All the Round 11 team news!

Author: Dan Talintyre
Timestamp: Tue 21 Jul 2020, 04:00 PM

Wests Tigers Coach Michael Maguire has named his 21-man squad to take on the Parramatta Eels for their Round 11 clash this Thursday at Bankwest Stadium.

After a dominant 48-0 win over the Brisbane Broncos in Round 10, Maguire has named a similar squad for Thursday’s clash with Billy Walters and Benji Marshall named in the halves and Luke Brooks on the bench.

The only change to the team is that of Luke Garner, who has been ruled out of the match after failing concussion protocols for this week’s six-day turnaround.

He is replaced in the run-on side by Michael Chee Kam, with rookie forward Alex Seyfarth coming in to the squad as a reserve.

Wests Tigers hooker Harry Grant is cleared to play after he returned a negative result for a standard COVID-19 test on Tuesday.

Press Conference: Benji Marshall

For Parramatta, Blake Ferguson, Mitchell Moses and Ryan Matterson have all been named to return after they sat out last week's loss to the Sea Eagles.

Moses' return at halfback and Ferguson's inclusion on the wing sees Jai Field and George Jennings drop back to the reserves, while Matterson's return Brad Takairangi reverting to the bench in place of David Gower.

2020 debutants Andrew Davey and Stefano Utoikamanu both retain their spots on the bench alongside Marata Niukore.

Wests Tigers will provide an updated 19-man team list on Wednesday night, with final team lists to be confirmed one hour prior to kickoff (6:50pm, Thursday).

Round 11 - Round 11 - Thursday 23 Jul

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Eels

Wests Tigers

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Eels is number 1 Clinton Gutherson

Fullback for Wests Tigers is number 1 Adam Doueihi
Winger for Eels is number 2 Maika Sivo

Winger for Wests Tigers is number 2 David Nofoaluma
Centre for Eels is number 3 Michael Jennings

Centre for Wests Tigers is number 3 Chris Lawrence
Centre for Eels is number 4 Waqa Blake

Centre for Wests Tigers is number 4 Moses Mbye
Winger for Eels is number 5 Blake Ferguson

Winger for Wests Tigers is number 5 Tommy Talau
Five-Eighth for Eels is number 6 Dylan Brown

Five-Eighth for Wests Tigers is number 6 Billy Walters
Halfback for Eels is number 7 Mitchell Moses

Halfback for Wests Tigers is number 7 Benji Marshall

Forwards

Prop for Eels is number 8 Reagan Campbell-Gillard

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 8 Josh Aloiai
Hooker for Eels is number 9 Reed Mahoney

Hooker for Wests Tigers is number 9 Harry Grant
Prop for Eels is number 10 Junior Paulo

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 10 Russell Packer
2nd Row for Eels is number 11 Shaun Lane

2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 12 Luciano Leilua
2nd Row for Eels is number 12 Ryan Matterson

2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 14 Sam McIntyre
Lock for Eels is number 13 Nathan Brown

Lock for Wests Tigers is number 13 Matthew Eisenhuth

Interchange

Interchange for Eels is number 14 Andrew Davey

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 11 Michael Chee Kam
Interchange for Eels is number 15 Marata Niukore

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 16 Luke Brooks
Interchange for Eels is number 16 Stefano Utoikamanu

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 19 Oliver Clark
Interchange for Eels is number 17 Brad Takairangi

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 20 Shawn Blore