{"id":545099,"date":"2026-07-26T18:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/545099\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T18:20:12","slug":"nrl-2026-round-21-late-mail-latest-team-news-and-injuries-aj-brimson-tom-hazelton-ruled-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/545099\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Round 21 Late Mail, latest team news and injuries, AJ Brimson, Tom Hazelton ruled out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Both the Sharks and Titans have lost forwards ahead of Sunday\u2019s games, while the Gold Coast have opted against contesting a big call on one of their stars.<\/p>\n

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Read below for all your team news ahead of Round 21!<\/p>\n

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SUNDAY JULY 26<\/p>\n

St. George-Illawarra Dragons v Gold Coast Titans, 2pm @ Jubilee Stadium<\/p>\n

Dragons team: 1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Setu Tu 3. Mathew Feagai 4. Valentine Holmes 5. Tyrell Sloan 6. Daniel Atkinson 7. Kyle Flanagan 8. Loko Jnr Pasifiki Tonga 9. Damien Cook 10. Toby Couchman 11. Dylan Egan 12. Hamish Stewart 13. Ryan Couchman 14. Jacob Liddle 15. Luciano Leilua 16. Josh Kerr 17. Jacob Halangahu 19. Lyhkan King-Togia 20. Emre Guler<\/p>\n

Players cut: 18. Moses Suli 21. Christian Tuipulotu 22. Jacob Webster<\/p>\n

Late Mail: Moses Suli drops out with Emre Guler joining the reserves.<\/p>\n

Titans team: 1. Keano Kini 2. Dean Ieremia 3. Jojo Fifita 4. Jaylan De Groot 5. Phillip Sami 6. Jayden Campbell 7. Zane Harrison 8. Moeaki Fotuaika 9. Oliver Pascoe 10. Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui 11. Arama Hau 12. Beau Fermor 13. Chris Randall 15. Josh Patston 16. Klese Haas 17. Cooper Bai 18. Sam Verrills 19. Lachlan Ilias 21. Sialetili Faeamani <\/p>\n

Players cut: 14. Kurtis Morrin 20. Michael Molo 22. Adam Christensen<\/p>\n

Late Mail: Jaylan De Groot comes into the centres in place of AJ Brimson who suffered a Category 1 head knock against the Sea Eagles last week, Coach Josh Hannay resisting the urge to ask the NRL for clearance from the mandatory stand down period, and opting for player welfare instead. \u201cIt\u2019s based on the player\u2019s symptoms and we\u2019ve checked in with AJ on the Monday, and he was suffering from mild headaches so that was enough for us to go \u2018it\u2019s not worth it\u2019.\u201d Meanwhile, Kurtis Morrin is a late scratching with a minor leg injury. Siale Faeamani joins the extended bench.<\/p>\n

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Manly Sea Eagles v Cronulla Sharks, 4:05pm @ 4 Pines Park<\/p>\n

Sea Eagles team: 1. Lehi Hopoate 2. Jason Saab 3. Josh Feledy 4. Reuben Garrick 5. Tolutau Koula 6. Joey Walsh 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Taniela Paseka 14. Nicholas Lenaz 10. Simione Laiafi 11. Haumole Olakau\u2019atu 12. Ben Trbojevic 13. Jake Trbojevic 9. Jake Simpkin 15. Nathan Brown 16. Kobe Hetherington 17. Ethan Bullemor 19. Blake Wilson 20. Onitoni Large <\/p>\n

Players cut: 18. Fletcher Baker 21. Aaron Schoupp 22. Zaidas Muagututia<\/p>\n

Late Mail: Nicholas Lenaz starts with Jake Simpkin dropping to the bench.<\/p>\n

Sharks team: 1. William Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Jesse Ramien 4. KL Iro 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Braydon Trindall 7. Nicho Hynes 14. Jesse Colquhoun 9. Blayke Brailey 17. Oregon Kaufusi 11. Briton Nikora 12. Teig Wilton 13. Cameron McInnes 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 15. Billy Burns 16. Siosifa Talakai 18. Hohepa Puru 19. Tuku Hau Tapuha 20. Mawene Hiroti<\/p>\n

Players cut: 10. Thomas Hazelton 21. Samuel Stonestreet 22. Niwhai Puru<\/p>\n

Late Mail: The Sharks have lost front rower Tom Hazelton for Sunday\u2019s game, with Oregon Kaufusi replacing him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Both the Sharks and Titans have lost forwards ahead of Sunday\u2019s games, while the Gold Coast have opted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-545099","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\/545099","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=545099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}