{"id":372979,"date":"2024-03-05T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=372979"},"modified":"2024-03-05T06:03:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T06:03:32","slug":"teams-ciraldo-makes-huge-crichton-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=372979","title":{"rendered":"TEAMS: Ciraldo makes huge Crichton call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star Bulldogs recruit Stephen Crichton was widely expected to play at fullback when he \ufeffarrived at Belmore, but played in the centres during the trials.<\/p>\n

And that's where he'll line up against the Eels on Saturday night, with coach Cameron Ciraldo giving Blake Taaffe the nod to play at No.1.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Cameron Munster has been named \ufeffto line up for the Storm against the Panthers, although remains in doubt having aggravated a pre-season calf injury when he slipped in the shower at home.<\/p>\n

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\"Stephen<\/p>\n

The 2024 NRL season kicked off with a bang over the weekend with two cracking matches in Las Vegas. Here are your teams for the rest of first round, which re-commences Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

*All times in AEDT\ufeff<\/em><\/p>\n

THURSDAY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Newcastle Knights vs Canberra Raiders at McDonald Jones Stadium, 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

KNIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Kalyn Ponga 2.<\/strong> Enari Tuala 3.<\/strong> Dane Gagai 4.<\/strong> Bradman Best 5.<\/strong> Greg Marzhew 6.<\/strong> Tyson Gamble 7.<\/strong> Jackson Hastings 8.<\/strong> Jacob Saifiti 9.<\/strong> Phoenix Crossland 10.<\/strong> Leo Thompson 11.<\/strong> Tyson Frizell 12.<\/strong> Dylan Lucas 13.<\/strong> Adam Elliott 14.<\/strong> Jack Cogger 15.<\/strong> Daniel Saifiti 16.<\/strong> Jack Hetherington 17.<\/strong> Kai Pearce-Paul 18.<\/strong> Jed Cartwright 19.<\/strong> Thomas Jenkins 20.<\/strong> Will Pryce 21.<\/strong> Brodie Jones 22.<\/strong> Thomas Cant<\/p>\n

RAIDERS\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Jordan Rapana 2.<\/strong> Nick Cotric 3.<\/strong> Matthew Timoko 4.<\/strong> Albert Hopoate 5.<\/strong> Xavier Savage 6.<\/strong> Ethan Strange 7.<\/strong> Jamal Fogarty 8.<\/strong> Josh Papali'i 9.<\/strong> Danny Levi 10.<\/strong> Joseph Tapine 11.<\/strong> Hudson Young 12.<\/strong> Zac Hosking 13.<\/strong> Morgan Smithies 14.<\/strong> Tom Starling 15.<\/strong> Emre Guler 16.<\/strong> Ata Mariota 17.<\/strong> Pasami Saulo 18.<\/strong> Kaeo Weekes 19.<\/strong> Simi Sasagi 20.<\/strong> Zac Woolford 21.<\/strong> James Schiller 22.<\/strong> Trey Mooney<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Todd Smith<\/p>\n

\"Joey's<\/p>\n

FRIDAY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\ufeffWarriors vs Cronulla Sharks at Go Media Stadium, 6pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

WARRIORS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Taine Tuaupiki 2.<\/strong> Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3.<\/strong> Rocco Berry 4.<\/strong> Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 5.<\/strong> Marcelo Montoya 6.<\/strong> Luke Metcalf 7.<\/strong> Shaun Johnson 8.<\/strong> Addin Fonua-Blake 9.<\/strong> Wayde Egan 10.<\/strong> Mitchell Barnett 11.<\/strong> Jackson Ford 12.<\/strong> Kurt Capewell 13.<\/strong> Tohu Harris 14.<\/strong> Freddy Lussick 15.<\/strong> Tom Ale 16.<\/strong> Bunty Afoa 17.<\/strong> Dylan Walker 18.<\/strong> Adam Pompey 20.<\/strong> Jazz Tevaga 21.<\/strong> Te Maire Martin 22.<\/strong> Ali Leiataua 23.<\/strong> Jacob Laban<\/p>\n

