Updated: NRL Line Up for Round 3 vs Rabbitohs

Author: Sydney Roosters
Timestamp: Tue 14 Mar 2023, 03:59 PM

UPDATE: Trent Robinson has updated his squad to face the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Allianz Stadium on Friday night.

The side remains as named 1-17 on Tuesday, with Naufahu Whyte and Corey Allan listed as the 18th and 19th players respectively.

The final team will be confirmed one hour prior to kick-off tomorrow at 7:00pm.

Originally published Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Sydney Roosters are delighted to welcome Members and fans back to our home, Allianz Stadium, for our first Friday Night fixture of the 2023 season.

One of the game’s oldest and fiercest rivalries comes to a head for the 252nd time this Friday at 8pm, when the Sydney Roosters take on the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL’s annual Multicultural Round.

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Trent Robinson’s team this week proudly features players from Australian, Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Irish, Norwegian, Cambodian, Cook Islander, Fijian, Italian and English cultural backgrounds.

The Head Coach has listed two changes to squad that overcame the Warriors in Round 2. New Zealand representative, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, will feature for the first time in 2023, starting at Prop, while Victor Radley returns to the side, named to play his 99th NRL game in the no.13 jersey.

Newly re-signed Captain James Tedesco will lead the team from fullback, with Daniel Tupou and Jaxson Paulo starting on the wings. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii and Joseph Manu complete the backline in the centres.

Sam Walker and Luke Keary resume their combination in the halves, while Brandon Smith is locked in as hooker. Lindsay Collins, fresh off two City Index fan-voted Player of the Match performances, has been named to start in jersey no.10. With the Butcher brothers lining up to start side-by-side in the second-row for the third consecutive week.

Jake Turpin, Drew Hutchison, Terrell May and Fletcher Baker make up the interchange bench, while Naufahu Whyte will be the Tricolours’ 18th man.

The full NRL squad named to face the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Allianz Stadium on Friday evening is as follows:

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Roosters

Rabbitohs

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Roosters is number 1 James Tedesco

Fullback for Rabbitohs is number 1 Latrell Mitchell
Winger for Roosters is number 2 Daniel Tupou

Winger for Rabbitohs is number 2 Alex Johnston
Centre for Roosters is number 3 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii

Centre for Rabbitohs is number 3 Isaiah Tass
Centre for Roosters is number 4 Joseph Manu

Centre for Rabbitohs is number 4 Campbell Graham
Winger for Roosters is number 5 Jaxson Paulo

Winger for Rabbitohs is number 5 Izaac Tu’itupou Thompson
Five-Eighth for Roosters is number 6 Luke Keary

Five-Eighth for Rabbitohs is number 6 Cody Walker
Halfback for Roosters is number 7 Sam Walker

Halfback for Rabbitohs is number 7 Lachlan Ilias

Forwards

Prop for Roosters is number 10 Lindsay Collins

Prop for Rabbitohs is number 8 Tevita Tatola
Hooker for Roosters is number 14 Jake Turpin

Hooker for Rabbitohs is number 9 Damien Cook
Prop for Roosters is number 17 Fletcher Baker

Prop for Rabbitohs is number 15 Hame Sele
2nd Row for Roosters is number 11 Egan Butcher

2nd Row for Rabbitohs is number 11 Keaon Koloamatangi
2nd Row for Roosters is number 12 Nat Butcher

2nd Row for Rabbitohs is number 12 Michael Chee Kam
Lock for Roosters is number 13 Victor Radley

Lock for Rabbitohs is number 13 Cameron Murray

Interchange

Interchange for Roosters is number 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves

Interchange for Rabbitohs is number 10 Thomas Burgess
Interchange for Roosters is number 9 Brandon Smith

Interchange for Rabbitohs is number 16 Davvy Moale
Interchange for Roosters is number 15 Drew Hutchison

Interchange for Rabbitohs is number 17 Shaquai Mitchell
Interchange for Roosters is number 16 Terrell May

Interchange for Rabbitohs is number 18 Jed Cartwright