Late Mail, Round 1, Ins and Outs, Injuries, Changes, Bailey Simonsson, Eels vs Storm, Panthers vs Broncos
The Eels lost winger Bailey Simonsson to the Storm on the eve of their season opener after he failed to recover from a shoulder injury.
Simonsson will be replaced by former striker Isaac Lumelume for Thursday night’s clash at CommBank Stadium.
Read on for all of Round 1’s early mail.
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Roosters expand both Radley and Butcher | 02:15
THURSDAY
Parramatta Eels v Melbourne Storm at CommBank Stadium, 7.50pm AEDT
Eels Team: 1st Clinton Gutherson 2nd Maika Sivo 3rd Viliami Penisini 4th Waqa Blake 22nd Isaac Lumelume 6th Dylan Brown 7th Mitchell Moses 8th Reagan Campbell-Gillard 9th Josh Hodgson 10th Junior Paulo 11th Bryce Cartwright 12th Matt Doorey 13. J’maine Hopgood 14. Jirah Momoisea 15. Jack Murchie 16. Wiremu Greig 17. Makahesi Makatoa 18. Jacob Arthur 19. Ky Rodwell
cut player: 5.Bailey Simonsson 20.Ofahiki Ogden 21.Mitch Rein
Late mail: Winger Bailey Simonson (Shoulder) has a late scratch with Isaac Lumelume come to the flank.
Assault Team: 1 Nick Meaney 2 William Warbrick 3 Reimis Smith 4 Young Tonumaipea 5 Xavier Coates 6 Cameron Munster 7 Jahrome Hughes 8 Nelson Asofa-Solomona 9 Harry Grant 10 Christian Welch 11 Trent Loiero 12 Eliesa Katoa 13. Josh King 14. Tyran Wishart 15. Alec Macdonald 16. Chris Lewis 17. Jordan Grant 18. Grant Anderson 19. Bronson Garlick
cut player: 20. Sualauvi Faalogo 21. Joe Chan 22. Jonah Pezet
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FRIDAY
Warriors vs Newcastle Knights at Sky Stadium, 6pm AEDT
Warriors team: 1 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3 Brayden Wiliame 4 Adam Pompey 5 Marcelo Montoya 6 Te Maire Martin 7 Shaun Johnson 8 Addin Fonua-Blake 9 Wayde Egan 10 Mitchell Barnett 11 Jackson Ford 12 Marata Niukore 13 Tohu Harris 14 Dylan Walker 15 Bunty Afoa 16 Josh Curran 17 Tom Ale 18 Viliami Vailea 20 Freddy Lussick 21 Ronald Volkman 22 Taine Tuaupiki 23 Edward Kosi
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knight team: 1 Lachlan Miller 2 Hymel Hunt 3 Enari Tuala 4 Bradman Best 5 Dominic Young 6 Kalyn Ponga 7 Jackson Hastings 8 Daniel Saifiti 9 Jayden Brailey 10 Jacob Saifiti 11 Tyson Frizell 12 Lachlan Fitzgibbon 13 Kurt Mann 14 Phoenix Crossland 15 Adam Elliott 16 Jack Hetherington 17 Leo Thompson 18 Jack Johns 19 Tyson Gamble 20 Brodie Jones 21 Dylan Lucas 22 Bailey Hodgson
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Penrith Panthers v Brisbane Broncos at BlueBet Stadium, 8:05pm AEDT
Panthers team: 1 Dylan Edwards 2 Sunia Turuva 3 Izack Tago 4 Stephen Crichton 5 Brian To’o 6 Jarome Luai 7 Nathan Cleary 8 Moses Leota 9 Mitch Kenny 10 James Fisher-Harris 11 Luke Garner 12 Liam Martin 13 Isaah Yeo 14 Soni Luke 15 Scott Sorensen 16 Spencer Leniu 17 Jaeman Salmon 18 Zac Hosking 19 Matt Eisenhuth 20 Tyrone Peachey 21 Jack Cogger 22 Lindsay Smith
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Broncos Team: 1 Selwyn Cobbo 2 Corey Oates 3 Kotoni Staggs 4 Herbie Farnworth 5 Jesse Arthars 6 Ezra Mam 7 Adam Reynolds 8 Corey Jensen 9 Billy Walters 10 Payne Haas 11 Kurt Capewell 12 Jordan Riki 13 Patrick Carrigan 14 Cory Paix 15 Keenan Palasia 16 Thomas Flegler 17 Martin Taupau 18 Your Mariner 19 Brendan Piakura 20 Xavier Willison 21 Jock Madden 22 Delouise Hoeter
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SATURDAY
Manly Sea Eagles v Canterbury Bulldogs at 4 Pines Park, 3pm AEDT
Sea Eagles Team: 1 Tom Trbojevic 2 Christian Tuipulotu 3 Brad Parker 4 Tolutau Koula 5 Reuben Garrick 6 Cooper Johns 7 Daly Cherry-Evans 8 Taniela Paseka 9 Lachlan Croker 10 Jake Trbojevic 11 Haumole Olakau’atu 12 Kelma Tuilagi 13 Sean Keppie 14 Kaeo Weekes 15 Ben Trbojevic 16 Ethan Bullemor 17 Josh Aloiai 18 Toafoa Sipley 19 Ben Condon 20 Ray Tuaimalo-Vaega 21 Morgan Harper 22 Gordon Chan Kum Tong
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Bulldogs Team: 1st Hayze Perham 2nd Jacob Kiraz 3rd Jake Averillo 4th Paul Alamoti 5th Josh Addo-Carr 6th Matt Burton 7th Kyle Flanagan 8th Max King 9th Reed Mahoney 10th Ryan Sutton 11th Viliame Kikau 12th Raymond Faitala -Mariner 13 Fa’amanu Brown 14 Jayden Tanner 15 Corey Waddell 16 Franklin Pele 17 Jacob Preston 19 Braidon Burns 20 Josh Reynolds 21 Andrew Davey 22 Jackson Topine 23 Jayden Okunbor
