Full NRL teams for round one of the 2016 season

THE wait is over! Check out the full NRL team lists for round one of the 2016 season. There are plenty of shocks and heaps of rookies.

WELCOME to the biggest day of the year for NRL SuperCoaches – the round one team announcements.

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EELS v BRONCOS

8.05pm AEDT Thursday at Pirtek Stadium

Eels: 1 Michael Gordon 2 Semi Radradra 3 Michael Jennings 4 Brad Takairangi 5 Clint Gutherson 6 Corey Norman 7 Kieran Foran (c) 8 Junior Paulo 9 Nathan Peats 10 Tim Mannah (c) 11 Manu Ma’u 12 Beau Scott 13 Tepai Moeroa Interchange 14 David Gower 15 Peni Terepo 16 Daniel Alvaro 17 Ken Edwards 18 Kaysa Pritchard

* Michael Jennings, Kieran Foran, Michael Gordon and Beau Scott will all make their club debuts. Tepai Moeroa scores the lock spot of Anmthony Watmough (knee), with Ken Edwards added to the bench.

Broncos: 1 Darius Boyd 2 Corey Oates 3 Jordan Kahu 4 James Roberts 5 Greg Eden 6 Anthony Milford 7 Ben Hunt 8 Josh McGuire 9 Andrew McCullough 10 Adam Blair 11 Alex Glenn 12 Matt Gillett 13 Corey Parker (c) Interchange 14 Jarrod Wallace 15 Sam Thaiday 16 Joe Ofahengaue 17 Kodi Nikorima

* Few surprises in Broncos team. Sam Thaiday benched, Greg Eden in. But could be trap with Jack Reed expected back sooner rather than later.

SEA EAGLES v BULLDOGS

8.05pm AEDT Friday at Brookvale Oval

Sea Eagles: 1 Brett Stewart 2 Jorge Taufua 3 Jamie Lyon (c) 4 Steve Matai 5 Tom Trbojevic 6 Dylan Walker 7 Daly Cherry-Evans 8 Jake Trbojevic 9 Apisai Koroisau 10 Nate Myles 11 Lewis Brown 12 Nathan Green 13 Martin Taupau. Interchange: 14 Matt Parcell 15 Blake Leary 16 Darcy Lussick 17 Feleti Mateo 18 Siosaia Vave

* Apisai Koroisau (shoulder) has recovered from off-season surgery and wins the race for the vacant No.9 jumper, with Matt Parcell named on the bench. Brett Stewart (hamstring), Lewis Brown (knee) and Feleti Mateo (ankle) have been named despite injuries. In massive SuperCoach news, Brenton Lawrence has been left out, but cheapie Nathan Green starts in the back row.

Bulldogs: 1 Will Hopoate 2 Curtis Rona 3 Josh Morris 4 Chase Stanley 5 Sam Perrett 6 Josh Reynolds 7 Moses Mbye 8 Aiden Tolman 9 Michael Lichaa 10 James Graham (c) 11 Josh Jackson 12 Tony Williams 13 Greg Eastwood. Interchange: 14 Sam Kasiano 15 Danny Fualalo 16 Tim Browne 17 Adam Elliott 19 Shaun Lane

* Will Hopoate replaces Brett Morris (knee, round 16) at fullback, with Chase Stanley coming in at centre. Rookie Adam Elliott is set to debut in place of David Klemmer (suspension, round two).

RAIDERS v PANTHERS

3pm AEDT Saturday at GIO Stadium

Raiders: 1 Jack Wighton 2 Edrick Lee 3 Jarrod Croker (c) 4 Joseph Leilua 5 Jordan Rapana 6 Sam Williams 7 Aidan Sezer 8 Shannon Boyd 9 Josh Hodgson 10 Frank-Paul Nuuausala 11 Josh Papalii 12 Elliott Whitehead 13 Shaun Fensom. Interchange: 14 Blake Austin 15 Iosia Soliola 16 Paul Vaughan 17 Jeff Lima 18 Kurt Baptiste

* Blake Austin has been benched, with Sam Williams to play in the halves. Sia Soliola and Paul Vaughan are also on the interchange, with new faces Aidan Sezer and Elliot Whitehead to start. Jeff Lima will also make his club debut, but winger Sisa Waqa (Mounties) has been dropped in favour of Jordan Rapana.

