NRL Trial Teams: Fifita makings early return, Bunnies unveil new half, Gutho’s Dragons debut, Knights spring surprise

Gold Coast wrecking ball David Fifita has made phenomenal progress after ankle surgery to take his place in the opening trial against Brisbane. In other positive news for the Titans, veteran Kieran Foran is out of the casualty ward after ankle surgery and will take his place at halfback. Fifita, 24, had surgery in early September, but was off the pace with his recovery in the lead-up to Christmas,.

The Titans were at one stage concerned he would not be fit for the March 15 round-two clash with Canterbury, after the club’s first-round bye. Second-rower Fifita returned to training in January on a mission, and after a “super” six weeks of training will now have a crack at former club Brisbane in Toowoomba on Sunday. The NRL pre-season kicked off last weekend with the Warriors and Sharks playing out a 12-12 draw and the Raiders beating Penrith 22-16 at Shark Park.



More League NRL Pre-Season Teams – Week 2 All times in AEDT. Thursday, February 13 – 7:50pm: Raiders v Sharks at GIO Stadium Raiders: 1. Kaeo Weekes 2.

Xavier Savage 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5.

Savelio Tamale 6. Ethan Strange 7. Jamal Fogarty 8.

Josh Papali’i 9. Tom Starling 10. Trey Mooney 11.

Hudson Young 12. Matt Nicholson 13. Morgan Smithies 14.

Danny Levi 15. Albert Hopoate 16. Adam Cook 17.

Jed Stuart 18. Chevy Stewart 19. Jenson Taumoepeau 20.

Manaia Waitere 21. Myles Martin 22. Simi Sasagi 23.

Ethan Sanders 24. Jordan Martin Ethan Sanders will come off the bench after an impressive club debut last weekend with first-choice halves Jamal Fogarty and Ethan Strange in the run-on side. Dragons recruit Savelio Tamale will line up on the wing.

Sharks: 1. Will Kennedy 2. Samuel Stonestreet 3.

Jesse Ramien 4. Kayal Iro 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6.

Braydon Trindall 7. Nicho Hynes 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9.

Blayke Brailey 10. Oregon Kaufusi 11. Briton Nikora 12.

Teig Wilton 13. Cameron McInnes 14. Daniel Atkinson 15.

Siosifa Talakai 16. Braden Hamlin-Uele 17. Thomas Hazelton 18.

Billy Burns 19. Jayden Berrell 20. Tuku Hau Tapuha 21.

Chris Veaila 22. Riley Pollard 23. Taj Ford 24.

Michael Gabrael Ronaldo Mulitalo, who has re-signed with the club until the end of 2028, will make his first pre-season appearance on the wing. Nicho Hynes and Braydon Trindall will have their opening hit-out in the build-up to Cronulla’s trip to Las Vegas while star recruit Addin Fonua-Blake is making his club debut. Friday, February 14 – 6pm: Knights v Eels at McDonald Jones Stadium Knights: 1.

Will Pryce 2. James Schiller 3. Kyle McCarthy 4.

Riley Jones 5. Greg Marzhew 6. Fletcher Sharpe 7.

Jack Cogger 8. Brodie Jones 9. Jayden Brailey 10.

Jack Hetherington 11. Thomas Cant 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13.

Tyson Frizell 14. Tyson Gamble 15. Mathew Croker 16.

Jackson Hastings 17. Sebastian Su’a 18. Matthew Arthur 19.

Connor Votano 20. Jermaine McEwen 21. Elijah Leaumoana 22.

Siteni Taukamo 23. Logan Aoake 24. Wilson De Courcey Will Pryce gets a run at fullback with Kalyn Ponga on All Stars duty with Fletcher Sharpe a surprise starter at five-eighth.

Eels: 1. Isaiah Iongi 2. Jake Tago 3.

Richard Penisini 4. Jordan Samrani 5. Arthur Miller-Stephen 6.

Dylan Brown 7. Ronald Volkman 8. Joe Ofahengaue 9.

Brendan Hands 10. Wiremu Greig 11. Kitione Kautoga 12.

Kelma Tuilagi 13. Charlie Guymer 14. Joash Papali’i 15.

Sam Tuivaiti 16. Toni Mataele 17. Bryce Cartwright 18.

Joey Lussick 19. Ryley Smith 20. Saxon Pryke 21.

Te Hurinui Twidle 22. Brock Parker 23. William Latu 24.

Joshua Lynn Friday, February 14 – 8pm: Cowboys v Dolphins at Barlow Park Cowboys: 1. Mutua Brown 2. Robert Derby 3.

Assariah Lenoy Sam 4. Esom Ioka 5. Jaxson Paulo 6.

Jarrett Subloo 7. Zac Herdegen 8. Thomas Mikaele 9.

Karl Lawton 10. Coen Hess 11. Mason Kira 12.

Kai O’Donnell 13. Marly Bitungane 14. Xavier Kerrisk 15.

Nicholas Lenaz 16. Jeremiah Matautia 17. John Radel 18.

Adrian Trevilyan 19. Rayden Burns 20. Brenton Baira 21.

Campbell Duffy 22. Ryan Rivett 23. Matthew Watts 24.

