All the Round 8 team news!

Author: Dan Talintyre
Timestamp: Tue 30 Apr 2019, 03:58 PM

Wests Tigers Head Coach Michael Maguire will welcome back five-eighth Benji Marshall for Saturday's Round 8 clash against the Sydney Roosters at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Marshall has not played for the club since picking up a hamstring injury in Round 3, but has been named to return in the number six jersey in place of Josh Reynolds, who will himself be sidelined for the next few weeks with a knee injury.

Marshall will start alongside Luke Brooks in the halves in the only change to this week's run-on side, which also sees Chris McQueen start again in the back row following his first NRL game of the season last week against the Titans.

After sitting out last week's game due to the necessary concussion protocols, Luke Garner is also a welcome return with the forward included on the bench.

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Having played for the club's Canterbury Cup side over the past fortnight, hooker Jacob Liddle and winger David Nofoaluma have been named amongst the reserves for Saturday's game, along with Paul Momirovski and Russell Packer. Both Momirovski and Packer travelled with the squad to Tamworth but did not feature last week — Packer listed as 18th man while Momirovski was unused on the bench.

For the Roosters, Coach Trent Robinson will welcome back Luke Keary from concussion, with the five-eighth replacing Lachlan Lam in the halves, while Isaac Liu also returns from a broken finger to slot in at lock in place of Mitchell Aubusson.

Jake Friend's biceps injury sees Victor Radley shift from lock to hooker, with Poasa Faamausili, Sam Verrills and Lindsay Collins joining Lam amongst the reserves.

Wests Tigers will provide an updated 19-man squad 24 hours prior to their Round 8 game (7:30pm, Friday) with final team lists to be confirmed one hour before kickoff.

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Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Roosters is number 1 James Tedesco

Fullback for Wests Tigers is number 1 Moses Mbye
Winger for Roosters is number 2 Daniel Tupou

Winger for Wests Tigers is number 2 Mahe Fonua
Centre for Roosters is number 3 Latrell Mitchell

Centre for Wests Tigers is number 3 Robert Jennings
Centre for Roosters is number 17 Mitchell Aubusson

Centre for Wests Tigers is number 4 Esan Marsters
Winger for Roosters is number 4 Joseph Manu

Winger for Wests Tigers is number 5 Corey Thompson
Five-Eighth for Roosters is number 6 Luke Keary

Five-Eighth for Wests Tigers is number 11 Ryan Matterson
Halfback for Roosters is number 7 Cooper Cronk

Halfback for Wests Tigers is number 7 Luke Brooks

Forwards

Prop for Roosters is number 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 8 Ben Matulino
Hooker for Roosters is number 9 Victor Radley

Hooker for Wests Tigers is number 9 Robbie Farah
Prop for Roosters is number 10 Siosiua Taukeiaho

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 10 Alex Twal
2nd Row for Roosters is number 11 Boyd Cordner

2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 12 Chris McQueen
2nd Row for Roosters is number 12 Angus Crichton

2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 14 Elijah Taylor
Lock for Roosters is number 13 Isaac Liu

Lock for Wests Tigers is number 13 Josh Aloiai

Interchange

Interchange for Roosters is number 14 Nat Butcher

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 15 Thomas Mikaele
Interchange for Roosters is number 15 Zane Tetevano

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 16 Matthew Eisenhuth
Interchange for Roosters is number 16 Sitili Tupouniua

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 17 Luke Garner
Interchange for Roosters is number 18 Lindsay Collins

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 19 Jacob Liddle