{"id":789741,"date":"2026-07-09T18:38:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/789741\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:38:27","slug":"nrlw-2026-round-2-late-mail-team-lists-updates-late-changes-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/789741\/","title":{"rendered":"NRLW 2026, Round 2, Late Mail, team lists, updates, late changes, injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A massive week for the Bostock family continues at Accor Stadium on Stadium with 19-year-old Indie Bostock in line for her first game as a Titan after moving across from the Dragons in the off-season.<\/p>\n<p>Indie&#8217;s brother Jack made his Origin debut for the NSW Blues as they downed the Maroons on Wednesday night to take the series 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of fullback Lilly-Ann White to a syndesmosis injury sees Lucy Spain make her NRLW debut for the Knights, while dual Tonga international Haylee Hifo plays her first NRLW match on the wing for the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>See all the official team lists, updates and injury news for Round 1 of the 2026 NRLW Telstra Premiership.<\/p>\n<p>NRLW Team Lists: Round 2<br \/>\nCowboys v Wests Tigers, Saturday 12.45pm at Queensland Country Bank Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys: Dual international Haylee Hifo makes her NRLW debut on the wing in place of Sian Williams, who has entered the NRL\u2019s concussion protocol. Hifo, 23, has represented Tonga in rugby league and rugby union. Experienced former Wallaroo Ashley Marsters is set to make her NRLW debut, after being named on the bench in the No.17 jersey, in place of Tafao Asaua who has been listed in the reserves. The Cowboys have played Wests Tigers three times for three victories.<\/p>\n<p>Wests Tigers:\u00a0No changes for last year&#8217;s wooden spooners after an impressive first-up win over the Eels. Star recruit Raecene McGregor will play her 50th career game as the Tigers chase back-to-back wins for the first time since Round 8-9 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Bulldogs v Titans, Saturday 3.15pm at Accor Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Bulldogs: Just the one change from last week with Kiwi Ferns representative Ashleigh Quinlan taking over in the five-eighth role from Shaquaylah Mahakitau-Monschau. After being 18th player last week, Evelyn Roberts has been named there again as she chases an NRLW debut while reserves Waimarie Martin and Ambryn Murphy-Haua are also yet to debut at this level.<\/p>\n<p>Titans: Knee injuries to fullback Destiny Mino-Sinapati and Jessika Elliston have brought Lily Patston and Fanua Rimoni into the side, with Rimoni making her NRLW debut. Patston debuted last season and looked good in her four games before a syndesmosis injury ended her campaign.\u00a0After playing seven games in her debut season for the Dragons in 2025, young gun Indie Bostock makes her first appearance for the Titans coming off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Roosters v Knights, Saturday 5.15pm at Allianz Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Roosters: No changes for John Strange after a strong first-up win over the Titans. Allianz Stadium has been a happy hunting ground for the Roosters with nine wins from 10 games at the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Knights: With Georgia Roche suspended, Botille Vette-Welsh comes in for her first game of the season at five-eighth. Lucy Spain will make her first appearance at fullback in place of Lilly-Ann White, who suffered a syndesmosis injury against the Sharks.<\/p>\n<p>Raiders v Warriors, Sunday 12pm at GIO Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Raiders: Coach Darrin Borthwick goes with an unchanged line-up after a first-up win over the Dragons. Krystal Blackwell made her first appearance as a five-eighth last week and will once again partner co-captain Zahara Temara in the halves for the Green Machine, who have won only one of their last 11 games at GIO Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Warriors:\u00a0Gun winger Stacey Waaka will make her club debut in her return to the NRLW as she takes over from Payton Takimoana (shoulder). With prop Mya Hill-Moana suspended for one game for a hip drop tackle, Tonga international Metanoia Fotu-Moala moves into the starting front row. Ivana Lauitiiti returns on the bench having served a suspension incurred during the Kiwi Ferns\u2019 Pacific Championships final loss to the Jillaroos last November.<\/p>\n<p>Dragons v Eels, Sunday 1.45pm at WIN Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Dragons: Coach Nathan Cross has shuffled his line-up following last week&#8217;s loss to the Raiders, with skipper Brooke Anderson shifting from lock to hooker in place of Nita Maynard-Perrin (head knock). Hannah Southwell starts in No.13 while Ella Koster moves to start in the second row after coming from the bench last week. Veteran front-rower Amelia Huakau is in line for a club debut off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Eels:\u00a0Young gun second-rower Ryvrr-Lee Alo has been named to start in place of Boss Kapua, who has been suspended for two matches for a careless high tackle. Khyliah Gray fills the vacant bench spot. Winger Martha Mataele has scored six tries in her last four NRLW games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A massive week for the Bostock family continues at Accor Stadium on Stadium with 19-year-old Indie Bostock in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-789741","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\/789741","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=789741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}