SHARKS\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> William Kennedy 2.<\/strong> Sione Katoa 3.<\/strong> Jesse Ramien 4.<\/strong> Siosifa Talakai 5.<\/strong> Ronaldo Mulitalo 6.<\/strong> Braydon Trindall 7.<\/strong> Nicho Hynes 8.<\/strong> Oregon Kaufusi 9.<\/strong> Blayke Brailey 10.<\/strong> Royce Hunt 11.<\/strong> Briton Nikora 12.<\/strong> Teig Wilton 13.<\/strong> Cameron McInnes 14.<\/strong> Dale Finucane 15.<\/strong> Jack Williams 16.<\/strong> Toby Rudolf 17.<\/strong> Thomas Hazelton 18.<\/strong> Kayal Iro 19.<\/strong> Tuku Hau Tapuha 20.<\/strong> Daniel Atkinson 21.<\/strong> Mawene Hiroti 22.<\/strong> Jayden Berrell<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Peter Gough<\/p>\n

\"Abdo<\/p>\n

Melbourne Storm vs Penrith Panthers at AAMI Park, 8.05pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

STORM<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Ryan Papenhuyzen 2.<\/strong> William Warbrick 3.<\/strong> Reimis Smith 4.<\/strong> Nick Meaney 5.<\/strong> Xavier Coates 6.<\/strong> Cameron Munster 7.<\/strong> Jahrome Hughes 8.<\/strong> Tui Kamikamica 9.<\/strong> Harry Grant 10.<\/strong> Josh King 11.<\/strong> Joe Chan 12.<\/strong> Eliesa Katoa 13.<\/strong> Trent Loiero 14.<\/strong> Tyran Wishart 15.<\/strong> Christian Welch 16.<\/strong> Chris Lewis 17.<\/strong> Alec MacDonald 18.<\/strong> Shawn Blore 19.<\/strong> Kane Bradley 20.<\/strong> Jonah Pezet 21.<\/strong> Marion Seve 22.<\/strong> Sualauvi Faalogo<\/p>\n

PANTHERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Dylan Edwards 2.<\/strong> Sunia Turuva 3.<\/strong> Izack Tago 4.<\/strong> Taylan May 5.<\/strong> Brian To'o 6.<\/strong> Jarome Luai 7.<\/strong> Nathan Cleary 8.<\/strong> Moses Leota 9.<\/strong> Luke Sommerton 10.<\/strong> James Fisher-Harris 11.<\/strong> Luke Garner 12.<\/strong> Liam Martin 13.<\/strong> Isaah Yeo 14.<\/strong> Tyrone Peachey 15.<\/strong> Lindsay Smith 16.<\/strong> Liam Henry 17.<\/strong> Matt Eisenhuth 18.<\/strong> Daine Laurie 19.<\/strong> Soni Luke 20.<\/strong> Brad Schneider 21.<\/strong> Preston Riki 22.<\/strong> Mavrik Geyer<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Gerard Sutton\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"We<\/p>\n

SATURDAY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\ufeffParramatta Eels vs Canterbury Bulldogs at CommBank Stadium, 5.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

EELS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Clinton Gutherson 2.<\/strong> Bailey Simonsson 3.<\/strong> Viliami Penisini 4.<\/strong> Morgan Harper 5.<\/strong> Sean Russell 6.<\/strong> Dylan Brown 7.<\/strong> Mitchell Moses 8.<\/strong> Reagan Campbell-Gillard 9.<\/strong> Joey Lussick 10.<\/strong> Junior Paulo 11.<\/strong> Shaun Lane 12.<\/strong> Bryce Cartwright 13.<\/strong> J'maine Hopgood 14.<\/strong> Brendan Hands 15.<\/strong> Ryan Matterson 16.<\/strong> Joe Ofahengaue 17.<\/strong> Kelma Tuilagi 18.<\/strong> Ofahiki Ogden 19.<\/strong> Daejarn Asi 20.<\/strong> Luca Moretti 21.<\/strong> Makahesi Makatoa 22.<\/strong> Blaize Talagi<\/p>\n

BULLDOGS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Blake Taaffe 2.<\/strong> Blake Wilson 3.<\/strong> Jacob Kiraz 4.<\/strong> Stephen Crichton 5.<\/strong> Josh Addo-Carr 6.<\/strong> Matt Burton 7.<\/strong> Drew Hutchison 8.<\/strong> Max King 9.<\/strong> Reed Mahoney 10.<\/strong> Poasa Faamausili 11.<\/strong> Viliame Kikau 12.<\/strong> Jacob Preston 13.<\/strong> Jaeman Salmon 14.<\/strong> Kurt Mann 15.<\/strong> Samuel Hughes 16.<\/strong> Josh Curran 17.<\/strong> Kurtis Morrin 19.<\/strong> Bronson Xerri 20.<\/strong> Toby Sexton 21.<\/strong> Jake Turpin 22.<\/strong> Connor Tracey 23.<\/strong> Kitione Kautoga<\/p>\n

