Round 1 NRLW team list

nib Newcastle Knights NRLW Head Coach Ben Jeffries has named a squad of 22 for their Friday night clash against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Accor Stadium.

The squad will travel down to Sydney to take on the competition newcomers in their first match of the 2025 campaign.

In team news, four players will etch their names into the NRLW honour roll.

Off-season recruit Bottile Vette-Welsh lines up at fullback while Joeli Morris joins the team at dummy-half.

Young forwards Sienna Yeo and Jules Kirkpatrick will come off the bench to make their NRLW debuts.

Olivia Higgins will miss Round 1 due to suspension after being charged with Grade 2 Dangerous Contact following the side's trial match against Canberra.

Yasmin Clydsdale will lead the side out for the first game in her first match as Captain.

See the squad below:

Team List

1. Bottile Vette-Welsh - East Coast Building and Pest

2. Sheridan Gallagher - Palmerbet

3. Shanice Parker - Taylors Outdoor Power Equipment

4. Tenika Willison - Caltex

5. Lilly-Ann White - Newcastle Airport

6. Georgia Roche - Hunter City Motor Group

7. Jesse Southwell - M&J Chickens

8. Tayla Predebon - Honeywell Capital

9. Joeli Morris - Allara Learning

10. Tiana Davison - NBN News

11. Evah McEwen - Bella Group Services

12. Yasmin Clydsdale (C) - Etch Couriers

13. Kayla Romaniuk (VC) - Sydney Direct Fresh Produce

Interchange:

14. Jules Kirkpatrick - Guardian Safety Solutions

15. Simone Karpani - Greg Tapp Printing

16. Sienna Yeo - Hunter Imaging

17. Grace Kukutai - Dandelion House

Extended Bench:

18. Tess Staines

19. Evie Jones

20. Keighley Simpson

21. Viena Tinao

22. Leah Ollerton

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