St George Illawarra Dragons NRL head coach Shane Flanagan has updated his squad to face the Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Sports Stadium in Round 6.
Luciano Leilua has been forced to withdraw with a calf strain, meaning Raymond Faitala-Mariner starts in the second row and Ben Murdoch-Masila joins the interchange.
Toby Couchman and Mat Feagai were the other two players omitted 24 hours prior to kick-off
There were no further changes from the team originally announced on Tuesday, which featured Hame Sele returning to start in the front row with Jack de Belin and Blake Lawrie reverting to the interchange.
Jacob Liddle starts at hooker for the 100th appearance of his NRL career.
DRAGONS ROUND 6 NRL TEAM LIST
1. Tyrell Sloan – sponsored by EFEX
2. Zac Lomax – sponsored by Floormania
3. Moses Suli – sponsored by Kingsgrove Sports Centre
4. Jack Bird – sponsored by Aspec Masonry
5. Mikaele Ravalawa – sponsored by Wollongong City Jetski
6. Kyle Flanagan – sponsored by React Facility Solutions
7. Ben Hunt (c) – sponsored by St. George Leagues Club
8. Francis Molo – sponsored by UTECH
9. Jacob Liddle – sponsored by Active Forklifts
10. Hame Sele – sponsored by Deicorp
17. Raymond Faitala-Mariner – sponsored by HWLE
12. Jaydn Su’A – sponsored by Shire Steel
13. Tom Eisenhuth – sponsored by CHiQ
Interchange
14. Jesse Marschke – sponsored by TripADeal
15. Blake Lawrie – sponsored by Konnect
16. Jack de Belin – sponsored by Professionals Padstow
18. Ben Murdoch-Masila – sponsored by Squadron Energy
Reserves
19. Christian Tuipulotu
20. Michael Molo
CASUALTY WARD
- Corey Allan (ACL, season)
- Luciano Leilua (calf, TBC)
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