All 16 NRL clubs have confirmed their 21-man squads for this weekend’s ninth round of the 2021 season.
Penrith extended their unbeaten start to the season last week with a 28-16 win over a plucky Manly side.
Sydney, meanwhile, overcame another two serious injuries to come out on top against Newcastle, while fellow title-challengers Parramatta beat Canterbury 32-10.
At the opposite end of the table Brisbane and Wests, meanwhile, claimed their second victories of 2021, defeating Gold Coast and St George respectively.
South Sydney again kick off this round, as they host Melbourne at Stadium Australia on Thursday at 10:50am (UK time).
Thursday 6 May
South Sydney Rabbitohs v Melbourne Storm (Stadium Australia – KO 10:50am – live on Sky Sports Arena)
Rabbitohs: 6 Cody Walker, 1 Alex Johnston, 2 Steven Marsters, 4 Braidon Burns, 3 Dane Gagai, 21 Dean Hawkins, 7 Benji Marshall, 8 Thomas Burgess, 9 Damien Cook, 10 Tevita Tatola, 11 Keaon Koloamatangi, 12 Jaydn Su’A, 13 Jai Arrow. Subs: 14 Mark Nicholls, 15 Liam Knight, 17 Patrick Mago, 18 Jed Cartwright. 18th man: 19 Hame Sele.
Storm: 1 Nicho Hynes, 2 George Jennings, 3 Reimis Smith, 4 Justin Olam, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Jahrome Hughes, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 13 Brandon Smith, 10 Christian Welch, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Kenneath Bromwich, 15 Tui Kamikamica. Subs: 9 Harry Grant, 14 Dale Finucane, 17 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 19 Chris Lewis. 18th man: 18 Dean Ieremia.
Friday 7 May
Penrith Panthers v Cronulla Sharks (BlueBet Stadium – KO 9:00am)
Panthers: 1 Dylan Edwards, 2 Charlie Staines, 3 Stephen Crichton, 4 Matt Burton, 5 Brian To’o, 6 Jarome Luai, 7 Nathan Cleary, 8 Moses Leota, 9 Apisai Koroisau, 10 James Fisher-Harris, 11 Viliame Kikau, 12 Kurt Capewell, 13 Isaah Yeo. Subs: 14 Tyrone May, 16 Matthew Eisenhuth, 17 Liam Martin, 18 Scott Sorensen. 18th man: 19 J’maine Hopgood.
Sharks: 1 Will Kennedy, 2 Mawene Hiroti, 3 Will Chambers, 4 Jesse Ramien, 5 Connor Tracey, 6 Shaun Johnson, 7 Chad Townsend, 8 Aiden Tolman, 9 Blayke Brailey, 10 Aaron Woods, 11 Briton Nikora, 12 Wade Graham, 13 Toby Rudolf. Subs: 15 Teig Wilton, 16 Jack Williams, 17 Billy Magoulias, 18 Matt Moylan. 18th man: 19 Josh Dugan.
Parramatta Eels v Sydney Roosters (Bankwest Stadium – KO 10:55am – live on Sky Sports Arena)
Eels: 1 Clinton Gutherson, 2 Maika Sivo, 3 Tom Opacic, 4 Marata Niukore, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Dylan Brown, 7 Mitchell Moses, 8 Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 9 Reed Mahoney, 10 Junior Paulo, 11 Isaiah Papali’i, 12 Ryan Matterson, 15 Shaun Lane. Subs: 14 Oregon Kaufusi, 16 Haze Dunster, 17 Bryce Cartwright, 19 Keegan Hipgrave. 18th man: 20 Wiremu Greig.
Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Matt Ikuvalu, 6 Drew Hutchison, 7 Sam Walker, 8 Isaac Liu, 9 Ben Marschke, 15 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 11 Angus Crichton, 12 Nat Butcher, 13 Victor Radley. Subs: 10 Siosiua Taukeiaho, 14 Adam Keighran, 17 Daniel Suluka-Fifita, 24 Tuku Hau Tapuha. 18th man: 21 Joseph Suaalii.
Saturday 8 May
Canberra Raiders v Newcastle Knights (McDonalds Park – KO 6:00am)
Tigers: 1 Daine Laurie, 2 David Nofoaluma, 3 Joseph Leilua, 4 Moses Mbye, 5 Zac Cini, 6 Adam Doueihi, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 James Tamou, 9 Jake Simpkin, 10 Alex Twal, 11 Luke Garner, 12 Luciano Leilua, 13 Joe Ofahengaue. Subs: 14 Jacob Liddle, 15 Stefano Utoikamanu, 16 Alex Seyfarth, 17 Thomas Mikaele. 18th man: 18 Michael Chee-Kam.
