NRL predicted team lists: Each club's round 23 squad

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BRISBANE BRONCOS v SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
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THURSDAY 16TH AUGUST, SUNCORP STADIUM, 7:50 PM

BRONCOS:

1 Darius Boyd (c), 2 Corey Oates, 3 James Roberts, 4 Jordan Kahu, 5 Jamayne Isaako, 6 Anthony Milford, 7 Kodi Nikorima, 8 Matthew Lodge, 9 Andrew McCullough, 10 Sam Thaiday, 11 Alex Glenn, 12 Tevita Pangai Junior, 13 Josh McGuire

Interchange: 14 Kotoni Staggs, 15, Joe Ofahengaue, 16 Korbin Sims, 17 David Fifita

NOTES: Josh McGuire will return from suspension, moving Ofahengaue back to the bench and Mago out of the playing squad.

RABBITOHS:

1 Dane Gagai, 2  Hymel Hunt, 3 Braidon Burns 4 Tyrell Fuimaonoi, 5 Richard Kennar, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Tom Burgess, 9 Damien Cook, 10 George Burgess, 11 John Sutton, 12 Angus Crichton, 13 Sam Burgess 

Interchange: 14 Mawene Hiroti, 15 Cameron Murray, 16 Jason Clark, 17 Tevita Tatola

NOTES: Alex Johnston is out indefinitely with a hamstring injury, and the Rabbitohs will be wondering where their points will come from with no Greg Inglis named.

MANLY SEA EAGLES V GOLD COAST TITANS
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FRIDAY 17TH AUGUST, LOTTOLAND, 6:00 PM

SEA EAGLES:

1 Tom Trbojevic, 2 Jorge Taufua, 3 Moses Suli, 4 Brian Kelly, 5 Brad Parker, 6 Dylan Walker, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans (c), 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 9 Manase Fainu, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Joel Thompson, 12 Shaun Lane, 13 Jake Trbojevic

Interchange: 14 Trent Hodkinson, 15 Kelepi Tanginoa, 16 Frank Winterstein, 17 Lloyd Perrett

NOTES: Api Koroisau is closer to a return, but with just three rounds remaining in the season, Trent Barrett may decide to keep him in cotton wool.

TITANS:

1 AJ Brimson, 2 Anthony Don, 3 Konrad Hurrell, 4 Brenko Lee, 5 Phillip Sami, 6 Kane Elgey, 7 Ashley Taylor, 8 Jarrod Wallace, 9 Nathan Peats, 10 Ryan James (c), 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Keegan Hipgrave, 13 Jai Arrow

Interchange: 14 Mitch Rein, 15 Moeaki Fotuaika,16 Jack Stockwell, 17 Will Matthews

NOTES: Brenko Lee has recovered in time to face the Sea Eagles, while Michael Gordon's broken hand keeps him out.

MELBOURNE STORM V PARRAMATTA EELS

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FRIDAY 17TH AUGUST, AAMI PARK, 7:55 PM

STORM:

1 Billy Slater, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Will Chambers, 4 Curtis Scott, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Jahrome Hughes, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith (c), 10 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Joe Stimson, 13 Dale Finucane

Interchange:  14 Cheyse Blair, 15 Tim Glasby, 16 Christian Welch, 17 Kenny Bromwich

NOTES: Ryan Hoffman's season and career looks all but over, mean Stimson goes into the second row and Cheyse Blair comes into the squad.

EELS:

1 Corey Norman, Jarryd Hayne, 3 Michael Jennings, 4 Clint Gutherson (c), 5 George Jennings, 6 Jaeman Salmon, 7 Mitchell Moses, 8 Siosaia Vave, 9 Reed Mahoney, 10 Tim Mannah (c), 11 Marata Niukore, 12 Tepai Moeroa, 13 Nathan Brown

Interchange: 14 Oregon Kaufusi, 15 Peni Terepo, 16 David Gower,  17 Ray Stone

NOTES: No changes are expected for the Eels' 13 who smashed the Dragons last week.

PENRITH PANTHERS V NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
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SATURDAY, 18TH AUGUST, PANTHERS STADIUM, 3:00 PM

PANTHERS:

1 Tyrone Peachey, 2 Josh Mansour, 3 Waqa Blake, 4 Dean Whare, 5 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 6 Tyrone May, 7 Nathan Cleary, 8 James Tamou, 9 Sione Katoa, 10 Regan Campbell-Gillard, 11 Viliame Kikau, 12 Isaah Yeo, 13 James Fisher-Harris

Interchange:  14 Wayde Egan, 15 Trent Merrin, 16 Corey Harawira-Naera, 17 Moses Leota

NOTES: James Tamou is likely to return from an ankle injury, moving Leota to the bench and Jack Hetherington out of the squad. James Maloney's injury will likely see him out for the rest of the regular

KNIGHTS:

1 Kalyn Ponga, 2 Ken Sio, 3 Sione Mata'utia, 4 Cory Denniss, 5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 6 Jack Cogger, 7 Mitchell Pearce (c), 8 Herman Ese'ese, 9 Danny Levi, 10 Daniel Saifiti, 11 Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 12 Mitch Barnett, 13 Aidan Guerra

Interchange: 14 Jamie Buhrer (c), 15 Chris Heighington, 16 Pasami Saulo, 17 JJ Felise

NOTES: Connor Watson and Jacob Saifiti will push for return against the Panthers.

