LIVE REACTION: Team Lists for Round 4 - Huge Inclusions and Payne Haas Out!

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3:07to the rugby league guru podcast, we've just had the team list drop for around four of the NRL, we're already in round four, my god, you wait for eternity for it to come around and then it absolutely flies by, we're going to go through all the changes this week, couple of big ends this week, a couple of enormous ends, a lot of suspensions and whatnot going on this week across the lead. We'll get stuck into it Thursday night, the manly seagulls and the Sydney roosters come to you from four pines, when we have a look at the seagulls, they've essentially named the same team as last week, sorry the week before the buy, the only changes that Nathan Brown is out of the side, so turbo, fullback Saban and Lehigh on the wings, collar and garrick in the centers, Luke Brooks at 5-8, Foggedy in the 7, Persecr and Kobe, Heather and John start up front, Simpkin in the 9, Olaquato and Ben Trevoyvich on the edges, Jake Trevoyvich named it 13, once again, the bench, Wakeham with El Bulamot and Paul Bryan, you've also got Josh Felody and Lafay, who's the big fella we saw in the trials, I haven't

4:12seen much of him since, but he comes onto the bench there, so Nathan Brown, not sure why he's out coming off the buy, Joey Walsh still on the extended, sorry on the proper extended bench, not the six man, so I'll wait and see if he potentially comes into calculations soon. Brewsters, a couple of changes here to Nesco, fullback, Tupu and no one going to need to wasay on the wings, Billy Smith returns from his motorbike, bicycle accident, e-bike accident, I should say, Rob Toya, partner Simpkin in the centers once again, DCE, Garnet Grinsley's former club at 5-8, Walker at 7, White and Colin start up front, Reese Robson is second time around in the tri-cullors, Angus Crite and Siwa Wong on the edges with Egan Butcher in Jersey 13, the bench, Watson, Steep, Nat Butcher, Faketty, Cody Ramsey and Fluffy, Hugo Savala makes his return as well, that is Trent Robinson's side for the DCE Cup on Thursday night, that one is going to be an enormous one. Friday Warriors, West Tigers from Auckland, for the Warriors, a huge in here that has

5:15sort of come from the clouds a little bit, Luke Metcalf, not only in the squad, but named at 5-8, absolutely enormous for the New Zealand Warriors, so I came out last few weeks that we assumed Tanner Boyd would hold onto the 7 because of his form and Luke Metcalf would come in at 5-8, I think this can make the Warriors a better side, personally, outside of that, the back line, Adam Pompey comes back into the centers, Chanthicle Clock Start returns at fullback, so that means that obviously Lecker, he goes back to the edge, and unfortunately Taintel Picky not only drops out of the first starting side, he also drops off the 6-man bench, he's been named in Jersey 21, so looks to be playing reserve grade this week, it's a move that I would be making personally him at fullback, and then moving Chan somewhere else in the team, but the Warriors, they haven't got many wrong this season, so we'll back him in. The front row, Fisher Harris, Jackson Ford, Egan in the 9, Lecker on one edge, Leibharn on the other, Aaron Clark in the 13, the bench, Sam Healy, Mitch Bynett, Vomunga, Stau with Smith, Marata near Corre, and Chanel Harris to Vita, so interesting to see if Chanel

6:17manages to get on the field, obviously the combination of Sam Healy and Wade Egan just looks so good at the moment, that I probably wouldn't be changing those guys around. At your Warriors side, the big news there, Lukey Metcalf, Lukey Metcalf returning, good to see. For the West Tigers, a huge in for them in the halves as well, their backline remains exactly the same, except for Jock Madden, he comes in for Jerome Leway, amazingly Adam Dway, he has been named, there was rooms of it all week, I know on the win-learn or draw podcast if you're a West Tigers fan, it's a must tune in to, they reported that Adam was seeing walk around the fish markets on Sunday afternoon, walking around fine, so looks like he might feature in this one, I'll believe it when I see it, but he has been named Dewey, so good to see. If nothing else, great to see, he won't be out long term, absolutely enormous. Teryl May, he lines up in the front row with Fennel Bollet, Epic Kuros out in Jersey 9, similar Fyneux and Kipis Paul in the edges, 12 on the 13, had a really good start with the season 12, off the bench, Tristan Hopes, Yoni Fyneux, Royce Hunt, Alex Seafarth,