Panthers: 1 Will Smith 2 Josh Mansour 3 Waqa Blake 4 Peta Hiku 5 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 6 Jamie Soward 7 Peter Wallace 8 Sam McKendry 9 James Segeyaro 10 Reagan Campbell-Gillard 11 Bryce Cartwright 12 Isaah Yeo 13 Trent Merrin. Interchange: 14 Tyrone Peachey 15 Jeremy Latimore 16 Suaia Matagi 17 Elijah Taylor

* Will Smith replaces Matt Moylan (back) at fullback, while Waqa Blake slots in the centres for Dean Whare (calf). SuperCoach fancies Trent Merrin and Bryce Cartwright will both start in the back row.

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TIGERS v WARRIORS

5.30pm AEDT Saturday at Campbelltown Stadium

Tigers: 1 James Tedesco 2 David Nofoaluma 3 Tim Simona 4 Kevin Naiqama 5 Jordan Rankin 6 Mitchell Moses 7 Jack Littlejohn 8 Aaron Woods (c) 9 Manaia Cherrington 10 Tim Grant 11 Curtis Sironen 12 Chris Lawrence 13 Sauaso Sue. Interchange: 14 Kyle Lovett 15 Josh Aloiai 16 Ava Seumanufagai 17 Jack Buchanan 18 Michael Chee Kam

* SuperCoach cheapie Jordan Rankin scores the wing spot vacted by Pat Richards. Jack Littlejohn will debut at halfback in place of Luke Brooks (suspension, round two). Manaia Cherrington will play hooker with Matt Ballin and Robbie Farah (both knee) injured. Josh Aloiai debuts from the bench.

Warriors: 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2 Tuimoala Lolohea 3 Blake Ayshford 4 Solomone Kata 5 Manu Vatuvei 6 Shaun Johnson 7 Jeff Robson 8 Jacob Lillyman 9 Issac Luke 10 Ben Matulino 11 Ben Henry 12 Ryan Hoffman (c) 13 Simon Mannering. Interchange: 14 Nathaniel Roache 15 Sam Lisone 16 James Gavet 17 Bodene Thompson 18 Jonathan Wright 20 Albert Vete

COWBOYS v SHARKS

7.30pm AEDT Saturday at 1300SMILES STADIUM

Cowboys: 1 Lachlan Coote 2 Kyle Feldt 3 Justin O’Neill 4 Kane Linnett 5 Antonio Winterstein 6 Michael Morgan 7 Johnathan Thurston (c) 8 Matthew Scott (c) 9 Jake Granville 10 James Tamou 11 Gavin Cooper 12 Ethan Lowe 13 Jason Taumalolo. Interchange: 14 Rory Kostjasyn 15 John Asiata 16 Scott Bolton 17 Ben Hannant.

* Cowboys fielding the same 17 as last year’s grand final - no surprises, no rookies.

Sharks: 1 Ben Barba 2 Sosaia Feki 3 Jack Bird 4 Ricky Leutele 5 Valentine Holmes 6 James Maloney 7 Chad Townsend 8 Andrew Fifita 9 Michael Ennis 10 Sam Tagataese 11 Luke Lewis 12 Wade Graham 13 Paul Gallen (c). Interchange: 14 Chris Heighington 15 Matt Prior 16 David Fifita 17 Jayson Bukuya 18 Gerard Beale 19 Joseph Paulo

* Ben Barba scores the fullback spot, with Jack Bird to play centre and Gerard Beale named 18th man. James Maloney has been named at five-eighth to partner the returning Chad Townsend in the halves.

ROOSTERS v RABBITOHS

4pm AEDT Sunday at Allianz Stadium

Roosters: 1 Blake Ferguson 2 Daniel Tupou 3 Dale Copley 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5 Latrell Mitchell 6 Jayden Nikorima 7 Jackson Hastings 8 Kane Evans 9 Jake Friend (c) 10 Dylan Napa 11 Aidan Guerra 12 Mitchell Aubusson 13 Isaac Liu. Interchange: 14 Sio Siua Taukeiaho 15 Sam Moa 16 Ian Henderson 17 Vincent Leuluai 18 Mitchell Frei 19 Joe Burgess.

