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NRL Late Mail: Round 1

The Parramatta Eels have finalised their squad to face the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in Saturday's season-opening blockbuster at CommBank Stadium.

Joe Ofahengaue has joined the run-on side with Junior Paulo to start from the bench.

Dylan Brown will play his 100th NRL game, while Morgan Harper and Kelma Tuilagi make their Eels debuts. Harper and Tuilagi will become Eels #842 and #843, respectively.

Kick-off is at 5:30pm.

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Team Lists

Backs

  • Fullback for Eels is number 1 Clinton Gutherson
    Fullback for Bulldogs is number 1 Blake Taaffe
  • Winger for Eels is number 2 Bailey Simonsson
    Winger for Bulldogs is number 2 Blake Wilson
  • Centre for Eels is number 3 Will Penisini
    Centre for Bulldogs is number 3 Jacob Kiraz
  • Centre for Eels is number 4 Morgan Harper
    Centre for Bulldogs is number 4 Stephen Crichton
  • Winger for Eels is number 5 Sean Russell
    Winger for Bulldogs is number 5 Josh Addo-Carr
  • Five-Eighth for Eels is number 6 Dylan Brown
    Five-Eighth for Bulldogs is number 6 Matt Burton
  • Halfback for Eels is number 7 Mitchell Moses
    Halfback for Bulldogs is number 7 Drew Hutchison

Forwards

  • Prop for Eels is number 8 Reagan Campbell-Gillard
    Prop for Bulldogs is number 8 Max King
  • Hooker for Eels is number 9 Joey Lussick
    Hooker for Bulldogs is number 9 Reed Mahoney
  • Prop for Eels is number 16 Joe Ofahengaue
    Prop for Bulldogs is number 10 Poasa Faamausili
  • 2nd Row for Eels is number 11 Shaun Lane
    2nd Row for Bulldogs is number 11 Viliame Kikau
  • 2nd Row for Eels is number 12 Bryce Cartwright
    2nd Row for Bulldogs is number 12 Jacob Preston
  • Lock for Eels is number 13 J'maine Hopgood
    Lock for Bulldogs is number 13 Jaeman Salmon

Interchange

  • Interchange for Eels is number 10 Junior Paulo
    Interchange for Bulldogs is number 14 Kurt Mann
  • Interchange for Eels is number 14 Brendan Hands
    Interchange for Bulldogs is number 15 Samuel Hughes
  • Interchange for Eels is number 15 Ryan Matterson
    Interchange for Bulldogs is number 16 Josh Curran
  • Interchange for Eels is number 17 Kelma Tuilagi
    Interchange for Bulldogs is number 17 Kurtis Morrin

Reserves

  • Replacement for Eels is number 22 Blaize Talagi
    Replacement for Bulldogs is number 22 Connor Tracey

Match Officials

  • Referee: Grant Atkins
  • Touch Judge: Chris Sutton
  • Senior Review Official: Liam Kennedy

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