7:21Aunty Arfawa, and Tavana, who's obviously the fellow that's been scoring all those outrageous striers score one in the trial as well, one to watch there, worth noting in Jersey 21, the first time we've seen his name, all season, it's only been two weeks for the West Tigers, but Latu Fyneux returning from injury as well, that is Benji Marshall side, so the big news out of the Friday 6 p.m. game is the return of Luke Metcalf, and of course the inclusion of Adam Dewey for the West Tigers. Alright, let's move to the late game Friday night, the Bronx and the Dolphins, the battle of Brisbane coming here from Suncorp Stadium, for the Broncos, an enormous out here, Pain House, we've heard rumors about it all day, it has been confirmed, Pain House not even named. The backline remains the same, Grant Anderson staying on the wing after his Broncos debut last week, is a remand at 5.8, Adam Reynolds returns at half back as well this week, while he's been named anyway, Corey Jensen, Xavier Willerson in the front row, Corey Pakes in the 9, Pierre Cura returns on the edge, obviously Willerson moves back into

8:21the front row to replace Pain House, Pierre Cura on one edge to the men at the moment last week, Jordan Ricky on the other, Pat Carrigan in jersey 13, the bench for the Bronx, Ben Hunt, Ben Tolte, Oblix Taffer, Shibasaki, Jaden Hunt, and Blake Moser, the big news there, Pain House out of this game, Adam Reynolds back in at half back, for the Dolphins, Hermeson, Fulback, Isako, Kobo on the wings, Averlo and Farmworth in the centers, Nicarimura at 5.8, Cartara in the 7, Gilbert and Felicia Fursi line up in the front row, Maxi Plath in jersey 9, Lemueloo and Finne for Miyake on the edges with Morgan Nulls in jersey 13, Brad Schneider, Tom Flagor, Oren Keely, Ray Stone, Trey Fuller and Frances Molo make up your 6-man bench for the Dolphins, I'm not expecting any changes to that side, I think they'll run out as names there, but the big news coming out of that game, obviously Pain House out of this one, and still no sign, I'm sorry, Tom Flagor, he's off the bench, sorry, I just wanted to auto-pull it for a second there, be able to big news there, Pain House out of

9:23the side to take on the Dolphins, huge news, and big, big super coach news, we'll talk about that on beers today, but with a lot of suspensions and everything, holy fuck, that's a dagger. All right, super Saturday Bulldogs, Knights coming to you from a core stadium for the doggies, Tracy at Fullback, Kiraz named on the wing despite carrying a bit of an injury at the moment, Montoya on the other side, Tuwala and Krita are your sinners, Maddie Burton at 5-8, Lockheed Galvin in the 7, Max King, Anzacilli Tupinua, start up front, Bailey Hayward in the 9, so Sam Hughes coming out of the starting team there, on the edges kick out in Preston, Jame and Salmon in the 13, the bench for the doggies, Kurt Mann, Josh Karin Hapoi, Sean O'Sullivan, and Jonathan Sauer and Fletcher Baker as well. I set it on bloke this week, I reckon Sean O'Sullivan is being named on a bench at the moment because if they get out to a lead, I think there's a chance, you might actually see Burton start to make that move out to the sinners and goffit and Galvin moved to 5-8 and just start to experiment a little bit with having a genuine half back in this

10:26team. But we'll wait and see, no male on that, that's just my thoughts. With the Newcastle Knights, obviously, Tray Mooney has been ruled out here, no Tray Mooney obviously out with the suspension, so Fletcher Hunter Fullback, Young and Marcia on the wings, Gaguy and Bradman Best in the Centers, Fletcher Sharp named to return, or wait and see whether he plays or not, Fletcher Sharp, sent on Smith in the 7, Jacob Sifede and Tyson Fruzel up front with Crossland in Jersey 9, Lucas and Jame McHughan on the edges, Maddie Croca in Jersey 13, Thomas Carn, Pissami Solo, Cody Hopwood, Francis, I haven't got the pronunciation of his last name yet, I don't want to butcher it, but the Debbie Tom from last week has got huge wraps on him in Newcastle, we'll have to get the proper pronunciation this week, Tyson Gamble and Harrison Graham on the 6-man bench there for the Newcastle Knights. The other one from the Bulldogs that I didn't mention that's out is coming off the bench, is Harry Hayes as well, is another one that I really like, so a few forwards missing from that Bulldog side, but it's a pretty strong line up and with all due respect to Newcastle