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North Queensland Cowboys v Canberra Raiders at Queensland Country Bank Stadium, 5.30pm AEDT
Cowboys team: 1 Scott Drinkwater 2 Kyle Feldt 3 Valentine Holmes 4 Peta Hiku 5 Murray Taulagi 6 Tom Dearden 7 Chad Townsend 8 Jordan McLean 9 Reece Robson 10 Reuben Cotter 11 Coen Hess 12 Jeremiah Nanai 13 Jason Taumalolo 14 Jake Granville 15 Griffin Neame 16 Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 17 James Tamou 18 Brendan Elliot 19 Riley Price 20 Tomas Chester 21 Gehamat Shibasaki 22 Kulikefu Finefeuiaki
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Raiders Team: 1. Sebastian Kris 2. Nick Cotric 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Harley Smith-Shields 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Jack Wighton 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Pasami Saulo 9. Danny Levi 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Hudson Young 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Corey Harawira-Naera 14. Tom Starling 15. Ata Mariota 16. Corey Horsburgh 17. Emre Guler 18. Albert Hopoate 19. Matt Frawley 20. Zac Woolford 21. Trey Mooney 22. Peter Hola
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Cronulla Sharks v South Sydney Rabbitohs at PointsBet Stadium, 7.35pm AEDT
Sharks team: 1. William Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Jesse Ramien 4. Siosifa Talakai 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Matt Moylan 7. Braydon Trindall 8. Toby Rudolf 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Braden Hamlin-Uele 11. British Nikora 12. Dough Wilton 13 Dale Finucane 14 Cameron McInnes 15 Wade Graham 16 Oregon Kaufusi 17 Jack Williams 18 Connor Tracey 19 Mawene Hiroti 20 Thomas Hazelton 21 Jayden Berrell 22 Niwhai Puru
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Rabbitohs team: 1 Latrell Mitchell 2 Alex Johnston 3 Isaiah Tass 4 Campbell Graham 5 Izaac Thompson 6 Cody Walker 7 Lachlan Ilias 8 Tevita Tatola 9 Damien Cook 10 Thomas Burgess 11 Keaon Koloamatangi 12 Jai Arrow 13 Cameron Murray 14 Blake Taaffe 15 Michael Chee Kam 16 Davvy Moale 17 Shaq Mitchell 18 Jed Cartwright 19 Terrell Kalo Kalo 20 Ben Lovett 21 Daniel Suluka-Fifita 22 Josiah Karapani
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Arthur unaffected by Moses’ decision? | 01:54
SUNDAY
Dolphins v Sydney Roosters at Suncorp Stadium, 4:05pm AEDT
Dolphin Team: 1st Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 2nd Jamayne Isaako 3rd Euan Aitken 4th Brenko Lee 5th Tesi Niu 6th Isaiya Katoa 7th Sean O’Sullivan 8th Jesse Bromwich 9th Jeremy Marshall-King 10th Jarrod Wallace 11th Felise Kaufusi 12. Kenny Bromwich 13. Tom Gilbert 14. Herman Ese’ese 15. Mark Nicholls 16. Ray Stone 17. Kurt Donoghoe 18. Connelly Lemuelu 19. Poasa Faamausili 20. Mason Teague 21. Anthony Milford 22. Robert Jennings
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Roosters Team: 1 James Tedesco 2 Daniel Tupou 3 Joseph Suaalii 4 Corey Allan 5 Jaxson Paulo 6 Luke Keary 7 Sam Walker 8 Lindsay Collins 9 Brandon Smith 10 Matthew Lodge 11 Egan Butcher 12 Nat Butcher 13 Victor Radley 14 Drew Hutchison 15 Fletcher Baker 16 Naufahu Whyte 17 Terrell May 18 Jake Turpin 19 Tuku Hau Tapuha 20 Sandon Smith 21 Siua Wong 22 Junior Pauga
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Wests Tigers v Gold Coast Titans at Leichhardt Oval, 6:15 p.m. AEDT
Tigers team: 1st Daine Laurie 2nd David Nofoaluma 3rd Brent Naden 4th Tommy Talau 5th Charlie Staines 6th Adam Doueihi 7th Luke Brooks 8th Stefano Utoikamanu 9th Apisai Koroisau 10th David Klemmer 11th Isaiah Papali’i 12th Shawn Blore 13 Joe Ofahengaue 14 Jake Simpkin 15 Alex Twal 16 Fonua Pole 17 Asu Kepaoa 18 Alex Seyfarth 19 Starford To’a 20 Brandon Wakeham 21 Justin Matamua 22 Junior Tupou
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Titans Team: 1st Aj Brimson 2nd Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3rd Aaron Schoupp 4th Phillip Sami 5th Jojo Fifita 6th Kieran Foran 7th Tanah Boyd 8th Jaimin Jolliffe 9th Sam Verrills 10th Tino Fa’asuamaleaui 11th David Fifita 12th Beau Fermor 13 Isaac Liu 14 Jayden Campbell 15 Erin Clark 16 Moeaki Fotuaika 17 Joe Stimson 18 Sam McIntyre 19 Keano Kini 20 Chris Randall 21 Klese Haas 22 Treymain Spry
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Bye: St. George Illawarra Dragon
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