A time-honoured rivalry and a modern-day rivalry bring down the curtain on Round 2.

First up it’s the Knights and Sea Eagles meeting for the 62nd time since Newcastle entered the competition in 1988 – including the epic 1997 grand final which is considered one of the greatest deciders ever.

The Dolphins and Titans then square off at Suncorp Stadium in their 11th meeting since the men from Redcliffe became the NRL’s 17th team in 2023.

Plenty to play for both games and you can follow all the action from Round 2 of the NRL Telstra Premiership on NRL.com’s live blog.

Sea Eagles v Knights at 4 Pines Park

7 min: Jamal Fogarty grubbers towards the corner and Jason Saab reaches out to try and tap it back but the ball travels forward before landing in the in-goal for Reuben Garrick to dive on.

2 min: The ideal start for the Knights after Kalyn Ponga and Bradman Best combine to put Greg Marzhew over. Ponga had kicked off the match but Luke Brooks let the ball bounce and it went dead, forcing Manly to drop the ball out and the Knights struck in their first set. Ponga converts from wide out. Knights 6-0.

Late Mail

Sea Eagles: Youngster Joey Walsh drops out of the squad 90 minutes before kick-off. Former Bronco Kobe Hetherington comes into the starting side in place of Siosiua Taukeiaho (calf). Hetherington had a disrupted pre-season but made his club debut off the bench in the Round 1 loss to Canberra. Paul Bryan, Brandon Wakeham and Josh Feledy are all part of the six-man bench and in line to play their first NRL match for Manly.


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Knights: Sandon Smith will wear the No.6 jersey after Fletcher Sharpe suffered a knee injury in Las Vegas. Tyson Frizell was named to start at lock but has again swapped with Mat Croker on game day. Tyson Gamble and James Schiller came out of the squad in the 24-hour update while Cody Hopwood dropped out on game day.

Numbers Game

The Sea Eagles have won only one of their past four games against Newcastle.
The Knights have won only four of 23 games at 4 Pines Park.
Sea Eagles centre Tolu Koula has scored a try in 10 consecutive games at 4 Pines Park.
Knights winger Greg Marzhew has scored six tries in seven games against the Sea Eagles.
Sea Eagles second-rower Haumole Olakau’atu has scored five tries in his last six games against the Knights.

 

Dolphins v Titans at Suncorp Stadium