Magic abounds in the NRL Telstra Premiership as Suncorp Stadium plays host to the jam-packed Magic Round weekend featuring all eight matches at the famous ground.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Time to look in on the initial slated line-ups that is Team List Tuesday through a Fantasy lens.<\/p>\n
Sharks v Bulldogs, Friday 15 May, 6.00pm<\/p>\n
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First take: Sharks v Bulldogs<\/p>\n
Sharks: Bad news for\u202fBlayke Brailey\u202fowners as he is missing due to HIA protocols with NSW Cup star\u202fJayden Berrell\u202fdeputising in the 9. Better reports for those with\u202fJesse Colquhoun\u202fas he will start with\u202fCameron McInnes\u202falso\u202fout injured. In better fortunes for Cronulla both\u202fJesse Ramien\u202fand\u202fRonaldo Mulitalo\u202freturn from long term injuries with\u202fSiosifa Talakai\u202fand\u202fMawene Hiroti\u202fshifting to the interchange.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bulldogs: Three Origin quality players return for the Bulldogs in\u202fMatt Burton\u202fat five-eighth,\u202fMax King\u202fat prop and\u202fKurt Mann\u202fon the pine.\u202fSamuel Hughes\u202fjoins Mann on the bench while\u202fJosh Curran\u202fand\u202fSean O\u2019Sullivan\u202fshift to the reserves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rabbitohs v Dolphins, Friday 15 May, 8.05pm<\/p>\n
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First take: Rabbitohs v Dolphins<\/p>\n
Rabbitohs: Latrell Mitchell\u202freturns to the starting side after being a late withdrawal last week. His namesake\u202fLatrell Siegwalt\u202freverts to the interchange.\u202fAlex Johnston\u202fis being rested after a leg injury sustained in the win over the Sharks so\u202fBailey Bentley-Hape\u202fcomes in on the wing while\u202fJayden Sullivan\u202fjoins the bench.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dolphins: No changes to the run on team from the victory over the Bulldogs with\u202fKodi Nikorima\u202fnamed at six\u202fand\u202fJeremy Marshall-King\u202fstill on the bench but expected to play big minutes at hooker with\u202fMax Plath\u202flikely to move into the 13 role midway through the first half.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wests Tigers v Sea Eagles, Saturday 16 May, 3.00pm<\/p>\n
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First take: Wests Tigers v Sea Eagles<\/p>\n
Wests Tigers: Making way following two losses on the trot, Latu Fainu takes charge at hooker with Tristan Hope the man to make way to the pine. Front man juggernaut Terrell May also marked back to the fold in hopes of gaining Origin selection that is set to be announce at the conclusion of Magic Round.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sea Eagles: D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu strikes with Jamal Fogarty named again in the halves despite a late scratching for two weeks running due to a consistent groin complaint. Tolu Koula is referred back to his CTR post after he played there last week despite wearing the No.1. It is a straight swap with Clayton Faulalo aligning with how the pair took on Brisbane in the contest at 4 Pines last week. With Brandon Wakeham suspended, Jake Simpkin is recalled to dummy half and Zach Dockar-Clay joins the interchange. Also on the bench is Kobe Hetherington with Ethan Bullemor retaining his No. 10 jersey after his impressive performance last week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roosters v Cowboys, Saturday 16 May, 5.30pm<\/p>\n
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First take: Roosters v Cowboys<\/p>\n
Roosters: Victor Radley\u202fis out suspended so\u202fConnor Watson\u202fwill start at lock and likely play big minutes.\u202fLindsay Collins\u202freturns from HIA protocols with\u202fSpencer Leniu\u202ftaking Watson\u2019s place on the pine.<\/p>\n
Cowboys: With\u202fTom Dearden\u202fout for over a month, coach Todd Payten has opted for young half\u202fLima Sutton\u202fto come in at No.6 with\u202fJake Clifford\u202fsliding into No.7.\u202fMatt Lodge\u202fis starting with\u202fJason Taumalolo\u202fhurt while\u202fXavier Kerrisk\u202fis again a shout to make his NRL debut after being a late exclusion last week, this time there will be no\u202fSoni Luke\u202fso the chances are higher.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eels v Storm, Saturday 16 May, 7.45pm<\/p>\n
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First take: Eels v Storm<\/p>\n
