NRL 2025 LIVE: Trbojevic with point to prove as Sea Eagles face Eels
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Your say – Parramatta or Manly?
7.27pm
Tonight's line-ups
Eels
1. Isaiah Iongi 2. Sean Russell 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Jordan Samrani 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Dylan Brown 7. Dean Hawkins 8. Jack Williams 9. Ryley Smith 10. Junior Paulo 15. Luca Moretti 12. Kitione Kautoga 13. J'maine Hopgood.
Bench: 11. Kelma Tuilagi 14. Dylan Walker 16. Ryan Matterson 18. Joash Papali'i
Dean Hawkins starts at halfback for Parramatta with Mitch Moses on Origin duty, while Jordan Samrani replaces Zac Lomax in the backline. Exciting youngster Joash Papali'i is a late inclusion on the bench.
Sea Eagles
1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Jason Saab 3. Tolutau Koula 4. Reuben Garrick 5. Lehi Hopoate 6. Luke Brooks 7. Jakob Arthur 8. Ethan Bullemor 9. Jake Simpkin 10. Siosiua Taukeiaho 11. Haumole Olakau'atu 15. Corey Waddell 13. Jazz Tevaga.
Bench: 14. Lachlan Croker 16. Nathan Brown 17. Matthew Lodge 22. Caleb Navale
Tom Trbojevic will captain the Sea Eagles for just the second time with brother Jake out with concussion and Daly Cherry-Evans on Maroons duty. Jake Arthur replaces Cherry-Evans at halfback while Jazz Tevaga starts at lock for Jake Trbojevic with Jake Simpkin at hooker. Corey Waddell starts for Ben Trbojevic (illness) in the back row, Lachlan Croker returns from injury via the bench and Caleb Navale joins the interchange.
7.27pm
Welcome
Hello and welcome to our coverage of Friday night football, with an all-Sydney battle between the Parramatta Eels and the Manly Sea Eagles.
We're just a few days out from State of Origin I, meaning big names like rival halfbacks Mitchell Moses and Daly Cherry-Evans are out of action tonight, but one superstar who will line up for Manly is fullback Tom Trbojevic.
Trbojevic has a bit of a point to prove after being overlooked by Blues coach Laurie Daley, and will be the attacking spearhead of a still strong-looking Sea Eagles backline.
Parramatta have also lost Zac Lomax to NSW duty, while Manly's Jake Trbojevic is out injured. Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown gets the chance to show he can step up in the absence of Moses, after struggling as the team's key playmaker in the early part of the season.
Stay tuned to follow all the action.
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