Back to a full 17-man squad for this week brings NRL Fantasy back to a temporary norm and a full eight-game long weekend to enjoy for fans and coaches alike. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s break down the changes and impacts of this Team List Tuesday\u2019s initial match cards and see how it may bring joy or pain to coaches with trades fast becoming a scarce resource for our season ahead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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First Take: Sea Eagles v Rabbitohs<\/p>\n
Sea Eagles v Rabbitohs, Thursday 7.50pm at 4 Pines Park\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sea Eagles:\u00a0NSW duo\u202fHaumole\u00a0Olakau\u2019atu\u202fand\u202fTolutau\u00a0Koula\u202freturn for Manly with\u202fJackson Shereb\u202fand\u202fJosh Feledy\u202fpushing to the bench. Still no sign of\u202fTom Trbojevic, possibly after Manly\u2019s Round 15 bye.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rabbitohs: Souths coach Wayne Bennett has made a number of adjustments after his team went down to the Cowboys two weeks ago.\u202fJye Gray, Campbell Graham\u202fand\u202fEd Kosi\u202fcome into the backline while\u202fDavid Fifita\u202fand\u202fBrandon Smith\u202fare back from long term lay-offs with injuries. Also back is NSW star\u202fCameron Murray\u202fat lock with\u202fTallis Duncan\u202fshifting to the back row and\u202fKeaon Koloamatangi\u202freturning to prop. Duncan is a hold, as is now bench player\u202fEuan Aitken\u202fbut both could be potential sells after Round 15 if they can\u2019t maintain the required minutes to be fantasy relevant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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First Take: Storm v Knights<\/p>\n
Storm v Knights, Friday 6.00pm at AAMI Park\u00a0<\/p>\n
Storm:\u00a0With yet\u00a0another key player out injured for the Storm,\u00a0Nick Meaney\u202fhas been sidelined due to a calf complaint.\u202fManaia\u00a0Waitere\u202fis his replacement at centre while\u202fHarry Grant\u202fcomes back into the starting line-up at hooker.\u202fShawn Blore\u202fhas been named after missing last week due to concussion protocols but only in the reserves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Knights:\u00a0Sandon Smith\u202fis out with a calf injury which means\u202fFletcher Sharpe\u202freturns to the five-eighth role and\u202fFletcher Hunt\u202fis the new centre. With the Knights having the bye next week a few players are on notice while others like\u202fDylan Lucas\u202fare watchlists to pick up in Round 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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First Take: Raiders v Roosters<\/p>\n
Raiders v Roosters, Friday 8.00pm at GIO Stadium\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raiders:\u00a0With\u00a0Sebastian Kris under concussion protocols, Daine Laurie\u00a0shuffles over to centre. And on the other side of forced rest after his own failed HIA,\u00a0Jayden Brailey\u00a0is found to line straight back up at No. 13.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roosters: Though losing in a significant upset, the Tricolours list no changes to the run-on squad. The only notable being Mark\u00a0Nawaqanitawase inclusion in the extended reserves working back from a syndesmosis injury suffered five weeks ago. The fact he and Tom Rodwell\u00a0are both on the extended reserves could be due to the fact\u00a0Cody Ramsey\u00a0copped a knock to his leg late in the loss to the Storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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First Take: Cowboys v Dolphins<\/p>\n
Cowboys v Dolphins, Saturday 5.30pm at Queensland Country Bank Stadium\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cowboys:\u00a0Thomas Mikaele\u00a0remains\u00a0at prop on the run-on sheet after a knee concern landed the prop with an early shower last week. Another returning from an Origin rest is Reuben Cotter\u00a0who\u2019s\u00a0picked\u00a0at lock forward, shifting\u00a0Matt Lodge\u00a0back to the pine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dolphins:\u00a0The\u00a0Origin troops return to their places in\u00a0Hamiso\u00a0Tabuai-Fidow,\u00a0Selwyn Cobbo\u00a0and\u00a0Tom Flegler.Interestingly so does the versatile\u00a0Max Plath\u00a0slated back at dummy half even with\u00a0Jeremy Marshall-King back on deck. JMK will instead run out with the No.14 on his back. 38.14% of coaches can sigh in relief with Herbie Farnworth found back in the starting side after being a red dot showing for the last two weeks. Moreover Kodi\u00a0Nikorima\u00a0takes back his five-eighth\u00a0role after also working through hamstring concerns which sees\u00a0Brad Schneider moving back to the six-man interchange.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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First Take: Broncos v Titans<\/p>\n
Broncos v Titans, Saturday 7.35pm at Suncorp Stadium\u00a0<\/p>\n
