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NRL Late Mail: Round 15 - Knights lose Pearce-Paul; Toelau in for Panthers

Author: NRL.com
Timestamp: Sun 16 Jun 2024, 03:14 PM

Knights back-rower Kai Pearce-Paul has been ruled out of Sunday's clash with Penrith due to a toe injury.

The Panthers have Dylan Edwards and fellow Blues hopeful Liam Martin back in action for the clash in Newcastle.

See all the late mail, official team news and updates ahead of Round 15 of the 2024 NRL Telstra Premiership competition.

NRL Late Mail: Round 15

Knights v Panthers, Sunday at McDonald Jones Stadium

Knights: A late change sees a game day switch at hooker with Phoenix Crossland named to start and Jayden Brailey reverting to the bench. Back-rower Kai Pearce-Paul is officially out with toe injury and his place in the starting side is taken by Dylan Lucas and Jack Hetherington joins the bench. Blues hopeful Bradman Best returns from injury in the centres, while Fletcher Sharpe has unseated David Armstrong as Adam O’Brien’s fullback following his strong performance on debut in Round 14. After falling short in his bid to overcome a knee injury last week, Daniel Saifiti is good to go from the bench. Mat Croker is 18th man.

Panthers: No further change on game day sees Matt Eisenhuth drop off the bench and Trent Toelau join the side after the NRL granted the club an exemption to have the rookie join the squad based on their injury toll. Liam Martin joined the run-on side on Saturday in a huge boost for both Penrith and the Blues. There were several other changes on Saturday for the premiers after both Jack Cole and Mitch Kenny withdrew following quad injuries picked up at training. Brad Schneider now starts at five-eighth with Luke Sommerton coming in at hooker for his first game since Round 1. Back-rower Luke Garner is also out injured. Mavrik Geyer is 18th man.

Round 15 - Round 15 - Sunday 16 Jun

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Knights

Panthers

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Knights is number 1 Fletcher Sharpe

Fullback for Panthers is number 1 Dylan Edwards
Winger for Knights is number 2 Enari Tuala

Winger for Panthers is number 2 Sunia Turuva
Centre for Knights is number 3 Dane Gagai

Centre for Panthers is number 3 Izack Tago
Centre for Knights is number 4 Bradman Best

Centre for Panthers is number 4 Paul Alamoti
Winger for Knights is number 5 Greg Marzhew

Winger for Panthers is number 5 Brian To'o
Five-Eighth for Knights is number 6 Jack Cogger

Five-Eighth for Panthers is number 21 Brad Schneider
Halfback for Knights is number 7 Jackson Hastings

Halfback for Panthers is number 7 Jarome Luai

Forwards

Prop for Knights is number 8 Jacob Saifiti

Prop for Panthers is number 8 Moses Leota
Hooker for Knights is number 14 Phoenix Crossland

Hooker for Panthers is number 18 Luke Sommerton
Prop for Knights is number 10 Leo Thompson

Prop for Panthers is number 10 James Fisher-Harris
2nd Row for Knights is number 11 Tyson Frizell

2nd Row for Panthers is number 11 Scott Sorensen
2nd Row for Knights is number 16 Dylan Lucas

2nd Row for Panthers is number 20 Liam Martin
Lock for Knights is number 13 Adam Elliott

Lock for Panthers is number 13 Isaah Yeo

Interchange

Interchange for Knights is number 9 Jayden Brailey

Interchange for Panthers is number 14 Daine Laurie
Interchange for Knights is number 15 Daniel Saifiti

Interchange for Panthers is number 15 Lindsay Smith
Interchange for Knights is number 17 Brodie Jones

Interchange for Panthers is number 16 Liam Henry
Interchange for Knights is number 18 Jack Hetherington

Interchange for Panthers is number 23 Trent Toelau