The Brisbane Broncos and South Sydney Rabbitohs have both confirmed their final 17 ahead of their Round 8 NRL Telstra Premiership clash at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.
For the home side, Alex Glenn is replaced by Sam Thaiday in the starting side, with Herman Ese'ese joining the bench for his Broncos debut.
Souths coach Michael Maguire has made a host of changes, with Dane Nielsen to make his Rabbitohs debut in the starting side. Damien Cook starts at hooker, while Paul Carter moves from the bench to the second row. Kirisome Auva'a and Cameron McInnes drop back to the interchange, while George Burgess and Kyle Turner drop out of the 17.
Brisbane Broncos
1 Darius Boyd
2 Corey Oates
3 Jack Reed
4 James Roberts
5 Jordan Kahu
6 Anthony Milford
7 Ben Hunt
8 Josh McGuire
9 Andrew McCullough
10 Adam Blair
15 Sam Thaiday
12 Matt Gillett
13 Corey Parker (c)
Interchange:
14 Jarrod Wallace
16 Joe Ofahengaue
17 Kodi Nikorima
18 Herman Ese'ese
South Sydney Rabbitohs
1 Greg Inglis (c)
2 Bryson Goodwin
19 Dane Nielsen
4 Hymel Hunt
5 Aaron Gray
6 Luke Keary
7 Adam Reynolds
8 Thomas Burgess
18 Damien Cook
10 David Tyrrell
11 Chris Grevsmuhl
14 Paul Carter
13 Sam Burgess
Interchange:
3 Kirisome Auva'a
9 Cameron McInnes
15 Jason Clark
16 Nathan Brown
