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Roosters v Sea Eagles: Jennings to start; Big Ben chimes in at centre

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The battle of the beaches promises to be an absolute beauty at Allianz Stadium as the fourth-placed Roosters and fifth-placed Sea Eagles square off.

These great rivals are both enjoying splendid seasons in 2024 and will be looking to make a massive statement as the finals draw ever closer.

The Roosters are coming off a loss in Melbourne and need to bounce back in front of their home fans while Manly showcased all their attacking prowess to put the Titans to the sword on Sunday.

Superstar fullback Tom Trbojevic moved freely and looks to be back to his scintillating best while Reuben Garrick, Jason Saab and Luke Brooks all looked dangerous but Manly will need to find a new winger with Lehi Hopoate suffering a fractured eye socket.

When the two sides clashed back in Round 2 at 4 Pines Park it was the Sea Eagles getting home 21-14 on the back of 223 running metres from 'Turbo' and a barnstorming display up front from Taniela Paseka.

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Team News

Roosters: Coach Trent Robinson has made a late change to the side that went down to the Storm with Michael Jennings coming from the extended bench to start in the centres, with Sitili Tupouniua moving back the the bench and Sandon Smith coming out of the 17 to be the 18th player. Ethan King has been omitted.

Sea Eagles: The loss of Lehi Hopoate (eye socket) sees Tommy Talau push out to the wing and Ben Trbojevic move to the centres and Corey Waddell comes into the back row. Taniela Paseka is named to start at prop after returning from injury via the bench last week so Toafofoa Sipley goes to the interchange. No changes for Manly an hour before kick off, with Clayton Faulalo remaining as 18th player. 

Team Lists

Backs

  • Fullback for Roosters is number 1 James Tedesco
    Fullback for Sea Eagles is number 1 Tom Trbojevic
  • Winger for Roosters is number 2 Daniel Tupou
    Winger for Sea Eagles is number 2 Jason Saab
  • Centre for Roosters is number 3 Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i
    Centre for Sea Eagles is number 3 Ben Trbojevic
  • Centre for Roosters is number 18 Michael Jennings
    Centre for Sea Eagles is number 4 Reuben Garrick
  • Winger for Roosters is number 5 Dominic Young
    Winger for Sea Eagles is number 5 Tommy Talau
  • Five-Eighth for Roosters is number 6 Luke Keary
    Five-Eighth for Sea Eagles is number 6 Luke Brooks
  • Halfback for Roosters is number 7 Sam Walker
    Halfback for Sea Eagles is number 7 Daly Cherry-Evans 

Forwards

  • Prop for Roosters is number 8 Spencer Leniu
    Prop for Sea Eagles is number 8 Taniela Paseka
  • Hooker for Roosters is number 9 Brandon Smith
    Hooker for Sea Eagles is number 9 Jake Simpkin
  • Prop for Roosters is number 10 Lindsay Collins
    Prop for Sea Eagles is number 10 Josh Aloiai
  • 2nd Row for Roosters is number 11 Angus Crichton
    2nd Row for Sea Eagles is number 11 Corey Waddell
  • 2nd Row for Roosters is number 12 Victor Radley
    2nd Row for Sea Eagles is number 12 Karl Lawton
  • Lock for Roosters is number 13 Connor Watson
    Lock for Sea Eagles is number 13 Jake Trbojevic

Interchange

  • Interchange for Roosters is number 4 Sitili Tupouniua
    Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 14 Gordon  Chan Kum Tong
  • Interchange for Roosters is number 15 Naufahu Whyte
    Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 15 Ethan Bullemor
  • Interchange for Roosters is number 16 Nat Butcher
    Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 16 Toafofoa Sipley
  • Interchange for Roosters is number 17 Terrell May
    Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 17 Nathan Brown

Reserves

  • Replacement for Roosters is number 14 Sandon Smith
    Replacement for Sea Eagles is number 19 Clayton Faulalo

Match Officials

  • Referee: Ashley Klein
  • Touch Judge: Phil Henderson
  • Touch Judge: Dave Munro
  • Senior Review Official: Liam Kennedy

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Stat Attack

  • The Roosters have won four of their past five games at Allianz Stadium.
  • The Sea Eagles have not defeated the Roosters in the Moore Park area since 2017.
  • Roosters winger Daniel Tupou has scored 13 tries in his last 14 games against the Sea Eagles.
  • Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic requires two tries for a century of NRL tries.
  • Roosters winger Dominic Young has scored seven tries in his last five games at Allianz Stadium.

Stats supplied by David Middleton, League Information Services, 

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