Titans: 1 Alexander Brimson, 2 Anthony Don, 3 Brian Kelly, 4 Beau Fermor, 5 Phillip Sami, 19 Tanah Boyd, 7 Jamal Fogarty, 8 Jarrod Wallace, 9 Mitch Rein, 10 Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 David Fifita, 13 Tyrone Peachey. Subs: 14 Moeaki Fotuaika, 15 Herman Ese’ese, 16 Jaimin Jolliffe, 21 Esan Marsters. 18th man: 18 Sam McIntyre.
North Queensland Cowboys v Brisbane Broncos (Queensland Country Bank Stadium – KO 10:35am)
Cowboys: 1 Valentine Holmes, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Javid Bowen, 4 Connelly Lemuelu, 5 Murray Taulagi, 6 Scott Drinkwater, 7 Jake Clifford, 8 Coen Hess, 9 Reece Robson, 10 Jordan McLean, 11 Shane Wright, 19 Mitchell Dunn, 13 Jason Taumalolo. Subs: 12 Ben Condon, 14 Jake Granville, 15 Lachlan Burr, 16 Francis Molo. 18th man: 17 Corey Jensen.
Broncos: 1 Jamayne Isaako, 2 Xavier Coates, 3 Herbie Farnworth, 4 Jesse Arthars, 5 Corey Oates, 6 Anthony Milford, 7 Tyson Gamble, 8 Matthew Lodge, 9 Jake Turpin, 10 Payne Haas, 11 Jordan Riki, 12 Tevita Pangai Jnr, 13 Patrick Carrigan. Subs: 14 Danny Levi, 15 Thomas Flegler, 16 Ethan Bullemor, 17 Rhys Kennedy. 18th man: 19 Brendan Piakura.
Sunday 9 May
Manly Sea Eagles v New Zealand Warriors (Lottoland – KO 5:00am)
Sea Eagles: 1 Tom Trbojevic, 2 Jason Saab, 3 Brad Parker, 4 Morgan Harper, 5 Reuben Garrick, 6 Kieran Foran, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans, 8 Taniela Paseka, 9 Lachlan Croker, 10 Sean Keppie, 11 Haumole Olakau’atu, 12 Josh Schuster, 13 Jake Trbojevic. Subs: 14 Cade Cust, 15 Moses Suli, 16 Zac Saddler, 17 Toafofoa Sipley. 18th man: 18 Ben Trbojevic.
Warriors: 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 2 Edward Kosi, 3 Adam Pompey, 4 Rocco Berry, 5 Ken Maumalo, 20 Chanel Harris-Tavita, 7 Kodi Nikorima, 8 Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, 9 Wayde Egan, 10 Kane Evans, 11 Josh Curran, 17 Bayley Sironen, 13 Tohu Harris. Subs: 6 Reece Walsh, 14 Jazz Tevaga, 15 Leeson Ah Mau, 16 Bunty Afoa. 18th man: 18 Jack Murchie.
St George Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury Bulldogs (Netstrata Jubilee Stadium – KO 7:05am)
Dragons: 1 Matthew Dufty, 20 Mat Feagai, 3 Jack Bird, 4 Tyrell Fuimaono, 5 Max Feagai, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Ben Hunt, 8 Blake Lawrie, 9 Andrew McCullough, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Josh Kerr, 12 Tariq Sims, 13 Josh McGuire. Subs: 15 Billy Burns, 16 Daniel Alvaro, 17 Kaide Ellis, 19 Junior Amone. 18th man: 18 Jackson Ford.
Bulldogs: 1 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 2 Nick Cotric, 3 Will Hopoate, 4 Corey Allan, 5 Nick Meaney, 6 Jake Averillo, 7 Kyle Flanagan, 16 Ava Seumanufagai, 9 Sione Katoa, 10 Luke Thompson, 11 Adam Elliott, 12 Chris Smith, 13 Corey Waddell. Subs: 14 Bradley Deitz, 15 Renouf Atoni, 19 Lachlan Lewis, 23 Ofahiki Ogden. 18th man: 17 Matt Doorey.
