NRL line-ups revealed for Round 8

All 16 NRL clubs have confirmed their for this weekend’s Round 8 fixtures.

League leaders Parramatta were pushed close by Canberra last week, with a Golden Point drop goal from Clint Gutherson clinching the Eels a 25-24 win. There were also victories for Penrith, Sydney and Melbourne, who are all still within two points of the leaders, but Newcastle’s loss to North Queensland saw them slip into fifth.

Gold Coast picked up their second win of the season over Brisbane, who continue to struggle having lost all five of their games since the season resumed.

This week, some clubs will return to their home grounds for the first time since before lockdown, as the NRL takes another step in the direction of normality.

This week’s fixtures are kicked off by the Storm and the Roosters, who will face off at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday at 10:50am (UK time).

All eight games will be shown live on Sky Sports Arena throughout the weekend.

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

Thursday 2 July

Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters (Suncorp Stadium – KO 10:50am)

Storm: 1 Ryan Papenhuyzen, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Justin Olam, 4 Paul Momirovski, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 9 Cameron Smith, 7 Jahrome Hughes, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 14 Brandon Smith, 10 Christian Welch, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Kenneath Bromwich, 13 Dale Finucane. Subs: 6 Ryley Jacks, 15 Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, 16 Tom Eisenhuth, 17 Nelson Asofa-Solomona.

Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Brett Morris, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Kyle Flanagan, 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 9 Jake Friend, 10 Siosiua Taukeiaho, 11 Boyd Cordner, 12 Angus Crichton, 13 Nat Butcher. Subs: 14 Poasa Faamausili, 15 Sitili Tupouniua, 16 Mitchell Aubusson, 17 Lindsay Collins.

Friday 3 July

Canberra Raiders v St George Illawarra Dragons (GIO Stadium – KO 9:00am)

Raiders: 1 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 2 Bailey Simonsson, 3 Jarrod Croker, 4 Michael Oldfield, 5 Nick Cotric, 6 Jack Wighton, 7 George Williams, 15 Emre Guler, 9 Josh Hodgson, 10 Iosia Soliola, 11 Hudson Young, 12 Elliott Whitehead, 16 Ryan Sutton. Subs: 8 Josh Papalii, 13 Joseph Tapine, 14 Curtis Scott, 17 Siliva Havili.

Dragons: 1 Matthew Dufty, 2 Jason Saab, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Zac Lomax, 5 Mikaele Ravalawa, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Adam Clune, 8 Blake Lawrie, 9 Cameron McInnes, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Tyrell Fuimaono, 13 Trent Merrin. Subs: 14 Ben Hunt, 15 Josh Kerr, 16 Korbin Sims, 17 Jackson Ford.

Parramatta Eels v North Queensland Cowboys (Bankwest Stadium – KO 10:55am)

Eels: 1 Clinton Gutherson, 2 Maika Sivo, 3 Michael Jennings, 4 Waqa Blake, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Dylan Brown, 7 Jai Field, 8 Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 9 Reed Mahoney, 10 Junior Paulo, 11 Shaun Lane, 12 Ryan Matterson, 13 Marata Niukore. Subs: 14 Ray Stone, 15 David Gower, 16 Oregon Kaufusi, 17 Brad Takairangi.

Cowboys: 19 Valentine Holmes, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Tom Opacic, 4 Esan Marsters, 5 Justin O’Neill, 6 Scott Drinkwater, 7 Jake Clifford, 8 Josh McGuire, 9 Reece Robson, 17 Francis Molo, 11 Shane Wright, 12 Coen Hess, 13 Jason Taumalolo. Subs: 14 Ben Hampton, 15 Gavin Cooper, 16 Peter Hola, 18 Reuben Cotter.

Saturday 4 July

Gold Coast Titans v Cronulla Sharks (Cbus Super Stadium – KO 6:00am)

Titans: 21 Tyrone Roberts, 1 Corey Thompson, 16 Bryce Cartwright, 4 Tyrone Peachey, 2 Anthony Don, 6 Ashley Taylor, 7 Jamal Fogarty, 8 Moeaki Fotuaika, 9 Mitch Rein, 10 Jaimin Jolliffe, 19 Beau Fermor, 12 Keegan Hipgrave, 13 Jai Arrow. Subs: 14 Tanah Boyd, 15 Sam Lisone, 17 Jarrod Wallace, 18 Erin Clark.

