The Newcastle Knights go into their Round 1 match against the the Gold Coast Titans unchanged from the team announced on Tuesday.
David Bhana (#263), Jaelen Feeney (#264), Pat Mata'utia (#266), Daniel Saifiti (#268) and Jacob Saifiti (#269) will all be making their NRL debuts, while Trent Hodkinson (#265) and interchange forward Pauli Pauli (#267) will be making their first appearances in the red and blue.
Hodkinson and Jeremy Smith will also be joint-captaining the Knights for the first time.
Kick-off is at 6.30pm AEST.
KNIGHTS
1. Jaelen Feeney, 2. Chanel Mata'utia, 3. Dane Gagai, 4. Pat Mata'utia, 5. Akuila Uate, 6. Jarrod Mullen, 7. Trent Hodkinson (c), 8. Kade Snowden, 9. Tyler Randell, 10. Sam Mataora, 11. Jacob Saifiti, 12. Robbie Rochow, 13. Jeremy Smith (c). Interchange: 14. David Bhana, 15. Korbin Sims, 17. Pauli Pauli, 18. Daniel Saifiti.
TITANS
5. David Mead, 2. Anthony Don, 3. Josh Hoffman, 4. Nathan Davis, 20. John Olive, 6. Tyrone Roberts, 7. Ashley Taylor, 8. David Shillington, 9. Nathan Friend, 10. Agnatius Paasi, 11. Zeb Taia, 12. Chris McQueen, 13. Greg Bird. Interchange: 14. Eddy Pettybourne, 15. Ryan James, 16. Leivaha Pulu, 17. Daniel Mortimer.
