NRL Team List
Round 22, Friday 6:00PM, Go Media Stadium
Trent Barrett has dropped his Round 22 team sheet and it looks a whole lot like his Round 21 list – although Dan Keir gets an official First XVII jersey this week. The Eels travel to New Zealand this week to face the Warriors on Friday night and could be feisty underdogs if they can bring the same energy from last week’s clash against the Storm.
In classic Parramatta fashion however, the opposition get a timely boost with the return of a pair of core players in Charnze Nikoll-Klokstad and Shaun Johnson. They take their customary places at fullback and halfbacks respectively and very clearly improve a New Zealand, that like the Eels, has been struggling for consistency.
Bringing similar energy levels in consecutive games is only part of the formula for Parramatta in Round 22. Costly errors that gifted the Storm points and a rather general lack of direction in the red zone inhibited any real opportunity of stunning the competition leaders. They don’t need to be perfect in either regard on Friday but they certainly need to tidy both aspects up.
Parramatta Eels | New Zealand Warriors | |
Clinton Gutherson | 1 | Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad |
Jake Tago | 2 | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak |
Will Penisini | 3 | Ali Leaiataua |
Blaize Talagi | 4 | Moala Graham-Taufa |
Sean Russell | 5 | Roger Tuivasa-Sheck |
Dylan Brown | 6 | Chanel Harris-Tevita |
Daejan Asi | 7 | Shaun Johnson |
Reagan Campbell-Gillard | 8 | Addin Fonua-Blake |
Brendan Hands | 9 | Wayde Egan |
Wiremu Greig | 10 | Mitchell Barnett |
Shaun Lane | 11 | Marata Niukore |
Bryce Cartwright | 12 | Kurt Capewell |
Ryan Matterson | 13 | Dylan Walker |
Interchange | ||
Joey Lussick | 14 | Freddy Lussick |
Joe Ofahengaue | 15 | Tom Ale |
Luca Moretti | 16 | Jazz Tevaga |
Dan Keir | 17 | Leka Halasima |
Reserves | ||
Ethan Sanders | 18 | Demitric Sifakula |
Matthew Arthur | 19 | Taine Tuaupiki |
Matt Doorey | 20 | Te Maire Martin |
Morgan Harper | 21 | Edward Kosi |
Makahesi Makatoa | 22 | Bunty Afoa |
NRLW Team List
Round 2, Sunday 12:00PM, Allianz Stadium
Well it didn’t take long for the cursed luck to settle in for the NRLW. A genuinely outstanding season opening victory over the Broncos has been soured by season ending injuries to both Rueben Cherrington and Boss Kapua. Coach Steve Georgallis has promoted Taneka Todhunter to starting dummy-half in reply and it looks like she will platoon the role with Rosemarie Beckett. Chloe Jackson will start in the backrow in the other major enforced change.
Like the Eels, Cronulla were comprehensive winners in Round 1 following a 14-0 shutout of the Cowboys. Their line-up features plenty of familiar names including the likes of Penitani, Preston, Johnston, Anderson and Foliaki and it sets the table for a fierce clash at Allianz Stadium…a venue that has been badged a Parramatta home game for whatever reason.
Parramatta Eels | Cronulla Sharks | |
Abbi Church | 1 | Jada Taylor |
Zali Fay | 2 | Cassie Staples |
Rory Owen | 3 | Tiana Penitani |
Rosie Kelly | 4 | Annessa Biddle |
Monique Donovan | 5 | Georgia Ravics |
Cassey Tohi-Hiku | 6 | Emma Tonegato |
Rachael Pearson | 7 | Tayla Preston |
Elsie Albert | 8 | Ellie Johnston |
Taneka Todhunter | 9 | Quincy Dodd |
Madeline Jones | 10 | Holli Wheeler |
Chloe Jackson | 11 | Talei Holmes |
Mahalia Murphy | 12 | Rhiannon Byers |
Kennedy Cherrington | 13 | Brooke Anderson |
Interchange | ||
Rosemarie Beckett | 14 | Georgia Hannaway |
Tyla Amiatu | 15 | Chloe Saunders |
Jade Fonua | 16 | Vanessa Foliaki |
Ruby-Jean Kennard-Ellis | 17 | Tegan Dymock |
Reserves | ||
Tafao Asaua | 18 | Manilita Takapautolo |
Pihuka Berryman-Buff | 19 | Nakia Davis-Welsh |
Chelsea Makira | 20 | Leki Leilua |
Kate Fallon | 21 | Pia Tapsell |
Yasmine Baker | 22 |
NSW Cup Team List
Round 22, Friday 3:15PM, Go Media Stadium
The Eels sustained a hefty loss to the Newtown Jets but have little time to recover as they join the NRL in a trans-Tasman flight to the land of the long white cloud on Friday. While young centre Araz Nanva holds his spot in the backline, fellow Flegg prospects Mohamed Alameddine (dropped to Flegg) and Dom De Stradis (injured/suspended?) are absent. Mohamed has been replaced by Lorenzo Mulitalo following his return from a 1-game suspension while Morgan Harper has been named once again – although his exact status with a knee injury isn’t really known.
