CommBank Stadium will be rocking on Easter Monday when the Parramatta Eels play host to the Wests Tigers, who are fresh off delivering Benji Marshall his first win as a head coach.
Bryce Cartwright is out, with Kelma Tuilagi starting in the second row and Brendan Hands joining the bench. J’maine Hopgood shifts to the pine with Ryan Matterson starting at lock.
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The Tigers are 1-17.
The Tigers dismantled the Sharks 32-6 in front of a sold out Leichhardt Oval crowd, with Api Koroisau and Jahream Bula starring.
The Tigers’ big names will need to fire again if they have any hope of beating Parramatta, who despite losing Mitch Moses for the next 2-3 months with a fractured foot, boasts one of the most talented teams on paper in the NRL.
One-gamer Blaize Talagi is the new face in the halves, with the 19-year-old set to partner Dylan Brown in the halves.
Winger Maika Sivo is back in the side, with Bailey Simonsson dropping out.
Parramatta won an entertaining match 28-22 in last year’s showdown on Easter Monday.
TEAMS
Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers, CommBank Stadium, 4:00pm AEDT
Eels team:1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Maika Sivo 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Morgan Harper 5. Sean Russell 6. Blaize Talagi 7. Dylan Brown 8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard 9. Joey Lussick 10. Junior Paulo 11. Shaun Lane 17. Kelma Tuilagi 15. Ryan Matterson 13. J’maine Hopgood 14. Luca Moretti 16. Joe Ofahengaue 20. Brendan Hands. 18th man: 22. Bailey Simonsson
Tigers team: 1. Jahream Bula 2. Charlie Staines 3. Solomona Faataape 4. Justin Olam 5. Junior Tupou 6. Lachlan Galvin 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Stefano Utoikamanu 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. David Klemmer 11. Isaiah Papali’i 12. John Bateman 13. Fonua Pole 14. Jayden Sullivan 15. Alex Seyfarth 16. Asu Kepao 17. Samuel Faina. 18th man: 18. Justin Matamua
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