NRL teams and Late Mail for Round 12 of season 2018

CRONULLA prop Andrew Fifita will be rested from the club’s clash with Newcastle after playing with a niggle in recent weeks.

Josh McGuire at Broncos.

CRONULLA prop Andrew Fifita will be rested from the club’s clash with Newcastle after playing with a niggle in recent weeks.

Fifita has lumped an extra work load over the past month due to a number of key injuries to the Sharks’ forward pack.

KNIGHTS vs SHARKS

Sunday, May 27th, McDonald Jones Stadium, 2:00pm

Knights: 1 Kalyn Ponga, 2 Ken Sio, 3 Sione Mata’utia, 4 Nathan Ross, 5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 6 Connor Watson, 7 Jack Cogger, 8 Herman Ese’ese, 9 Slade Griffin, 10 Daniel Saifiti, 11 Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 12 Mitchell Barnett, 13 Aidan Guerra (c)

Interchange: 14 Danny Levi, 15 Chris Heighington, 16 Jamie Buhrer (c), 18 Jacob Lillyman

Players cut: 17. Josh King, 19. Luke Yates, 20. Cory Denniss, 21. Brent Naden

Late mail: Jacob Lillyman scores the final bench spot in place of Josh King, who played reserve grade. Nathan Ross (groin) and Slade Griffin (ankle) have been cleared.

Sharks: 1 Josh Dugan, 2 Edrick Lee, 3 Jesse Ramien, 4 Ricky Leutele, 5 Valentine Holmes, 6 Matt Moylan, 7 Chad Townsend, 16 Ava Seumanufagai, 9 Jayden Brailey, 10 Matt Prior, 11 Luke Lewis, 12 Wade Graham, 13 Paul Gallen (c)

Interchange: 14. Joseph Paulo, 15. James Segeyaro, 17. Jayson Bukuya 18. Kurt Capewell

Players cut: 8. Andrew Fifita, 19. Jack Williams, 20. Sosaiai Feki, 21. Braden Uele

Late mail: Andrew Fifita is out due to bone bruising in the knee. Ava Seumanufagai comes into the Sharks starting side, with Kurt Capewell added to the bench. Wade Graham (hamstring) and Luke Lewis (calf) have been cleared to return.

Paul Gallen returned from injury against the Bulldogs last week. Picture: Brett Costello

TIGERS vs BULLDOGS

Sunday, May 27th, ANZ Stadium, 4:00pm

Tigers: 1 Tuimoala Lolohea, 2 David Nofoaluma, 3 Esan Marsters, 4 Mahe Fonua, 5 Corey Thompson, 6 Benji Marshall, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Russell Packer, 9 Jacob Liddle, 10 Ben Matulino, 11 Chris Lawrence (c), 12 Michael Chee-Kam, 13 Elijah Taylor,

Interchange: 14 Alex Twal, 15 Josh Reynolds, 16 Matthew Eisenhuth, 17 Sauaso Sue

Reserves: 18 Josh Aloiai, 19 Chris McQueen, 20 Tim Grant, 21 Kevin Naiqama

Players cut: To come

Late mail: To come

Bulldogs: 1 Moses Mbye, 2 Brett Morris, 3 John Olive, 4 Will Hopoate, 5 Marcelo Montoya, 6 Matt Frawley, 7 Kieran Foran, 8 Aaron Woods, 9 Jeremy Marshall-King, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Josh Jackson (c), 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner 13 Rhyse Martin

Interchange: Adam Elliott, 15 Clay Priest, 16 Renouf Toomaga, 17 Kerrod Holland

Reserves: 18 Greg Eastwood, 19 Reimis Smith, 20 Asipeli Fine, 21 Michael Lichaa

Players cut: To come

Late mail: Raymond Faitala-Mariner (knee) will play after a late withdrawal last week due to a minor injury.

Originally published as NRL teams and Late Mail for Round 12 of season 2018