NRL Late Mail Round 18: Team changes and gossip

Forget the rumours, Tom Trbojevic will play this afternoon. But there are big changes for both teams.

NRL team changes and gossip heading into Round 18 with the best late mail man in the game, Wacko’s Whispers.

PREDICTIONS: Buzz’s run to the finals

NRL CASUALTY WARD: All weekend injuries

SEA EAGLES VS EELS

Sunday, July 21st, 4:00pm, Lottoland

Sea Eagles: 1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Jorge Taufua 18. Brad Parker 4. Moses Suli 5. Reuben Garrick 3. Dylan Walker 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Manase Fainu 10. Martin Taupau 11. Joel Thompson 12. Curtis Sironen 13. Jake Trbojevic

Interchange: 14. Lachlan Croker 15. Corey Waddell 16. Morgan Boyle 17. Taniela Paseka

Players cut: 20. Haumole Olakau’atu 21. Lloyd Perrett 6. Cade Cust 19. Brendan Elliott

Late Mail: Cade Cust (concussion) is out. Dylan Walker moves to five-eighth with Brad Parker coming in at centre. Sea Eagles welcome back Tom Trbojevic after he was rested last week, despite rumours he would miss out.

Blake Ferguson has a knee injury.

Eels: 1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Maika Sivo 3. Brad Takairangi 4. Josh Hoffman 21. Ethan Parry 6. Dylan Brown 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Kane Evans 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Junior Paulo 11. Shaun Lane 12. Manu Ma’u 13. Nathan Brown

Interchange: 14. Jaeman Salmon 15. Marata Niukore 16. David Gower 17. Tepai Moeroa

Reserves: 19. Daniel Alvaro 20. Will Smith

Players cut: 5. Blake Ferguson 18. Oregon Kaufusi

Late Mail: As predicted, winger Blake Ferguson (infected knee) drops out with Ethan Parry to make his NRL debut.

Originally published as NRL Late Mail Round 18: Team changes and gossip