SATURDAY 5pm – NORTHS DEVILS v SOUTHS LOGAN MAGPIES @ Suncorp Stadium
Norths surprised the Magpies, and some of the competition early in the season when they defeated the Magpies, on their way to being early front-runners of the 2018 Intrust Cup season. Souths Logan too have been flying high during 2018, but both the Magpies and Devils recent form has slipped away and so has their ladder position. Norths have won just once in their last six games, and Souths Logan have lost their last three. With a number of teams below them finding form, a turnaround in results is needed soon to stay in the hunt for finals football.
Previous 2018 Result – Souths Logan 24 Norths 26
Teams
1. Jack Ahearn 2. Michael Lucas 3. Luke Pollock 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Paul Ulberg 6. Zach Strasser 7. Troy Dargan 8. Riley Leota 9. Michael Sio 10. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 11. Oshae Tuiasau 12. Brandon Lee 13. John Palavi (c) 15. Carne Doyle-Manga 16. Sam Tagataese 17. Guy Williams 19. Jack Miers
1. Corey Allan 2. Benaiah Bowie 3. Marion Seve 4. Dan Russell 5. Paul Rokolati 6. Guy Hamilton 7. Sam Scarlett 8. George Fai 9. Travis Waddell 10. Rhys Melville 11. Brendon Gibb 12. David Fifita 13. Phil Dennis (c) 14. Jordan Scott 15. Kobe Tararo 16. Daniel Tamou 17. Sam Elliott
SATURDAY 6pm – NORTHERN PRIDE v TOWNSVILLE BLACKHAWKS @ Atherton
The Pride take their big FNQ derby against the Blackhawks to the town of Atherton, which among other things is known as the town which saved the NRL career of Todd Carney once. The former NRL bad boy could possibly have made the return with the Pride for this match if he hadn’t walked out on the club to return to Sydney.
The Pride haven’t really missed him, as their recent winning form of wins in a row sees them sitting very nicely in fourth, and their halvesย Jordan Biondi-Odo and Jake Clifford have certainly done the job. Townsville are in top form too, winning their last three, and took the competition lead last round. A quality match up awaits. The earlier rivalry round clash saw the Pride’s first ever win over Townsville.
Previous 2018 Result – Townsville 6 Pride 26
Teams
1. Jack Murphy 2. Justin Castellaro 3. Brett Anderson 4. Bradley Stephen 5. Gideon Gela-Mosby 6. Jordan Biondi-Odo 7. Jake Clifford 8. William Bugden 9. Ryan Ghietti (c) 10. David Murphy 11. Graham Clark 12. Tom Hancock 13. Emry Pere 14. Connor Jones 15. Sheldon Powe-Hobbs 16. Darryn Schonig 17. Troy Kapea 18. Wales 19. Shawn Bowen 20. Aidan Day
1. Zachary Santo 2. Jonathon Reuben 3. Levi Dodd 4. Ty Carucci 5. Kalifa Faifai-Loa 6. Shaun Hudson 7. Jaelen Feeney 8. Cade Maloney 9. Krys Freeman 10. Rod Griffin 11. Temone Power 12. Andrew Niemoeller (c) 13. Joe Boyce 14. Davin Crampton 15. Jordan Drew 16. Ross Bella 17. Bacho Salam 19. Brent Woolf 22. Sione Lousi
SATURDAY 6pm – CENTRAL CAPRAS v MACKAY CUTTERS
This is a battle of the bottom of the ladder with second last playing last in Rockhampton. Both sides have just three wins for the 2018 season so far, but neither side has been terrible, and both have caused the occasional upset or pushed the big teams all the way. With a little more luck, both of these sides could well be challenging for the top six, but as they are both four points adrift of their nearest team, this game will be all about getting off the bottom of the ladder.
Previous 2018 Result – Mackay 18 Central 16
Teams
CQ Capras
1. Zeik Foster 2. Junior Kirisome 3. Connor Broadhurst 4. Nathan Bassani 5. Chanel Seigafo 6. Blake Goodman 7. Jack Madden (c) 8. Oliver Percy 9. Aaron Teroi 10. Jerry Key 11. Bill Cullen 12. Dave Taylor 13. Jamie Hill 14. Billy Gilbert 15. Dave Cowhan 16. Peter Rogers 17. Brad Lupi 18. Maipele Morseau
1. Jack Joass 2. Yamba Bowie 3. Kyle Laybutt 4. Kurt Wiltshire 5. Nathan Saumalu 6. Nicho Hynes 7. Cooper Bambling 8. Jordan Grant 9. Jayden Hodges 10. Nicholas Brown 11. Mitchell Dunn 12. Shane Wright 13. Thomas Murphy (c) 14. Kellen Jenner 15. Bennett Leslie 16. Brenden Treston 17. Johnny Faletagoa’i 18. Lona Kaifoto 19. Dane Francis
