All the Round 14 team news!

Author: Dan Talintyre
Timestamp: Tue 8 Jun 2021, 04:00 PM

Wests Tigers Coach Michael Maguire has named his 21-man squad for Sunday’s Round 14 away game against the Parramatta Eels at Bankwest Stadium.

As the team aims for three wins in a row, Maguire has named a relatively unchanged side from the one that defeated Penrith last weekend with Maroons representative Joe Ofahengaue named to return at lock.

His inclusion sees young forward Alex Seyfarth shift back to the bench in place of Thomas Mikaele, who has been ruled out with a knee injury.

Wests Tigers are otherwise unchanged for Sunday’s game against the Eels with Moses Mbye named to play despite going off last week with a minor knee complaint. The former Queensland State of Origin utility has been named in the number six jersey for what will be the 149th NRL game of his career, once again partnering Luke Brooks at halfback.

Jake Simpkin’s return from a minor calf injury sees him named among the reserves, with Billy Walters and Development Player Kelma Tuilagi also included in the 21-man squad for the first time this year.

Press Conference: James Tamou

For the Eels, Reed Mahoney's shoulder injury sees Joey Lussick move into the run-on side at hooker while Junior Paulo has been named to back up from his representative commitments with the Blues.

Marata Niukore drops back to the bench and Will Smith to the reserves while Blake Ferguson has been named in jersey 21 with Haze Dunster on the wing.

Both teams will provide an updated 19-man team lists at 4:05pm Saturday before finalising their sides one hour prior to kickoff (3:05pm, Sunday).

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Eels

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Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Eels is number 1 Clinton Gutherson

Fullback for Wests Tigers is number 1 Daine Laurie
Winger for Eels is number 2 Maika Sivo

Winger for Wests Tigers is number 2 David Nofoaluma
Centre for Eels is number 3 Tom Opacic

Centre for Wests Tigers is number 3 Adam Doueihi
Centre for Eels is number 4 Waqa Blake

Centre for Wests Tigers is number 4 Tommy Talau
Winger for Eels is number 5 Haze Dunster

Winger for Wests Tigers is number 5 James Roberts
Five-Eighth for Eels is number 6 Dylan Brown

Five-Eighth for Wests Tigers is number 19 Billy Walters
Halfback for Eels is number 7 Mitchell Moses

Halfback for Wests Tigers is number 7 Luke Brooks

Forwards

Prop for Eels is number 8 Reagan Campbell-Gillard

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 8 James Tamou
Hooker for Eels is number 9 Joey Lussick

Hooker for Wests Tigers is number 9 Jacob Liddle
Prop for Eels is number 10 Junior Paulo

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 10 Alex Twal
2nd Row for Eels is number 11 Isaiah Papali'i

2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 11 Luke Garner
2nd Row for Eels is number 12 Ryan Matterson

2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 12 Luciano Leilua
Lock for Eels is number 13 Nathan Brown

Lock for Wests Tigers is number 13 Joe Ofahengaue

Interchange

Interchange for Eels is number 14 Marata Niukore

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 14 Stefano Utoikamanu
Interchange for Eels is number 15 Shaun Lane

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 15 Shawn Blore
Interchange for Eels is number 16 Oregon Kaufusi

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 16 Tom Amone
Interchange for Eels is number 17 Bryce Cartwright

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 17 Alex Seyfarth