Wacko’s Whispers: Late mail for Round 5 of the 2019 NRL season

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The man with the best mail in the game, Wacko’s Whispers, has updated team news, full line-ups and analysis for every game of the fifth round of the 2019 NRL season.

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DRAGONS v BULLDOGS

4.05pm at Jubilee Stadium

Dragons: 1. Matt Dufty 2. Jordan Pereira 3. Euan Aitken 4. Tim Lafai 5. Mikaele Ravalawa 6. Corey Norman 7. Ben Hunt 8. James Graham 9. Cameron McInnes 10. Paul Vaughan 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Tariq Sims 13. Blake Lawrie

Interchange: 14. Jeremy Latimore 15. Zac Lomax, 16. Jacob Host, 17. Luciano Leilua

Players cut: 18. Mitchell Allgood 19. Jai Field 20. Josh Kerr 21. Jonas Pearson

Late mail: The Dragons are 1-17 with Jacob Host (ankle) cleared.

Bulldogs: 1. Nick Meaney 2. Jayden Okunbor 3. Kerrod Holland 4. Will Hopoate 5. Reimis Smith 6. Jack Cogger 7. Lachlan Lewis 8. Aiden Tolman 9. Jeremy Marshall-King 10. Ofahiki Ogden 11. Josh Jackson 12. Corey Harawira-Naera 13. Rhyse Martin

Interchange: 14. Michael Lichaa 15. Sauaso Sue 16. Adam Elliot 17. Chris Smith

Reserves: 19. Danny Fualalo 20. Marcelo Montoya 21. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 22. Fa’amanu Brown

Players cut:

Late mail: The Bulldogs are 1-17 with both Nick Meaney (knee) and Corey Harawira-Naera (concussion) cleared.

RAIDERS v EELS

6.10pm at GIO Stadium

Raiders: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Nick Cotric 3. Jarrod Croker (c) 4. Joey Leilua 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Jack Wighton 7. Sam Williams 8. Josh Papalii 9. Josh Hodgson 10. Dunamis Lui 11. John Bateman 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Ryan Sutton

Interchange: 14. Siliva Havili 15. Hudson Young 16. Sia Soliola 17. Joseph Tapine

Reserves: 18. Royce Hunt 19. Aidan Sezer 20. Bailey Simonsson 21. JJ Collins

Players cut:

Late mail: Ricky Stuart will welcome back Joseph Tapine from a broken thumb and has named the back-rower on the bench, although I expect him to start on the right edge and push John Bateman back to lock with Ryan Sutton dropping to the bench. Aidan Sezer is fit to reclaim his spot in the team but won’t be recalled, with Stuart opting to stick with Sam Williams after the halfback steered the Raiders to consecutive victories.

Eels: 1. Clinton Gutherson (c) 2. Maika Sivo 3. Michael Jennings 4. Brad Takairangi 5. Blake Ferguson 6. Jaeman Salmon 7. Mitch Moses 8. Daniel Alvaro 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Junior Paulo 11. Shaun Lane 12. Marata Niukore 13. Tepai Moeroa

Interchange: 14. Peni Terepo 15. Tim Mannah (c) 16. Kane Evans 17. Oregon Kaufusi

Reserves: 18. David Gower 19. Ray Stone 20. Josh Hoffman 21. Bevan French

Players cut:

Late mail: Parramatta will have one change with Peni Terepo failing to train during the week. David Gower is set to return to the bench after missing the last two games due to concussion. No other late changes expected.

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