1. Isaiah Iongi
2. Bailey Simmonson
3. Will Pensini
4. Brian Kelly
5. Sean Russell
6. Jonah Pezet
7. Mitchell Moses (c)
8. J’maine Hopgood
9. Ryley Smith
10. Junior Paulo
11. Jack Williams
12. Kitione Kautoga
13. Jack De Belin
Interchange:
14. Dylan Walker
15. Sam Tuivati
16. Matt Doorey
17. Tallyn Da Silva
18. Kelma Tuilagi
19. Joash Papaili
Reserves:
20. Jordan Samrani
21. Charlie Guymer
22. Teancum Brown
Referee: Todd Smith
Mitch Moses joins forces with former Storm man Jonah Pezet in the halves while Jack de Belin and Brian Kelly also make their debut in Eels colours. The loss of Josh Addo-Carr (thumb) sees Sean Russell shift to the wing and Kelly line up at centre. Junior Paulo leads a full-strength forward pack that will look to pick up where it left off in an impressive pre-season win over the Roosters two weeks ago. Kelma Tuilagi and Joash Papalii are the No.18 and 19 on the six-man bench.
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Love how Petrus has been elevated to starting in Flegg. Bloke will be in Cup before you know it.
I dont like moving Russell who is obviously showing he can play very well as a centre. He has never played any good on the wing and sadly I expect him to play poorly this Thursday.
I would have gone with samrani on the wing. Not so much because i think samrani is anything special but purely because i think we need Russell's defence in the centres.
I like Kelly in the centres
Todd Smith has been appointed as the referee for tomorrow night
Who's Todd Smith Ron ?
See ther Round 1 preview, Chiefy. I tracked him down and placed a note in the comments. This is Todd's third head ref gig. Long term Cup ref and touch judge in NRL
He's the red head touch judge that's been around for years
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