{"id":67003,"date":"2025-08-14T06:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T06:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/67003\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T06:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T06:47:23","slug":"match-preview-nrl-round-24-vs-sea-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/67003\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Preview: NRL Round 24 vs Sea Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wests Tigers will close out the inaugural Gadhu Gathering this Sunday afternoon when they face the Manly Sea Eagles at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Benji Marshall\u2019s side returns from the bye refreshed and rejuvenated, chasing back-to-back victories after a dominant Round 22 performance over the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers will also be fuelled by pride and purpose as they run out in their 2025 Indigenous Jersey, inspired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weststigers.com.au\/news\/2025\/07\/03\/2025-indigenous-jersey-youth-inspired-by-wests-tigers-indigenous-heroes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dreams and stories of young Indigenous artists from the South West Sydney Academy of Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image__image o-shadowed-box\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wst07806.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<\/p>\n<p>There are some changes to the Wests Tigers lineup for this match.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Doueihi retains the No.7 jersey after impressing against the Bulldogs.<br \/>\nStarford To\u2019a returns in the centres, replacing Brent Naden.<br \/>\nAlex Seyfarth is unavailable through suspension, prompting Alex Twal to shift to lock and Fonua Pole to start at prop.<br \/>\nCharlie Murray joins the interchange for his third NRL appearance.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image__image o-shadowed-box\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wst07449.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Seibold has also made several changes to his side following last week\u2019s loss to the Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>Lehi Hopoate returns from injury on the wing, pushing Reuben Garrick into the centres and Tommy Talau to the bench.<br \/>\nBen Trbojevic returns in the second row, while Jazz Tevaga replaces Jake Trbojevic (concussion) at lock.<br \/>\nCaleb Navale has been added to the bench after serving as 18th man in Round 23.<\/p>\n<p>Manly come into this match desperate for a result after three consecutive losses, now sitting 10th on the ladder, two points shy of the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>Wests Tigers&#8217; last win over the Sea Eagles came in Round 25, 2024 at Leichhardt Oval.<\/p>\n<p>      &#13;<br \/>\n        599&#8243;, &#8220;&gt;809&#8221;, &#8220;&gt;959&#8243;]&#8221;<br \/>\n          data-eqio-prefix=&#8221;video-post-screen&#8221;<br \/>\n          ref=&#8221;root&#8221;<br \/>\n        &gt;<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<br \/>\n                  Up Next&#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-content__topic o-topic u-color-white u-display-flex u-flex-wrap-yes u-font-weight-500\" v-if=\"isTvContent\">&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                \/&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;\n              <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                    Replay&#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                    Play Next&#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;\n              <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"video-player__title\">Match Highlights: NRL Round 25 vs Sea Eagles<\/p>\n<p>Fast Facts:<\/p>\n<p>Six of the Tigers\u2019 eight wins in 2025 have taken place on Sunday afternoons.<br \/>\nThe Sea Eagles have won seven of their past eight games against the Tigers.<br \/>\nTigers hooker Api Koroisau has scored three tries in his last four games against the Sea Eagles.<br \/>\nSea Eagles centre Tolu Koula has scored seven tries in his last nine games.<br \/>\nTigers winger Jeral Skelton has scored five tries in his last four games.<\/p>\n<p>Stats\u00a0supplied by NRL historian\/statistician David Middleton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers will close out the inaugural Gadhu Gathering this Sunday afternoon when they face the Manly Sea&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-67003","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\/67003","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=67003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}