NRL round 22 live team announcements: Thurston racing clock, Manly guns return
NORTH Queensland have not named Johnathan Thurston this weekend as he battle with a hamstring injury.
Ray Thompson has been selected at halfback to partner Michael Morgan.
They face the Wests Tigers who have called on Jack Littlejohn to play halfback with Luke Brooks sidelined with a knee injury.
Robbie Farah has not been named with Dene Halatau to play hooker.
Manly have named some big gun reinforcements as they chase an unlikely finals berth.
For the Sea Eagles, Matt Parcell and Nate Myles have been select on an extended bench as their side bids for their fifth win in a row when they visit Parramatta.
South Sydney have selected Greg Inglis at five-eighth to replace an injured Luke Keary.
Hymel Hunt returns from a pectoral tear to take his place in the centres against Melbourne.
Cameron McInnes has been axed this weekend in favour of Damien Cook.
Jarrod Mullen makes his return from a hamstring injury against the Bulldogs.
The Titans welcome back Nathan Peats to their side after he missed the golden point draw on Monday.
Brisbane welcome back Matt Gillett (shoulder) and Sam Thaiday (suspension) in the backrow for Thursday’s clash with St George Illawarra.
St George Illawarra Dragons v Brisbane Broncos, WIN Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST) Thursday
Dragons: 1 Adam Quinlan 2 Kurt Mann 3 Euan Aitken 4 Taane Milne 5 Jason Nightingale 6 Gareth Widdop 7 Benji Marshall 8 Russell Packer 9 Mitch Rein 10 Michael Cooper 11 Tyson Frizell 12 Will Matthews 13 Jack De Belin. Interchange: 14 Tariq Sims 16 Jacob Host 17 Jacob Marketo 19 Tyrone McCarthy
Broncos: 1 Darius Boyd 2 Corey Oates 3 Thomas Opacic 4 James Roberts 5 Lachlan Maranta 6 Anthony Milford 7 Ben Hunt 8 Josh McGuire 9 Andrew McCullough 10 Adam Blair 11 Sam Thaiday 12 Matthew Gillett 13 Corey Parker. Interchange: 14 Jarrod Wallace 15 Tevita Pangai 16 Jai Arrow 17 Alex Glenn 18 Jaydn Sua
Parramatta Eels v Manly Sea Eagles, Pirtek Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST) Friday
Eels: 1 Michael Gordon 2 Vai Toutai 4 Bradley Takairangi 3 Michael Jennings 5 Bevan French 6 Clinton Gutherson 7 Jeff Robson 8 Danny Wicks 9 Isaac De Gois 10 Tim Mannah 11 Manu Ma’u 12 Tepai Moeroa 13 Beau Scott. Interchange: 14 Kaysa Pritchard 15 Peni Terepo 16 Kenneth Edwards 17 Daniel Alvaro 18 David Gower
Sea Eagles: 1 Tom Trbojevic 2 Jorge Taufua 3 Lewis Brown 4 Brayden Wiliame 5 Matthew Wright 6 Dylan Walker 7 Daly Cherry-Evans 8 Darcy Lussick 9 Apisai Koroisau 10 Martin Taupau 11 Nathan GREEN 12 Jamie Buhrer 13 Jake Trbojevic. Interchange: 14 Blake Leary 15 Joshua Starling 16 Addin Fonua-Blake 17 Siosia Vave 21 Nate Myles 23 Matt Parcell
Newcastle Knights v Canterbury Bulldogs, Hunter Stadium, 3pm (AEST) Saturday
Knights: 1 Jake Mamo 2 Nathan Ross 3 Dane Gagai 4 Peter Mata’utia 5 Brendan Elliott 6 Jarrod Mullen 7 Trent Hodkinson 8 Sam Mataora 9 Danny Levi 10 Daniel Saifiti 11 Korbin Sims 12 Pauli Pauli 13 Jeremy Smith. Interchange: 14 Chris Adams 15 Pat Mata’utia 16 Jacob Saifiti 17 Mickey Paea 18 David Bhana
Bulldogs: 1 William Hopoate 2 Brett Morris 3 Josh Morris 4 Curtis Rona 5 Sam Perrett 6 Josh Reynolds 7 Moses Mbye 8 Aiden Tolman 9 Michael Lichaa 10 James Graham 11 Joshua Jackson 12 Raymond Faitala 13 David Klemmer. Interchange: 14 Sam Kasiano 15 Danny Fualalo 16 Tony Williams 17 Tim Browne
Cronulla Sharks v Canberra Raiders, Southern Scross Group Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST) Saturday
