita, 14 Tyrone Peachey, 15 Sam Lisone, 16 Jaimin Jolliffe. 18th man: 18 Erin Clark.

North Queensland Cowboys v Wests Tigers (Queensland Country Bank Stadium – KO 8:30am)

Cowboys: 1 Valentine Holmes, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Daejarn Asi, 4 Jake Granville, 5 Ben Hampton, 6 Scott Drinkwater, 7 Tom Dearden, 8 Francis Molo, 9 Reece Robson, 10 Jordan McLean, 11 Ben Condon, 12 Heilum Luki, 16 Mitchell Dunn. Subs: 13 Coen Hess, 14 Tom Gilbert, 15 Jeremiah Nanai, 17 Griffin Neame. 18th man: 19 Connelly Lemuelu.

Tigers: 1 Moses Mbye, 2 David Nofoaluma, 3 Tommy Talau, 4 Michael Chee-Kam, 5 Ken Maumalo, 6 Adam Doueihi, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Stefano Utoikamanu, 9 Jacob Liddle, 13 Thomas Mikaele, 11 Shawn Blore, 12 Luciano Leilua, 16 Alex Twal. Subs: 14 Joe Ofahengaue, 15 Kelma Tuilagi, 18 Jake Simpkin, 19 Tukimihia Simpkins. 18th man: 17 Zac Cini.

Manly Sea Eagles v Parramatta Eels (Sunshine Coast Stadium – 10:35am – live on Sky Sports Arena)

Sea Eagles: 1 Tom Trbojevic, 2 Jason Saab, 3 Brad Parker, 4 Morgan Harper, 5 Reuben Garrick, 6 Kieran Foran, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans, 17 Kurt De Luis, 9 Lachlan Croker, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Haumole Olakau’atu, 12 Josh Schuster, 13 Jake Trbojevic. Subs: 8 Josh Aloiai, 14 Dylan Walker, 15 Karl Lawton, 16 Curtis Sironen. 18th man: 18 Moses Suli.

Eels: 1 Clinton Gutherson, 2 Maika Sivo, 3 Tom Opacic, 4 Waqa Blake, 5 Michael Oldfield, 6 Dylan Brown, 7 Mitchell Moses, 8 Isaiah Papali’i, 9 Joey Lussick, 10 Junior Paulo, 11 Shaun Lane, 12 Ryan Matterson, 13 Nathan Brown. Subs: 14 Will Smith, 15 Bryce Cartwright, 16 Marata Niukore, 17 Makahesi Makatoa. 18th man: 18 Ray Stone.

Sunday 15 August

New Zealand Warriors v Canterbury Bulldogs (Moreton Daily Stadium – KO 5:00am)

Warriors: 1 Reece Walsh, 18 Edward Kosi, 3 Peta Hiku, 4 Adam Pompey, 5 Marcelo Montoya, 6 Chanel Harris-Tavita, 7 Sean O’Sullivan, 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 22 Wayde Egan, 10 Jackson Frei, 11 Josh Curran, 12 Euan Aitken, 9 Jazz Tevega. Subs: 14 Kodi Nikorima, 15 Bunty Afoa, 16 Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, 17 Eliesa Katoa. 18th man: 20 Jack Murchie.

Bulldogs: 1 Nick Meaney, 20 Jayden Okunbor, 3 Will Hopoate, 4 Aaron Schoupp, 5 Falakiko Manu, 6 Bailey Biondi-Odo, 7 Jake Averillo, 8 Ava Seumanufagai, 9 Jeremy Marshall-King, 10 Ryan James, 11 Adam Elliott, 12 Matt Doorey, 13 Josh Jackson. Subs: 14 Sione Katoa, 15 Chris Patolo, 16 Corey Horsburgh, 17 Joe Stimson. 18th man: 19 Kyle Flanagan.

Cronulla Sharks v Newcastle Knights (Moreton Daily Stadium – KO 7:05am)

Sharks: 1 Will Kennedy, 2 Sione Katoa, 3 Siosifa Talakai, 4 Jesse Ramien, 5 Ronaldo Mulitalo, 6 Connor Tracey, 7 Braydon Trindall, 8 Braden Hamlin-Uele, 9 Blayke Brailey, 10 Aaron Woods, 11 Briton Nikora, 12 Jack Williams, 13 Toby Rudolf. Subs: 14 Luke Metcalf, 15 Aiden Tolman, 16 Andrew Fifita, 17 Billy Magoulias. 18th man: 20 Kai O’Donnell.

Knights: 1 Kalyn Ponga, 2 Enari Tuala, 3 Kurt Mann, 4 Bradman Best, 5 Hymel Hunt, 6 Jake Clifford, 7 Mitchell Pearce, 8 Jacob Saifiti, 9 Jayden Brailey, 10 Daniel Saifiti, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Mitchell Barnett, 13 Connor Watson. Subs: 14 Sauaso Sue, 15 David Klemmer, 16 Simi Sasagi, 17 Brodie Jones. 18th man: 18 Josh King.