* Latrell Mitchell, Jayden Nikorima and Vincent Leuluai have all been named to make their NRL debuts.

Rabbitohs: 1 Greg Inglis (c) 2 Alex Johnston 3 Bryson Goodwin 4 Hymel Hunt 5 Aaron Gray 6 Cody Walker 7 Adam Reynolds 8 Sam Burgess 9 Cameron McInnes 10 David Tyrell 11 Paul Carter 12 John Sutton 13 Kyle Turner. Interchange: 14 Damien Cook 15 Jason Clark 16 Chris Grevsmuhl 17 Zane Musgrove 18 Kirisome Auva’a 19 Nathan Brown.

* Sam Burgess will play prop in the absence of brothers Tom (ankle, round six) and George (suspension/hip, round two). Sam’s move up front sees SuperCoach fancy Paul Carter start in the back row. Fellow SuperCoach buy Hymel Hunt has scored a centre spot ahead of Kirisome Auva’a, who is 18th man.

TITANS v KNIGHTS

6.30pm AEDT Sunday at Cbus Super Stadium

Titans: 1 Will Zillman (c) 2 Anthony Don 3 Josh Hoffman 4 Nathan Davis 5 David Mead 6 Tyrone Roberts 7 Ashley Taylor 8 David Shillington 9 Nathan Friend (c) 10 Agnatius Paasi 11 Zeb Taia 12 Chris McQueen 13 Greg Bird. Interchange: 14 Eddy Pettybourne 15 Ryan James 16 Leivaha Pulu 17 Daniel Mortimer 18 Lachlan Burr 19 Leva Li.

* Cheapie back confirmed as Nathan Davis. Paasi and Taia to start, with McQueen also in the forwards. Ryan James relegated to bench.

Knights: 1 Jaelen Feeney 2 Chanel Mata’utia 3 Dane Gagai 4 Pat Mata’utia 5 Akuila Uate 6 Jarrod Mullen 7 Trent Hodkinson 8 Kade Snowden 9 Tyler Randell 10 Sam Mataora 11 Jacob Safiti 12 Robbie Rochow 13 Jeremy Smith. Interchange: 14 David Bhana 15 Korbin Sims 16 Lachlan Fitzgibbon 17 Pauli Pauli 18 Daniel Saifiti 19 Nathan Ross

* Nathan Brown has named an incredible SEVEN potential cheapies - Jaelen Feeney, Pat Mata’utia, Chanel Mata’utia, Jacob Saifiti, Daniel Saifiti, Pauli Pauli, David Bhana.

STORM v DRAGONS

7pm AEDT Monday at AAMI Park

Storm: 1 Billy Slater 2 Marika Koroibete 3 Will Chambers 4 Richard Kennar 5 Young Tonumaipea 6 Blake Green 7 Cooper Cronk 8 Jesse Bromwich 9 Cameron Smith (c) 10 Jordan McLean 11 Kevin Proctor 12 Tohu Harris 13 Dale Finucane. Interchange 14 Kenny Bromwich 15 Tim Glasby 16 Ben Hampton 17 Christian Welch 18 Felise Kaufusi 19 Nelson Asofa-Solomona

* BILLY SLATER’S IN! Melbourne have named a 19-man squad with the big three all playing.

Dragons: 1 Kurt Mann 2 Euan Aitken 3 Josh Dugan 4 Tim Lafai 5 Jason Nightingale 6 Gareth Widdop (c) 7 Benji Marshall 8 Leeson Ah Mau 9 Mitch Rein 10 Russell Packer 11 Will Matthews 12 Joel Thompson 13 Mike Cooper. Interchange 14 Ben Creagh (c) 15 Jack de Belin 16 Dunamis Lui 17 Siliva Havili 18 Peter Mata’utia 19 Tyrone McCarthy 20 Jake Marketo

* Kurt Mann has been named at fullback, with Josh Dugan and new recruit Tim Lafai in the centres. Russell Packer also named to start in an extended squad.

Originally published as Full NRL teams for round one of the 2016 season