11:27fans, I know you've been through a lot the last few weeks, but geez, when you take Tray Mooney out of that side, that forward pack and that bench, all of a sudden looks a little bit concerning, I'm not going to lie, so we'll see how they go, Newcastle. All right, next game, we have got 530 go in the Panthers and the Parameter Eels Battle of the West, for the Penroth Panthers, I think they remain unchanged from last week, and I don't think there's any change to this side, Liam Martin on the edge once again, backline remains exactly the same, I think the forward pack does as well, the bench, the only big in there is Jack Cogger, he returns from a HIA. Outside of that, I don't think there's any changes, Billy Phillips, Cody Sorensen, Luke Garner on the 6-man bench joined by Isaac Tunger and Freddie Lussick, I would expect Garner, Sorensen, Phillips and Jack Cogger to be the guys who use there, so I don't expect any changes to that Panthers side, for the Parameter Eels, a couple of big outs here, obviously Jermaine Hopgood and Saberani, Hopgood unfortunately, his season has come to an end, devastating

12:28use in Saberani, I believe I saw six to eight weeks for him as well, he only had four back simons, and on one wing, Josh Adakar on the other, Sean Russell, left center, Brian Kelly gets his opportunity at Wright Center, he'll be a very popular man on WaverWires tonight in Supercodes draft, Jonah Pizzett at 5-8, Mitch Moses in Jersey 7, with Cody Walker on the buy and Supercodes this week, Jonah Pizzett's going to be used by a lot of people out there, Jack Williams and Junior Bolo start the front row, Riley Smith at 9, Kelma and Cogger on the edges, and Dillon Walker starts in Jersey 13, big call there, obviously Jack DeBellan available, did play reserve grade last week, and it's worth noting Jack DeBellan, he's missed the six men bench as well, so enormous news there, Dillon Walker will start in the 13, so I'll lose a bit of punch coming off the bench there, De Silva in the 14, Sam Tuyvati, even a revelation for them this year in the 15, Matt Dury in the 16, and Luke Emerald he gets his opportunity in Jersey 17, 18, Charlie Geimer and 19, Joe Ash sitting there, so Jack DeBellan on the extended bench in Jersey 20, so an interesting watch there,

13:32didn't impress in his first two games, but I thought the injury to Jermaine Hopegood meant that he would come back into the side, looks like he won't as it stands, late game Saturday night, cows, Melbourne from up there in North Queensland, for the cowboys Tom Chester out with a suspension, could be a costly one as well as he gives Zach Leibart a look into this side, he comes into the centres, the rest of the backline remains the same, no changes to the cowboys backline, forward pack, Hess up front with Jason Tamololo, Reed Marnie in the 9, Heel and Lukey on one edge, Sam McIntyre on the other, Ruben Cotter in the 13, the bench for the cow, Sonny Luke Coyote on all Griffin name, Harrison Edwards, Tom McKayley and Liam Sutton, good to see Tom McKayley return on a six man bench after being injured in Vegas, you've also got Caden Larser, Matt Lodge who have both dropped off that bench to go onto the extended bench there, for the Melbourne storm, the backline remains exactly the same, no changes to their backline from last week in their forward pack, Stefano starts with Josh King, Harry Grant in the 9, Joe Chan on the right edge, I would assume, Alec Macdonald