1 | Zac Cini |
2 | Lorenzo Mulitalo |
3 | Araz Nanva |
4 | Morgan Harper |
5 | Isaac Lumelume |
6 | Josh Lynn |
7 | Ethan Sanders |
8 | Ofahiki Ogden |
9 | Matt Arthur |
10 | Makahesi Makatoa |
11 | Jock Brazel |
12 | Matt Doorey |
13 | Brock Parker |
Interchange | |
14 | Meni Luke |
15 | Toni Mataele |
16 | Saxon Pryke |
17 | Reece Alderton |
18 | Kyle Cassell |
Harvey Normans Women’s Premiership Team List
Round 5, Monday 7:00PM, NSWRL Centre of Excellence
Parramatta got back on the right track in Round 4 with a hard fought 18-14 win over the Rabbitohs and now they turn it around into a match against the 1-win Sharks. This week shapes up as something of an oddity given both the time slot (a Monday night) and the location (NSWRL HQ) but Coach Fava is calling upon a fairly settled squad with one exception. Chloe Jackson is named in the starting pack but has also been named to the NRLW to expect a change there on game day.
1 | Yasmine Baker |
2 | Debbie Doueihi |
3 | Caitlin Peadon |
4 | Aaliyah Haumono |
5 | Shaye Shipton |
6 | Tallarra Bamblett |
7 | Sarah Dimech |
8 | Aliti Namoce |
9 | Chelsea Makira |
10 | Tafao Asaua |
11 | Chloe Jackson |
12 | Tahleisha Maeva © |
13 | Ryvvr-Lee Alo |
Interchange | |
14 | Ashlee Pottinger |
15 | Losalio Payne |
16 | Ryshe Fa’amausili |
17 | Fontayne Tufuga |
18 | Liana Dimech |
19 | Tehillah Vaeluaga |
20 | Caitlin Stanley |
21 | Bella Sandford |
22 | Kate Fallon |
Jersey Flegg Team List
Round 22, Saturday 10:00AM, North Harbour Stadium
Mohamed Alameddine drops back to Flegg this week in a dissapointing development while there is a Dom named to the backrow…just not of the De Stradis variety. Instead Dom Farrugia, a career winger through the Junior Representatives, makes his Flegg debut on the edge as part of an extremely young backrow that also features Jezaiah Funa-Iuta and Tyrese Lokeni. It is an extremely interesting selection decision given that Farrugia projected well to the flanks so is it simply a case of getting a talented young prospect into the team somehow in any position or is there a big positional transition taking place? Only time will tell. I guess the other option is that this is simply a clerical error and it really is Dom De Stradis! Again, time will tell.
1 | Zac Hunter |
2 | Mohamed Alameddine |
3 | Devonte Vaivela |
4 | Antioch Faitala-Mariner |
5 | Ollie McCarthy |
6 | Apa Twidle |
7 | Matthew Hunter |
8 | Sam Tuivati |
9 | Ryley Smith |
10 | Teancum Brown |
11 | Dominic De Stradis |
12 | Jezaiah Funa-Iuta |
13 | Tyrese Lokeni |
Interchange | |
14 | Yehya Ayache |
15 | Raf De Stradis |
16 | Max Tupou |
17 | Damascus Neemia |
18 | Michael Abdow |
I’ve lost what respect I had for Trent Barrett after picking asi to play half back after the game he had last week which was as ordinary as you can get can Trent not see you don’t win nrl games without a genuine half back
We’ve only got 20 fit players to choose from apparently
And 1 of the 20 is a half-back
They bc ard not going to pick bc a player whose not going to be here next year, and given where our season is I can’t say I disagree.
If it means avoiding the spoon I’d rather pick the best players available
Trent must he playing him asi due to salary cap restrictions.
Or as we are unlikely to win regardless of who’s playing they don’t want Sanders or Arthur playing 1st grade.
I’d personally go with a Brown Gutho pairing and Blayze at full back just through caution to the wind
There’s no point criticising the make up of the first grade team. With the amount of people out it’s really about the best they can do. Sanders or Harper aren’t going to change anything significantly.
I was impressed with Nanva last week. I’m looking forward to him getting another run in Cup. For someone I don’t know a lot about he held his own. Was solid in contact, skilful with the ball and showed a lot of desperation in try scoring and try defusing situations.
I hope Keir plays well the next 6 weeks and earns a low end top 30 contract. He deserves it, in my opinion.