NRL Late Mail Round 16, 2019

The Brisbane Broncos will debut FOUR players in today’s clash against Cronulla at PointsBet Stadium.

Late Mail heading into the final bye.

Cronulla Sharks vs Brisbane Broncos

Sunday, July 7th, 4:05pm, PointsBet Stadium

Sharks: 1. Matt Moylan 2. Sosaia Feki 3. Bronson Xerri 4. Josh Morris 5. Josh Dugan 6. Shaun Johnson 7. Chad Townsend 8. Aaron Woods 9. Jayden Brailey 10. Matt Prior 11. Briton Nikora 12. Kurt Capewell 13. Paul Gallen

Interchange: 14. Kyle Flanagan 15. Jayson Bukuya 16. Jack Williams, 17. Braden Hamlin-Uele

Players cut: 18. Blayke Brailey 19. Scott Sorensen 20. Billy Magoulias 21. Aaron Gray

Late Mail: No changes. Jayson Bukuya (concussion), Jack Williams (ankle), Josh Morris (neck)will play. Bronson Xerri is expected to line up on the left wing like last week with Josh Dugan playing right centre inside Sosaia Feki.

Broncos: 1. Darius Boyd 2. Herbie Farnworth 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Xavier Coates 6. Jake Turpin 7. Sean O’Sullivan 8. Matthew Lodge 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Payne Haas 11. Alex Glenn 12. Tevita Pangai Junior 13. Tom Flegler

Interchange: 14. James Segeyaro 15. Rhys Kennedy 17. Pat Carrigan 18. Keenan Palaisa

Players cut: 16. Shaun Fensom 19. Corey Paix 20. Patrick Mago 21. Izaia Perese

Late Mail: One late change for Brisbane with Keenan Palasia joining rookie flyers Xavier Coates and Herbie Farnworth, plus forward Rhys Kennedy, as the club’s latest debutants. Palasia replaces Shaun Fensom on the bench. Alex Glenn returns after missing the last few weeks due to knee injury, Jake Turpin switches to right side half next to Tevita Pangai with Sean O’Sullivan switching sides to play on his preferred left side. Farnworth will line up at left wing with Coates to play right wing.

Originally published as NRL Late Mail Round 16, 2019