LATE MAIL: Dragons finalise Round 24 NRL team list
St George Illawarra Dragons NRL head coach Shane Flanagan has finalised his squad to face the Titans at WIN Stadium in Round 24.
Blake Lawrie starts with Jack de Belin reverting to the interchange in the final team list. Lyhkan King-Togia has been confirmed to debut from the bench with Jack Bird starting in the halves.
Moses Suli (knee) and Hame Sele (illness) are unavailable for the Dragons.
Mathew Feagai partners twin brother Max in the centres with Toby Couchman returning from suspension onto the interchange.
Jack Bird comes onto the interchange as well in place of Raymond Faitala-Mariner with Francis Molo and Jack de Belin named to start in the front row.
Kyle Flanagan has been named at five-eighth pending the outcome of a Tuesday night judiciary hearing.
The likes of Bird, Lyhkan King-Togia, and Connor Muhleisen offer a range of playmaking options should Flanagan be unavailable.
Jaydn Su’A will be celebrating his 50th game in the Red V having joined the club ahead of the 2022 season and earnt representative recalls for Queensland and Samoa.
The club will be raising money for the i98FM Illawarra Convoy with a total of $6.00 being donated for every person who attends thanks to St George Bank, TripADeal, Squadron Energy, Venues NSW, the NRL and the Dragons.
DRAGONS ROUND 24 TEAM LIST
1. Tyrell Sloan – sponsored by EFEX
2. Zac Lomax – sponsored by Floormania
3. Mathew Feagai – sponsored by Kingsgrove Sports Centre
4. Max Feagai – sponsored by Aspec Masonry
5. Christian Tuipulotu – sponsored by Wollongong City Jetski
17. Jack Bird – sponsored by Professionals Padstow
7. Ben Hunt (c) – sponsored by St. George Leagues Club
8. Francis Molo – sponsored by TripADeal
9. Jacob Liddle – sponsored by Active Forklifts
16. Blake Lawrie – sponsored by Konnect
11. Luciano Leilua – sponsored by HWLE
12. Jaydn Su’A – sponsored by Shire Steel
13. Tom Eisenhuth – sponsored by CHiQ
Interchange
10. Jack de Belin – sponsored by Squadron Energy
14. Toby Couchman – sponsored by UTECH
15. Ryan Couchman – sponsored by Deicorp
19. Lyhkan King-Togia – sponsored by React Facility Solutions
Replacement Player
18. Raymond Faitala-Mariner
CASUALTY WARD
- Fa’amanu Brown (hamstring, Rd 25)
- Hame Sele (illness, TBC)
- Moses Suli (knee, Week 1 Finals)
- Sione Finau (hamstring, Week 2 Finals)
- Ben Murdoch-Masila (foot, season)
- Corey Allan (ACL, season)