Eels: The injury stricken Parramatta finally offered the luxury, coach Jason Ryles announces a straight back up to his full 19-man roster sheet after the courageous and successful golden point shoot-out left the home crowd disappointed at Qld Country Bank Stadium last week. Junior Paulo has been named to start after he reverted to the interchange last week but this could change again come gameday with Jack Williams shifting to a more fantasy-relevant middle and Charlie Guymer a shot at the back row.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Storm: Thankful Fantasy coaches Australia-wide cheered as dynamite fullback Sua Fa\u2019alogo received the all-clear after a suspected fractured eye socket was suffered in Round 10. Moses Leo is found back amongst the starting ranks, this time on the wing due to Hugo Peel facing a lengthy recovery back from a knee injury, Leo has been impressing in NSW Cup and could be worth watching with his upside well known.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Titans v Knights, Sunday 17 May, 2.00pm<\/p>\n
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First take: Titans v Knights<\/p>\n
Titans: Despite the loss to the Roosters coach Josh Hannay is sticking with the new look side that he named last week that includes Oliver Pascoe at starting hooker and Zane Harrison at starting half-back. Both are great cheapies worth owning if you didn\u2019t take the plunge last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Knights: No need for changes to a Newcastle side humming with all their stars now back on the field. Keep an eye on 24 hour team list cutdowns if you own\u202fDylan Brown\u202fas he exited the game early last week with a twinge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Warriors v Broncos, Sunday 17 May, 4.05pm<\/p>\n
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First take: Warriors v Broncos<\/p>\n
Warriors: HIA impacted Ali Leiataua reprises his place at centre with Roger Tuivasa-Sheck carrying a shoulder issue and missing this encounter. With Origin around the corner, one forward seeking a recall is Mitch Barnett who returns to his starter status. This pushes out the 2026 Fantasy top enforcer Jackson Ford, who will need to work from the bench this week with one game to hold out ahead of first of our major bye rounds next week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Broncos: With Ben Talty found unsuccessful in his bid to earn back his starting gig, coaches should temper expectations and look to sell, or at least loop the out of favour prop forward. This sees dual position Xavier Willison now set to play front row in front of the Magic Round fans. Debutant Phil Coates sees his name in lights for the first time as he is casted to play from the wing after Antonio Verhoeven joined the casualty ward listings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Panthers v Dragons, Sunday 17 May, 6.25pm<\/p>\n
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First take: Panthers v Dragons<\/p>\n
Panthers: Jack Cogger\u202fis back from suspension so he is the only change to the high performing Panthers. The only worry for this game is if players like\u202fNathan Cleary\u202fand\u202fIsaah Yeo\u202fwill earn an early mark.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dragons: Kade Reed\u202fis out with an injured finger so\u202fKyle Flanagan\u202fmakes his return at halfback with\u202fDaniel Atkinson\u202falso back in the No.6 jersey. Fantasy darling\u202fRyan Couchman\u202fwill start at 13 and could potentially play the full 80.\u202fHamish Stewart\u202fis officially named on the edge and with\u202fLuciano Leilua\u202fon the interchange, Stewart is not an essential hold.\u202fClint Gutherson\u202fshifts back to fullback with\u202fMoses Suli\u202freturning in the centres while\u202fLoko Pasifiki-Tonga\u202fgets the start over\u202fEmre Guler\u202fand\u202fChristian Tuipulotu\u202freplaces the injured\u202fMat Feagai.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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My Q&A will still be posted this Thursday so make sure to get those questions in ASAP to thelonescout@nrl.com.au to get your questions and name shouted in my weekly Thursday write-up.<\/p>\n
Also stick close to NRL.com as I will be featuring my analysis of each clubs schedule during the first set of our two major bye rounds fast approaching. This should assist coaches with the initial stages of the competition-defining Origin period, amongst all the other red hot NRL Fantasy news, updates and info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Magic abounds in the NRL Telstra Premiership as Suncorp Stadium plays host to the jam-packed Magic Round weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-665762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}