14:34comes in on the left edge, he obviously played a bit there last week, I think you see Cooper Clark play there a little bit as well, Trent Leibart also starts in Jersey 13, the bench time we shot Cooper Clark to become a Camita, Mauwali, Heatherington and Sawagi there, so yeah, Mauwali and Heatherington both played in each of the last couple last week, I think Heatherington, I don't look at the stats here that he might have bumped out 80 minutes in that game in the front row, so Kevin O'on Jack Heatherington wouldn't be surprised if he makes his Melbourne storm debut in this game, and then yeah, they're extended, a couple of first graders, Valleepu, Vattare and Trento allow sitting there as well for Craig Bellamy. All right, let's move to Sunday games, 405, oh, this one's got pedigree to be a cracker, the Raiders and the Sharks, for the Raiders, Josh Puppelley out once again, unfortunately, so he's missed out in the front row, the Raiders backline remains the same, Simon Sussange in other week, in the center spot, Timoco not making the 6 man bench, he's on the extended bench, Morgan Smithies will jump into the front row with Joe Tarpenay, Staling in the 9, Huddy Young and Noah Martin on the edges, Horsber in the 13,

15:38the bench for the Camber Raiders, Braille Hoske, Atomariota and Joe Roddy, Dame Laurie and Jed Stewart also joining them, they're good to see Joe Roddy in that side, I'm a big fan, they're extended bench, Owen Paddy, Maddie Timoco and Chevy Stewart. For the Crannulla Sharks, only one change to this side, I believe, the backline remains the same, Kennedy Cartier, Stone Street, Trindal Hines, AFB starts in the front row with Tommy Hazard, Blake Broder, the Skipper in the 9, Billy Byrne starts on one edge, on the other edge is Teague Wilton, Britain, Nicola Rooled out of this game, I'm not exactly sure why I haven't heard anything on that, maybe I missed a HIA there or something, just a Cole Hoon in the 13, the bench for the Sharks, Cipitali, Rudolf, Corfusi, Brandon Wale, Puru and Hartzer Pula, who I've always been a big fan of, I became just see him get a start in this side, I've always really liked him, they're extended Vallear, Barrel and Herotti for Craig Fitzgibbon. Geez, I hope that's a good game as I'm expecting it to be, two teams that desperately need a bounce back this week, speaking of bounce backs, wow, Sunday, 615pm, Gold Coast Titans, St George,

16:43Illawarra Dragons, for the Titans, I believe it's the third week in a row, I don't think there's any changes to this side, Jaden Campbell starts in the 7, officially obviously wore 19 last week with the backline or remains the same in the front row, Moffat Awaker and Tino, really hope they see more minutes this week, because I just can't make sense of what's going on up there, Sam Verles in the 9, Arama Ho in the back row with both Firmall, Chris Randall in the 13, the bench for the Titans, Curtis Moran, Tuy Simkins, Clees Haas, Cooper Bayer, Loughlin Elias and Josh Patston. Yeah, no changes to Josh Hanna's team once again, definitely playing the long game, Joshi Hanna for the Dragons, Carnage, Double Couchman out, enormous news coming out of the Dragons, obviously Toby with the HIA Ryan, picked up a suspension, you'll probably know the outcome, maybe by the time you're listening to this this afternoon or tonight, but I'm hearing sort of four to six week range for Ryan. Gathos starts at fullback, Tuy Bilotto and set it to on the wings, Sully and Val Holmes in the centers, final at 5-8, Ackinson in the 7, M. Ray Guller and Blake Laurie in the

17:45front row with Cookie in the 9, Luciano Loloa and Jaden Sua on the edges with Hamish Stewart in Jersey 13, Jacob Little harm, Sully, Hollingahu and Pacifici Tonga, great to see him back on the field, obviously had a bit of a scare last week, great to see him back out there, Josh Kerr and Hayden Buchanan also join that six man bench with Sloan, Ryan Hutchinson and King Tonga on the extended there. So yeah, the big news out of the Dragons, both Couchman's missing, missing, they've been enormous for them in the first few weeks, that's going to be a big ask of those Dragons middles. I have not the fucking slightest clue who was going to win that game a football, that will be a very, very interesting one. All right, guys, that is your team list for round four. Thanks to Johnny, it's once again here on the Rugby League guru podcast. For more exclusive content, our Supercouch stats, weekly Supercouch stats coming very soon. You can't get them anywhere else. Come and join the Rukru. The link is down below in the description. We'll see you on Beers and Brake Evans tomorrow, 3 p.m. and we'll have Sally joining us at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning as well. Huge Wednesday

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