5:30pm Saturday at Southern Cross Stadium 1 Ben Barba 2 Sosaia Feki 3 Jack Bird 4 Gerard Beale 5 Valentine Holmes 6 James Maloney 7 Chad Townsend 8 Andrew Fifita 9 Michael Ennis 10 Sam Tagataese 11 Luke Lewis 12 Wade Graham 13 Paul Gallen. Interchange: 14 Ricky Leutele 15 Chris Heighington 16 Matt Prior 17 Jason Bukuya 18 Joseph Paulo * Sosaia Feki (groin) has been named to return, with Ricky Leutele dropping to the bench and Joseph Paulo shifting to 18th man. James Maloney, Andrew Fifita and Paul Gallen have been named to back up. 1. Tuimoala Lolohea 2. David Fusitua 3. Blake Ayshford 4. Solomone Kata 5. Ken Maumalo 6. Thomas Leuluai 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Jacob Lillyman 9. Issac Luke 10. Albert Vete 11. Bodene Thompson 12. Ryan Hoffman 13. Simon Mannering. Interchange: 14. Nathaniel Roache 15. Sam Lisone 16. Ben Matulino 17. Charlie Gubb 18. Ata Hingano 20. Toafofoa Sipley * Jacob Lillyman (Origin) has been named to back up, with Ben Matulino moving to the bench and Toafofoa Sipley dropping to the extended bench. Ata Hingano also joins as 18th man.
Watched this last night. Terrific contest between two form sides. Shame SJ is walking wounded. Not many teams push Kata back. I noticed the Sharks made a point of doing so.