Referee: <\/strong>Grant Atkins<\/p>\n

\"Hunt<\/p>\n

Gold Coast Titans vs St George Illawarra Dragons at Cbus Super Stadium, 7.35am<\/strong><\/p>\n

TITANS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Keano Kini 2.<\/strong> Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3.<\/strong> Brian Kelly 4.<\/strong> AJ Brimson 5.<\/strong> Phillip Sami 6.<\/strong> Kieran Foran 7.<\/strong> Tanah Boyd 8.<\/strong> Moeaki Fotuaika 9.<\/strong> Chris Randall 10.<\/strong> Tino Fa'asuamaleaui 11.<\/strong> Klese Haas 12.<\/strong> Beau Fermor 13.<\/strong> Keenan Palasia 14.<\/strong> Sam Verrills 15.<\/strong> Isaac Liu 16.<\/strong> Erin Clark 17.<\/strong> Jaimin Jolliffe 18.<\/strong> Joe Stimson 19.<\/strong> Jojo Fifita 20.<\/strong> Jacob Alick 21.<\/strong> Harley Smith-Shields 22.<\/strong> Josiah Pahulu<\/p>\n

DRAGONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Tyrell Sloan 2.<\/strong> Zac Lomax 3.<\/strong> Moses Suli 4.<\/strong> Jack Bird 5.<\/strong> Mikaele Ravalawa 6.<\/strong> Kyle Flanagan 7.<\/strong> Ben Hunt 8.<\/strong> Francis Molo 9.<\/strong> Jacob Liddle 10.<\/strong> Blake Lawrie 11.<\/strong> Tom Eisenhuth 12.<\/strong> Jaydn Su'A 13.<\/strong> Jack de Belin 14.<\/strong> Connor Muhleisen 15.<\/strong> Michael Molo 16.<\/strong> Viliami Fifita 17.<\/strong> Raymond Faitala-Mariner 18.<\/strong> Ben Murdoch-Masila 19.<\/strong> Christian Tuipulotu 20.<\/strong> Jesse Marschke 21.<\/strong> Ryan Couchman 22.<\/strong> Mathew Feagai<\/p>\n

Referee: \ufeff<\/strong>Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski<\/p>\n

\"Gus<\/p>\n

SUNDAY\ufeff<\/h3>\n

Dolphins vs North Queensland Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium, 4.05pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

DOLPHINS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 2.<\/strong> Jamayne Isaako 3.<\/strong> Tesi Niu 4.<\/strong> Herbie Farnworth 5.<\/strong> Jack Bostock 6.<\/strong> Kodi Nikorima 7.<\/strong> Sean O'Sullivan 8.<\/strong> Jesse Bromwich 9.<\/strong> Jeremy Marshall-King 10.<\/strong> Thomas Flegler 11.<\/strong> Felise Kaufusi 12.<\/strong> Connelly Lemuelu 13.<\/strong> Ray Stone 14.<\/strong> Josh Kerr 15.<\/strong> Max Plath 16.<\/strong> Kenny Bromwich 17.<\/strong> Mark Nicholls 18.<\/strong> Jarrod Wallace 19.<\/strong> Jake Averillo 20.<\/strong> Oryn Keeley 21.<\/strong> Euan Aitken 22.<\/strong> Isaiya Katoa<\/p>\n

COWBOYS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Scott Drinkwater 2.<\/strong> Kyle Feldt 3.<\/strong> Valentine Holmes 4.<\/strong> Zac Laybutt 5.<\/strong> Murray Taulagi 6.<\/strong> Tom Dearden 7.<\/strong> Chad Townsend 8.<\/strong> Jordan McLean 9.<\/strong> Reece Robson 10.<\/strong> Jason Taumalolo 11.<\/strong> Heilum Luki 12.<\/strong> Jeremiah Nanai 13.<\/strong> Reuben Cotter 14.<\/strong> Jake Granville 15.<\/strong> Griffin Neame 16.<\/strong> Sam McIntyre 17.<\/strong> Kulikefu Finefeuiaki 18.<\/strong> Tomas Chester 19.<\/strong> Thomas Mikaele 20.<\/strong> Semi Valemei 21.<\/strong> Jack Gosiewski 22.<\/strong> Jake Clifford<\/p>\n

Referee: <\/strong>Chris Butler\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bye<\/strong>: Tigers\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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