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Team Update: Round 18 vs Panthers

The squad to face Penrith Panthers has been trimmed to 19 players ahead of Sunday's Legends Round match at CommBank Stadium.

Team Lists

Backs

  • Fullback for Wests Tigers is number 1 Daine Laurie
    Fullback for Panthers is number 1 Dylan Edwards
  • Winger for Wests Tigers is number 5 Ken Maumalo
    Winger for Panthers is number 2 Taylan May
  • Centre for Wests Tigers is number 3 Starford To'a
    Centre for Panthers is number 3 Izack Tago
  • Centre for Wests Tigers is number 21 Asu Kepaoa
    Centre for Panthers is number 4 Robert Jennings
  • Winger for Wests Tigers is number 20 Junior Tupou
    Winger for Panthers is number 5 Charlie Staines
  • Five-Eighth for Wests Tigers is number 6 Adam Doueihi
    Five-Eighth for Panthers is number 6 Kurt Falls
  • Halfback for Wests Tigers is number 7 Luke Brooks
    Halfback for Panthers is number 7 Sean O'Sullivan

Forwards

  • Prop for Wests Tigers is number 8 Joe Ofahengaue
    Prop for Panthers is number 8 Moses Leota
  • Hooker for Wests Tigers is number 9 Fa'amanu Brown
    Hooker for Panthers is number 9 Mitch Kenny
  • Prop for Wests Tigers is number 10 Zane Musgrove
    Prop for Panthers is number 10 James Fisher-Harris
  • 2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 12 Kelma Tuilagi
    2nd Row for Panthers is number 11 Viliame Kikau
  • 2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 16 Luke Garner
    2nd Row for Panthers is number 12 Chris Smith
  • Lock for Wests Tigers is number 13 Jackson Hastings
    Lock for Panthers is number 13 Matthew Eisenhuth

Interchange

  • Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 11 Justin Matamua
    Interchange for Panthers is number 14 Soni Luke
  • Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 14 Fonua Pole
    Interchange for Panthers is number 15 Scott Sorensen
  • Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 15 James Tamou
    Interchange for Panthers is number 17 Jaeman Salmon
  • Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 17 Jake Simpkin
    Interchange for Panthers is number 20 Lindsay Smith

Reserves

  • Replacement for Wests Tigers is number 18 Austin Dias
    Replacement for Panthers is number 18 Sunia Turuva

Match Officials

  • Referee: Peter Gough
  • Touch Judge: Belinda Sharpe
  • Senior Review Official: Gerard Sutton

Last updated:

James Roberts and David Nofoaluma have both been ruled out through illness.

Asu Kepaoa will start in the centres for Roberts and Junior Tupou replaces Nofoaluma on the wing.

Austin Dias is 18th-man.

Adam Doueihi has been moved from the centres to five eighth and James Tamou returns from a calf injury to play his 299th NRL game.

Campbelltown junior Justin Matamua has been elevated to the starting side in the second row after making his NRL debut in Round 17 against the Eels.

The home side is aiming to snap a five-game losing streak having suffered an 8-point loss to Parramatta last weekend.

Teams will be playing for the inaugural Royce Simmons Cup with funds raised at the game directed to the Royce Simmons Foundation.

Read more about what's happening for Legends Round.

Acknowledgement of Country

Wests Tigers respect and honour the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on.