{"id":409984,"date":"2026-05-03T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/409984\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:12:12","slug":"late-mail-nrl-round-9-v-cronulla-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/409984\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Mail: NRL Round 9 v Cronulla Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wests Tigers have confirmed their final squad ahead of their clash with the Cronulla Sharks at Ocean Protect Stadium in Round 9 of the NRL Telstra Premiership.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coming off the back of a convincing 33-14 ANZAC Round victory over the Raiders at Leichhardt Oval, the Tigers are sitting in third place on the competition ladder ahead of their trip to Cronulla.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There has been one change to the starting team, with Tino Tavana starting on the wing in place of Jeral Skelton. Patrick Herbert has been omitted from the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Wests Tigers Team List: Round 9 vs Cronulla Sharks<br \/>1. Sunia Turuva \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/retroair.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RetroAir<\/a><br \/>19. Tino Tavana\u00a0\u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/endacom.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Endacom<\/a><br \/>3. Taylan May \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/apncompounding.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">APN Compounding<\/a><br \/>4. Starford To&#8217;a \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/gavmanak.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gavmanak<\/a><br \/>5. Luke Laulilii \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellisconsolidated.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ellis Consolidated<\/a><br \/>6. Jarome Luai (c) \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exea.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exclusive Estate Agents<\/a><br \/>7. Adam\u00a0Doueihi \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/shaneswaterproofing.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shane&#8217;s Waterproofing<\/a><br \/>8. Terrell May \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/oneworldcourier.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One World Courier<\/a><br \/>9. Tristan Hope \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marsforklifts.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mars Forklifts<\/a><br \/>10. Fonua Pole \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/globite.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOopBgMWCSIt_CR5k9zFHqMA1OKPsdNDjEUrlYRUQhaql7Ri51wtF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Globite<\/a><br \/>11. Samuela Fainu \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubmenangle.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Club Menangle<\/a><br \/>12. Tony Sukkar \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mjselectricalsupplies.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MJS Electrical Products and Supplies<\/a><br \/>13. Alex Twal \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.workplacelaw.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Workplace Law<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interchange:\u00a0<br \/>14. Jock Madden \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/bmicontracting.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BMI Contracting<\/a><br \/>15. Sione Fainu \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/affordableasphalt.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Affordable Asphalt<\/a><br \/>16. Royce Hunt \u2013 sponsored by The Lee Brothers<br \/>17. Alex Seyfarth \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/gavmanak.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gavmanak<\/a><br \/>18. Latu Fainu\u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/sensorygardensaustralia.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sensory Gardens<\/a><br \/>2. Jeral Skelton \u2013 sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weststigers.com.au\/community\/wests-tigers-empower\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wests Tigers Empower<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Match details:\u00a0<br \/>Cronulla Sharks v Wests Tigers\u00a0<br \/>Sunday, 3 May<br \/>Ocean Protect Stadium, Sydney\u00a0<br \/>Kick-off: 4:05pm\u00a0<br \/>Broadcast: Live on Channel 9, NineNow, Fox League, and Kayo Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wests Tigers have confirmed their final squad ahead of their clash with the Cronulla Sharks at Ocean&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-409984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}