Sharks: 1 Matt Moylan, 2 Sione Katoa, 3 Josh Dugan, 4 Jesse Ramien, 5 Bryson Goodwin, 6 Shaun Johnson, 7 Chad Townsend, 8 Andrew Fifita, 9 Blayke Brailey, 10 Aaron Woods, 11 Briton Nikora, 12 Wade Graham, 13 Jack Williams. Subs: 14 Toby Rudolf, 15 Braden Hamlin-Uele, 16 Siosifa Talakai, 17 Royce Hunt.

New Zealand Warriors v Brisbane Broncos (Central Coast Stadium – KO 8:30am)

Warriors: 3 Peta Hiku, 2 David Fusitu’a, 4 Patrick Herbert, 22 Gerard Beale, 5 Ken Maumalo, 6 Kodi Nikorima, 7 Blake Green, 8 Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, 9 Wayde Egan, 13 Adam Blair, 11 Jack Murchie, 16 Karl Lawton, 12 Tohu Harris. Subs: 10 Agnatius Paasi, 14 Chanel Harris-Tavita, 15 Jack Hetherington, 20 Isaiah Papali’i.

Broncos: 1 Tesi Niu, 2 Jamayne Isaako, 3 Herbie Farnworth, 4 Darius Boyd, 5 Xavier Coates, 6 Anthony Milford, 7 Brodie Croft, 15 Thomas Flegler, 9 Issac Luke, 10 Payne Haas, 11 Alex Glenn, 12 Tevita Pangai Junior, 13 Patrick Carrigan. Subs: 14 Tom Dearden, 16 Rhys Kennedy, 17 Ben Te’o, 18 Corey Oates.

Wests Tigers v Penrith Panthers (Bankwest Stadium – KO 10:35am)

Wests: 1 Adam Doueihi, 2 David Nofoaluma, 3 Joseph Leilua, 4 Moses Mbye, 5 Tommy Talau, 6 Josh Reynolds, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Josh Aloiai, 9 Harry Grant, 10 Oliver Clark, 11 Luke Garner, 12 Luciano Leilua, 13 Matt Eisenhuth, 14 Elijah Taylor, 15 Thomas Mikaele, 16 Sam McIntyre, 17 Michael Chee-Kam.

Panthers: 1 Dylan Edwards, 2 Josh Mansour, 4 Stephen Crichton, 19 Brent Naden, 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, 15 Zane Tetevano, 16 Moses Leota, 17 Billy Burns, 21 Tyrone May.

Sunday 5 July

Manly Sea Eagles v Newcastle Knights (Lottoland – 7:05am)

Sea Eagles: 1 Reuben Garrick, 2 Jorge Taufua, 3 Brad Parker, 4 Moses Suli, 5 Tevita Funa, 6 Lachlan Croker, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans, 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 9 Danny Levi, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Joel Thompson, 12 Curtis Sironen, 13 Jake Trbojevic, 14 Cade Cust, 15 Jack Gosiewski, 16 Sean Keppie, 17 Taniela Paseka.

Knights: 1 Kalyn Ponga, 2 Edrick Lee, 3 Enari Tuala, 4 Bradman Best, 5 Hymel Hunt, 6 Kurt Mann, 7 Mitchell Pearce, 8 David Klemmer, 9 Andrew McCullough, 10 Daniel Saifiti, 11 Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 12 Sione Mata’utia, 13 Herman Ese’ese, 14 Tex Hoy, 15 Jacob Saifiti, 16 Aidan Guerra, 17 Pasami Saulo.

Canterbury Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs (Bankwest Stadium – 9:30am)

Bulldogs: 1 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 2 Nick Meaney, 3 Reimis Smith, 4 Marcelo Montoya, 5 Christian Crichton, 6 Kieran Foran, 7 Brandon Wakeham, 8 Aiden Tolman, 9 Jeremy Marshall-King, 10 Dylan Napa, 11 Josh Jackson, 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 13 Adam Elliott, 14 Kerrod Holland, 15 Dean Britt, 16 Renouf To’omaga, 17 Sauaso Sue.

Rabbitohs: 1 Latrell Mitchell, 2 Dane Gagai, 3 Campbell Graham, 4 James Roberts, 5 Alex Johnston, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Tevita Tatola, 9 Damien Cook, 10 Thomas Burgess, 11 Jaydn Su’A, 12 Ethan Lowe, 13 Cameron Murray, 14 Liam Knight, 16 Hame Sele, 17 Braidon Burns, 19 Patrick Mago.