WESTS TIGERS V ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
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SATURDAY, 18TH AUGUST, LEICHHARDT OVAL, 5:30 PM

TIGERS:

1 Moses Mbye, 2 David Nofoaluma, 3 Esan Marsters, 4 Mahe Fonua, 5 Kevin Naiqama, 6 Benji Marshall, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Russell Packer, 9 Robbie Farah, 10 Ben Matulino, 11 Chris Lawrence, 12 Michael Chee Kam, 13 Elijah Taylor (c)

Interchange: 14 Alex Twal, 15 Suaso Sue, 16 Luke Garner, 17 Matt Eisenhuth

NOTES: Mahe Fonua returns from a broken arm, as well as Chris Lawrence.

DRAGONS:

1 Matt Dufty, 2 Nene Macdonald, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Tim Lafai, 5 Jordan Pereira, 6 Kurt Mann, 7 Ben Hunt, 8 James Graham, 9 Cameron McInnes, 10 Leeson Ah Mau, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Tariq Sims, 13 Jack de Belin

Interchange: 14 Jeremy Latimore, 15 Jacob Host, 16 Blake Lawrie, 17 Luciano Leilua

NOTES: The extent of Gareth Widdop's injury is yet to be determined, but he is likely to be out for at least a few weeks if not the season. Meaning Kurt Manncomes in to partner Ben Hunt.

CRONULLA SHARKS V NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
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SATURDAY, 18TH AUGUST, SOUTHERN CROSS GROUP STADIUM, 7:35 PM

SHARKS:

1 Valentine Holmes, 2 Sosaia Feki, 3 Jesse Ramien, 4 Ricky Leutele, 5 Josh Dugan, 6 Matt Moylan, 7 Chad Townsend, 8 Andrew Fifita, 9 Jayden Brailey, 10 Matt Prior, 11 Luke Lewis, 12 Scott Sorensen, 13 Paul Gallen (c)

Interchange: 14 Kurt Capewell, 15 James Segeyaro, 16 Aaron Woods, 17 Jayson Bukuya

NOTES: Wade Graham's condition hasn't been revealed, but he is likely to miss at least one week with a knee injury. That means Sorensen moves into the second-row while Joseph Paulo comes onto the bench.

COWBOYS:

1 Te Maire Martin, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Justin O'Neill, 4 Kane Linnett, 5 Gideon Gela-Mosby, 6 Jake Clifford, 7 Johnathan Thurston (c), 8 Matt Scott, 9 Jake Granville, 10 Jordan McLean, 11 Gavin Cooper, 12 Coen Hess, 13 John Asiata

Interchange: 14 Ben Hampton, 15 Francis Molo, 16 Corey Jensen, 17 Scott Bolton

NOTES: Jason Taumalolo has taken an early guilty plea for a shoulder charge and won't face the Sharks, meaning Corey Jensen stays on the bench andJosh Asiata  comes into the 13. 

CANTERBURY BULLDOGS V NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS

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SUNDAY, 19TH AUGUST, ANZ STADIUM, 2:00 PM

BULLDOGS:

1 Will Hopoate, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Kerrod Holland, 5 Reimis Smith, 6 Lachlan Lewis, 7 Jeremy Marshall-King, 8 Aiden Tolman, 9 Michael Lichaa, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Josh Jackson (c), 12 Rhyse Martin, 13 Adam Elliott

Interchange:  14 Fa'amanu Brown, 15 Danny Fualalo, 16 Ofahiki Ogden, 17 Greg Eastwood

NOTES: Lachlan Lewis comes back into halves at the expense of Matt Frawley, while Greg Eastwood snags a spot on the bench.

WARRIORS:

1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 2 David Fusitu'a, 3 Gerard Beale, 4 Solomone Kata, 5 Ken Maumalo, 6 Blake Green, 7 Shaun Johnson, 8 James Gavet, 9 Issac Luke, 10 Agnatius Paasi, 11 Isaiah Papali'i, 12 Adam Blair, 13 Simon Mannering

Interchange: 14 Jazz Tevaga, 15 Leivaha Pulu, 16 Bunty Afoa, 17 Peta Hiku

NOTES: No changes are expected for the Warriors after their comfortable win over the Knights.

CANBERRA RAIDERS V SYDNEY ROOSTERS
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SUNDAY, 19TH AUGUST, GIO STADIUM, 4.10 PM

RAIDERS:

1 Brad Abbey, 2 Nick Cotric, 3 Elliott Whitehead, 4 Joseph Leilua, 5 Jordan Rapana, 6 Blake Austin, 7 Sam Williams, 8 Dunamis Lui, 9 Josh Hodgson (c), 10 Shannon Boyd, 11 Joseph Tapine, 12 Iosia Soliola, 13 Josh Papalii

Interchange: 14 Emre Guler, 15 Luke Bateman, 16 Siliva Havili, 17 Junior Paulo

NOTES: Sezer misses another week, with Abbey and Cotric switching positions.

ROOSTERS:

1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Latrell Mitchell, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Ryan Matterson, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Dylan Napa, 9 Jake Friend (c), 10 Siosiua Taukeiaho, 11 Boyd Cordner, 12 Isaac Liu, 13 Victor Radley

Interchange: 14 Nat Butcher, 15 Zane Tetevano, 16 Mitchell Aubusson, 17 Sean O'Sullivan

NOTES: Jared Waerea-Haregreaves is set to miss up to a month after suffering broken ribs in the Roosters' win over Souths, meaning Nat Butcher joins the bench as Dylan Napa goes into the front row.

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