Country vs City
Win Stadium, Wollongong; Friday 2nd May, 7:30PM
Referee:
Team Notes:
Country
- NSW Country have been dealt a triple blow with star backs Brett Stewart, Jamie Lyon and Matt Cooper all ruled out of Friday night's clash with City.
- Fullback Stewart (calf), and the centre pairing of Lyon (personal reasons) and Cooper (back) were all scratched at Monday morning's medical.
- Cronulla's Brett Kearney moves from the bench to fullback while Joel Monaghan shifts from the wing to the centres.
The new centre is North Queensland's Ben Harris, while Sydney Roosters' Amos Roberts comes into the side on the wing and St George Illawarra utility Ben Hornby comes onto the bench.
City
- Prop Jason King, who was originally selected has pulled out due to injury. Bryce Gibbs goes into the starting lineup, Chad Robinson joins the side with 18th Man to be Keith Galloway from Wests Tigers.
Teams:
1. Brett Kearney
2. Amos Roberts
3. Joel Monaghan
4. Ben Harris
5. Anthony Quinn
6. Todd Carney
7. Brett Finch
8. Brett White
9. Danny Buderus (c)
10. Anthony Laffranchi
11. Nathan Hindmarsh
12. Andrew Ryan
13. Craig Fitzgibbon
Interchange:
14. Ben Cross
15. Chris Heighington
16. Ben Creagh
17. Glenn Stewart
1. Brett Hodgson
2. Jarryd Hayne
3. Ben Pomeroy
4. Brett Delaney
5. Luke Rooney
6. Braith Anasta
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Mark O'Meley
9. Corey Hughes
10. Bryce Gibbs
11. Luke Lewis
12. Mark Minichiello
13. John Sutton
Interchange:
14. Chad Robinson
15. Ray Cashmere
16. Feleti Mateo
17. Peter Wallace
18. Keith Galloway
Congrats to Delaney & Minnichello for making the City side