FRESH off an opening-round win against Cronulla-Sutherland (10-4), the St George Illawarra Dragons' Jersey Flegg side are turning their attentions to the Parramatta Eels.
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Spearheaded by Berry-Shoalhaven Heads' Billy Hayburn and Ollie Parrish, Warilla-Lake South's Sam Hooper and Blake Dowel, Batemans Bay's Treigh Stewart and Kiama's Sean Payne, Willie Talau's Red V side will be out to move to 2-0 at Wentworthville's Ringrose Park on Saturday.
Stewart, who played for Mount Warrigal in 2020, will start at fullback, alongside wingers Hayburn and Ryan Papas and centres Hayden Budd and Kaylen Miller.
Hooper will start in the halves alongside Braxton Wallace.
Hudson Spicer and Matthew Nicholson are the props, while Bailey Antrobus, Shalom O'Ofou and Ben Arandt man the back-row - with Connor Muhleisen at hooker.
The side's seven-man bench features Dowel, Payne, Parrish, Harris Georgopoulos, Dallas Collins, Aaron Johnson and Zach Herring.
The club's NSW Cup side have the bye in round two, following their 16-10 loss to Newtown at the weekend.
In other representative rugby league news, all Tarsha Gale, SG Ball and Harold Matthews games this weekend have been postponed to April 10 and 11 due to the wet weather.
This means all three competition's finals series will now start on April 17 and 18, before grand finals on May 1.
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Courtney Ward
Sports Journalist for South Coast Register and Milton-Ulladulla Times, who loves all things sport and travel. All views are my own.
Sports Journalist for South Coast Register and Milton-Ulladulla Times, who loves all things sport and travel. All views are my own.