Sharks: 1 Ben Barba 2 Sosaia Feki 3 Jack Bird 4 Gerard Beale 5 Valentine Holmes 6 James Maloney 7 Chad Townsend 8 Andrew Fifita 9 Michael Ennis 10 Sam Tagataese 11 Luke Lewis 12 Wade Graham 13 Paul Gallen. Interchange: 14 Joseph Paulo 15 Chris Heighington 16 Matt Prior 17 Jayson Bukuya
Raiders: 1 Jack Wighton 2 Brenko Lee 3 Jarrod Croker 4 Joseph Leilua 5 Jordan Rapana 6 Blake Austin 7 Aidan Sezer 8 Junior Paulo 9 Josh Hodgson 10 Shannon Boyd 11 Josh Papalii 12 Elliot Whitehead 13 Iosia Soliola. Interchange: 14 Adam Clydsdale 15 Interchange Luke Bateman 16 Interchange Clay Priest 17 Interchange Joseph Tapine
Melbourne Storm v South Sydney Rabbitohs, AAMI Park, 7.30pm (AEST) Saturday
Storm: 1 Cameron Munster 2 Suliasi Vunivalu 3 William Chambers 4 Cheyse Blair 5 Marika Koroibete 6 Blake Green 7 Cooper Cronk 8 Jesse Bromwich 9 Cameron Smith 10 Tim Glasby 11 Kevin Proctor 12 Tohu Harris 13 Dale Finucane. Interchange: 14 Kenneth Bromwich 15 Christian Welch 16 Felise Kaufusi 17 Benjamin Hampton 18 Matthew White
Rabbitohs: 1 Cody Walker 2 Alexander Johnston 3 Hymel Hunt 4 Aaron Gray 5 Joe Burgess 6 Greg Inglis 7 Adam Reynolds 8 George Burgess 9 Damien Cook 10 Zane Musgrove 11 John Sutton 12 Angus Crichton 13 Samuel Burgess. Interchange: 14 Jason Clark 15 Nathan Brown 16 Kyle Turner 17 Thomas Burgess
Gold Coast Titans v Warriors, Cbus Super Stadium, 2pm (AEST) Sunday
Titans: 1 David Mead 2 Anthony Don n3 Josh Hoffman 4 Konrad Hurrell 5 Nene MacDonald 6 Tyrone Roberts 7 Ashley Taylor 8 Luke Douglas 9 Nathan Peats 10 Ryan James 11 John Zebelon Taia 12 Chris McQueen 13 Greg Bird. Interchange: 14 Eddy Pettybourne 15 Leivaha Pulu 16 Agnatius Paasi 17 Cameron Cullen 18 Ryan Simpkins
Warriors: 1 Tuimoala Lolohea 2 Ken Maumalo 3 David Fusitu’a 4 Solomone Kata 5 Manu Vatuvei 6 Thomas Leuluai 7 Shaun Johnson 8 Jacob Lillyman 9 Issac Luke 10 Albert Vete 11 Bodene Thompson 12 Ryan Hoffman (c) 13 Simon Mannering Interchange: 14 Nathaniel Roache 15 Sam Lisone 16 Ben Matulino 17 Bunty Afoa 18 Blake Ayshford
Wests Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys, Leichhardt Oval, 4pm (AEST) Sunday
Tigers: 1 James Tedesco 2 David Nofoaluma 3 Tim Simona 4 Kevin Naiqama 5 Jordan Rankin 6 Mitchell Moses 7 Jackson Littlejohn 8 Aaron Woods 9 Dene Halatau 10 Sauaso Jesse Sue 11 Joshua Aloiai 12 Christopher Lawrence 13 Elijah Taylor. Interchange: 14 Kyle Lovett 15 Avagalu Seumanufagai 16 Tim Grant 17 Joel Edwards 18 Michael Chee Kam
Cowboys: 1 Lachlan Coote 2 Javid Bowen 3 Justin O’Neill 4 Kane Linnett 5 Antonio Winterstein 6 Michael Morgan 7 Ray Thompson 8 Matt Scott 9 Jake Granville 10 James Tamou 11 Gavin Cooper 12 Ethan Lowe 13 Jason Taumalolo. Interchange: 14 Rory Kostjasyn 15 Atalani Asiata 16 Scott Bolton 17 Ben Hannant
Penrith Panthers v Sydney Roosters, Pepper Stadium, 7pm (AEST) Monday
Panthers: 1 Matthew Moylan 2 Joshua Mansour 3 Waqa Blake 4 Tyrone Peachey 5 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 6 Bryce Cartwright 7 Nathan Cleary 8 Leilani Latu 9 Peter Wallace 10 Suaia Matagi 11 Isaah Yeo 12 James Fisher-Harris 13 Trent Merrin. Interchange: 14 Moses Leota 15 Sitaleki Akauola 16 Christopher Grevsmuhl 17 Zac Hardaker
Roosters: 1 Blake Ferguson 5 Latrell Mitchell 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall 3 Dale Copley 2 Daniel Tupou 6 Connor Watson 7 Mitchell Pearce 8 Isaac Liu 9 Jake Friend 10 Dylan Napa 11 Boyd Cordner 12 Mitchell Aubusson 13 Sio Siua Taukeiaho. Interchange: 14 Sam Moa 15 Aidan Guerra 16 Ryan Matterson 17 Kane Evans
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