Newcastle Knights' NYC Coach Troy Pezet has named an 18-man squad to play the North Queensland Cowboys at 1300Smiles Stadium on Saturday.
NYC:
1. Bryce Donovan, 2. Brody Lam, 3. Ken Tofilau, 4. Braden Robson, 5. Fuaimamao Uta, 6. Brock Lamb, 7. Jack Cogger, 8. Josh King, 9. Danny Levi, 10. Daniel Saifiti, 11. Bradie Smith, 12. Jacob Saifiti, 13. Luke Yates. Interchange: 14. Jack Kelly, 15. Ben Steven, 16. Faitotoa Faitotoa, 17. Noah Easton, 18. Ben Stone.
Saturday March 14 - Round 2
Newcastle Knights v North Queensland Cowboys
NYC: 5.45pm (local)
NRL: 8pm (local)
Venue: 1300 Smiles Stadium
Meanwhile, NSW Cup Coach Matt Lantry has named a 21-man squad for the clash against the Newtown Jets at Kurri Kurri Sports Ground at 3pm on Saturday.
It will be the first game of the season for Carlos Tuimavave, after returning from an injury he suffered at the Auckland Nines.
NSW Cup:
1. Nathan Ross, 2. Jake Mamo, 3. Chanel Mata’utia, 4. Josh Allison, 5. Honeti Tuha, 6. Carlos Tuimavave, 7. Danny Kerr, 8. Sam Mataora, 9. Chad Redman, 10. Paterika Vaivai, 11. Clint Newton (c), 12. Brett Jarrett. 13. Joseph Tapine. Interchange: 14. Jake Finn, 15. James Taylor, 16. James Elias, 17. Michael Steele, 18. Dylan Hartin, 21. James De Saxe, 24. Theeran Pearson, 27. Sam Keenan.
Saturday March 14 - Round 2
Newcastle Knights v Newton Jets
Venue: Kurri Kurri Sports Ground
Kick-off: 3pm