Broncos:\u00a0No\u202fPat Carrigan\u202for\u202fGehamat Shibasaki\u202fas the injury bug continues to bite in Brisbane.\u202fXavier Willison\u202fowners are the big winners of the Carrigan injury as he shifts to\u00a0lock\u00a0and\u202fJack Gosiewski\u202fis the new back-rower while\u202fGrant Anderson\u202fwill start at left centre.\u202fEzra Mam\u202fis also battling to overcome a finger concern and is only named on the bench with youngster\u202fThomas Duffy\u202fstarting in his stead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Titans:\u00a0Queensland representatives\u202fTino Fa\u2019asumaleaui\u202fand\u202fJojo Fifita\u202fare the inclusions for the Titans after their Round 13 bye.\u202fKlese\u00a0Haas\u202fand\u202fJaylan De Groot\u202fslide to the bench while\u202fCooper Bai\u202fholds out\u202fChris Randall\u202ffor the lock position with the latter only named on the interchange.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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First Take: Wests Tigers v Panthers<\/p>\n
Wests Tigers v Panthers, Sunday 2.00pm at CommBank Stadium\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wests Tigers:\u00a0Alex Twal\u202fis out this week as expected after suffering a lower leg injury in the win over the Bulldogs. Depending on the severity of the injury a straight swap to\u202fTerrell May\u202fcould be the best move here.\u202fCharlie Murray\u202fis the new lock while\u202fMavrik Geyer\u202freplaces the injured\u202fSione Fainu\u202fon the left edge. Expect youngster\u202fEthan Roberts\u202fto get a lot of game time there after being named in the 19 alongside\u202fBunty Afoa\u202fas the new faces to the six-man interchange.<\/p>\n
Panthers:\u00a0Penrith welcome back Origin heroes\u202fNathan Cleary,\u202fIsaah Yeo\u202fand\u202fBrian To\u2019o\u202fwith\u202fJack Cogger,\u202fLiam Henry\u202fand\u202fIzack Tago\u202fall shifting to the bench. Cleary is an obvious captain candidate this week if you held him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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First Take: Sharks v Dragons<\/p>\n
Sharks v Dragons, Sunday 4.05pm at Ocean Protect Stadium\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sharks:\u00a0No\u00a0Nicho Hynes\u00a0to be found amongst team lists\u00a0again this week, giving credit to the reported timely calf recovery efforts. This marks\u00a0Braydon Trindall as a strong trade in target after a\u00a0big\u00a0performance last week when taking on the reins of dominant half. With\u00a0Blayke Brailey\u2019s broken arm diagnosis and having to face his own time on the sideline, NSW Cup hooker\u00a0Jayden Berrell\u00a0earns a recall to the top grade. After his\u00a0HIA while on Origin\u00a0duties,\u00a0Briton Nikora is welcomed back into the ranks, this shifts the double tryscorer\u00a0Billy Burns back to the bench. While Round 13 late scratching KL Iro is also\u00a0amongst\u00a0the\u00a0reserves after\u00a0a knee injury led to the star centre missing out on last\u00a0week’s\u00a0victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dragons: Fresh off their first win, the Red V have again named Jacob Liddle to return from injury off the bench, after Liddle withdrew in the 24-hour cutdown last week. This will likely see an end to Damien Cook\u2019s\u00a080 minute\u00a0punch cards moving forward.\u00a0Jaydn\u00a0Su’A is another familiar face found amongst the extended lists as he pushing for his return after first a suspension, then training mishap has seen him MIA for the past seven weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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First Take: Bulldogs v Eels<\/p>\n
Bulldogs v Eels, Monday 4.05pm at Accor Stadium\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bulldogs:\u00a0Both\u00a0Connor Tracey\u00a0and\u00a0Marcelo Montoya can be found lurking within the extended interchange spots pushing for their injury returns and ones to keep an eye on with the updated lists throughout the weekend. Though returning last week empty-handed, Bulldogs coaching staff back in the same 17 for the time being with only a minor shuffle of Sean O’Sullivan\u00a0and\u00a0Logan Spinks\u00a0added to the back of the pine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eels: Jason Ryles is also happy to announce the same 1 to 17 from last round after the injury stricken pack\u2019s courageous effort landing them just short of the win against the Knights. Harrison Edwards\u00a0shifts back to the bench with\u00a0Tallyn Da Silva\u00a0named to start although regular rake\u00a0Ryley Smith is amongst the reserves this week and could be a late call-up ahead of kick off Monday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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With trades becoming a premium as a lot of coaches hit the single digits this week, every trade from here is important. If you are in need of any advice, shoot through your query to thelonescout@nrl.com.au and\u00a0I\u00a0will look to get you into this Thursday Q&A column.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Also stay tuned for my second Strength of Origin\u00a0Bye\u00a0Schedule\u00a0article set to drop this week to provide analysis on the back half of the major and minor bye period, these of course, will all be found through the week on NRL.com.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back to a full 17-man squad for this week brings NRL Fantasy back to a temporary norm and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-710137","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\/710137","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=710137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}