Round 1 side , your best guess

[CRPSI eagle]

1. T Trbojevic
2. R Garrick
3. T Koula
4. T Talau
5. L Hopoate
6. L Brooks
7. D Cherry-Evans (c)
8. T Paseka
9. J Simpkin
10. J Aloiai
11. H Olakau’atu
12. B Trbojevic
13. J Trbojevic

14. J Tevaga
15. E Bullemore
16. N Brown
17. S Taukeiaho

18. C Waddell
19. C Faulalo

Good side! I would start Bully and bench Ben T.

 

[manly al]

Probably more inclined to include Saab for a wing spot if he is again running quite freely , despite Faulalo showing some good touches in the trials and with Lehi apparently slotted in for one wing spot
Also could be a better option to go with Alioia on the bench as a prop option with Bully .
If in some reasonable shape , may just have the motivation to rip in a bit and provide some helpful impetus in the middle . If this does not seem the case , no doubt then Sipps
Hard to say with either Simpkin or Tevaga likely to start as the run on 9 , then one likely on the bench . Guess that Seibold and the coaching staff will have their set reasons on this one .
Probably then Brown at this stage anyway for the remaining bench spot
Remaining spots as per expectation

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Well TLT isn’t far away now , just 5 days

The first one of the year is always the most exciting one ( for me).