NRL teams and late mail for round one of season 2018

RICKY Stuart has made one major change to his line-up for the Raiders’ round one clash against the Titans with Blake Austin to replace Aidan Sezer at five-eighth.

ROUND 1 is here and we will have all the changes and late mail from our team of rugby league experts.

TITANS V RAIDERS

SUNDAY, 6.30PM (AEDT), CBUS SUPER STADIUM

Titans: 1 Michael Gordon, 2 Anthony Don, 3 Dale Copley, 4 Konrad Hurrell, 5 Phillip Sami, 6 Kane Elgey, 7 Ashley Taylor, 8 Jai Arrow, 9 Nathan Peats, 10 Leilani Latu, 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Ryan James (c), 13 Bryce Cartwright. Interchange: 14 Mitch Rein, 15 Max King, 16 Will Matthews, 17 Morgan Boyle, 18 Joe Greenwood, 19 Jai Whitbread, 20 Tyronne Roberts Davis, 21 Aj Brimson

Players cut: Joe Greenwood, Jai Whitbread, Tyronne Roberts Davis, Aj Brimson

Late mail: 1-17.

Raiders: 1 Jack Wighton, 2 Nick Cotric, 3 Jarrod Croker (c), 4 Joseph Leilua, 5 Jordan Rapana, 14 Blake Austin, 7 Sam Williams, 17 Sia Soliola, 9 Siliva Havili, 10 Shannon Boyd, 11 Josh Papalii, 12 Joseph Tapine, 13 Elliott Whitehead. Interchange: 6 Aidan Sezer, 8 Junior Paulo, 15 Luke Bateman, 16 Dunamis Lui

Players cut: Charlie Gubb, Brad Abbey, Royce Hunt, Craig Garvey

Late mail: Ricky Stuart has made one major change to his line-up for the Raiders’ round one clash against the Titans with Blake Austin to replace Aidan Sezer at five-eighth. Sezer will start from the bench and is expected to spell Siliva Havili at hooker at some point in the clash against the Titans on the Gold Coast. Sezer spent time at dummy-half in Canberra’s trial match against the Bulldogs and is Stuart’s preferred option to spend time in the role after Craig Garvey ran out for feeder club Mounties. Austin partners Sam Williams in the halves in the only expected change to the side. Sia Soliola comes in at starting prop for Junior Paulo, who drops to the bench.

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Originally published as NRL teams and late mail for round one of season 2018