Dane Aukafolau Dolphins: 1. Kurt Donoghoe 2. LJ Nonu 3.

Tevita Naufahu 4. Max Feagai 5. Junior Tupou 6.

Jake Averillo 7. Sean O’Sullivan 8. Joshua Allen 9.

Harrison Graham 10. Ryan Jackson 11. Aublix Tawha 12.

James Walsh 13. Mason Teague 14. Elijah Rasmussen 15.

Lewis Symonds 16. John Fineanganofo 17. Zac Garton 18.

Michael Waqa 19. Ethan Quai-Ward 20. Cooper Marshall 21.

Jordan Lipp 22. Larson Dale-Doyle 23. Ben Stevanovic 24.

Joshua James Saturday, February 15 – 1:30pm: Warriors v Storm at Go Media Stadium Warriors: 1. Taine Tuaupiki 2. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 3.

Ali Leiataua 4. Eddie Ieremia 5. Edward Kosi 6.

Te Maire Martin 7. Luke Metcalf 8. Bunty Afoa 9.

Wayde Egan 10. Jackson Ford 11. Demitric Vaimauga 12.

Kurt Capewell 13. Erin Clark 14. Dylan Walker 15.

Marata Niukore 16. Leka Halasima 17. Tom Ale 18.

Samuel Healey 20. Tanner Stowers-Smith 21. Freddy Lussick 22.

Chanel Harris-Tavita 23. Geronimo Doyle 24. Luke Hanson 25.

Kalani Going Storm: 1. Sua Faalogo 2. Kane Bradley 3.

Mitchell Jennings 4. Coby Williamson 5. Setu Tu 6.

Tyran Wishart 7. Keagan Russell-Smith 8. Stefano Utoikamanu 9.

Bronson Garlick 10. Lazarus Vaalepu 11. Ativalu Lisati 12.

Joe Chan 13. Angus Hinchey 14. Stanley Huen 15.

Cooper Page-Wilson 16. Nathaniel Roache 17. Ben Talty 18.

Morgan Harper 19. Jak Goulding 20. Hugo Peel 21.

Joshua Billing 22. Suli Pole 23. Vaka Sikahele 24.

Preston Conn Saturday, February 15 – 3:30pm: Rabbitohs v Sea Eagles at Industree Group Stadium Rabbitohs: 1. Jye Gray 2. Fletcher Myers 3.

Declan Casey 4. Isaiah Tass 5. Talanoa Penitani 6.

Jamie Humphreys 7. Lewis Dodd 8. Sean Keppie 9.

Peter Mamouzelos 10. Davvy Moale 11. Max Mccarthy 12.

Thomas Fletcher 13. Lachlan Hubner 14. Ashton Ward 15.

Salesi Ataata 16. Nazareth Taua 17. Ryan Gray 18.

Liam Le Blanc 19. Matthew Humphries 20. Siliva Havili 21.

Bayleigh Bentley-Hape 22. Luke Webley 23. Joshua Stuckey 24.

Bailey Biondi-odo Sea Eagles: 1. Lehi Hopoate 2. Raymond Tuiamalo Vaega 3.

Aaron Schoupp 4. Clayton Faulalo 5. Navren Willett 6.

Dean Matterson 7. Jakob Arthur 8. Siosiua Taukeiaho 9.

Jake Simpkin 10. Toafofoa Sipley 11. Michael Chee Kam 12.

Corey Waddell 13. Caleb Navale 14. Gordon Chan Kum Tong 15.

Chris Patolo 16. Aitasi James 17. Taniela Paseka 18.

Zane Dunford 19. James Uesele 20. Charlie Thompson 21.

Jordan Swann 22. D’Jazirhae Pua’avase 23. Max Haley 24.

Hugo Hart Saturday, February 15 – 5:50pm: Women’s Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars at CommBank Stadium Saturday, February 15 – 8:10pm: Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars at CommBank Stadium Sunday, February 16 – 3:30pm: Broncos v Titans at Clive Berghofer Stadium Broncos: 1. Hayze Perham 2. Josiah Karapani 3.

Gehamat Shibasaki 4. Delouise Hoeter 5. Deine Mariner 6.

Billy Walters 7. Jock Madden 8. Corey Jensen 9.

Tyson Smoothy 10. Benjamin Te Kura 11. Jack Gosiewski 12.

Brendan Piakura 13. Kobe Hetherington 14. Latrell Siegwalt 15.

Ronald Philitoga 16. Israel Leota 17. Coby Black 18.

Joshua Rogers 19. Saxon Innes 20. Martin Taupau 21.

Vaa Semu 22. Cameron Bukowski 23. Jett Bryce 24.

Matthew Koellner Titans: 1. aylan De Groot 2. Allan Fitzgibbon 3.

Jojo Fifita 4. Phillip Sami 5. Tony Francis 6.

AJ Brimson 7. Kieran Foran 8. Moeaki Fotuaika 9.

Sam Verrills 10. Jaimin Jolliffe 11. David Fifita 12.

Beau Fermor 13. Chris Randall 14. Thomas Weaver 15.

Klese Haas 16. Iszac Fa’asumaleaui 17. Josiah Pahulu 18.

Zane Harrison 19. Arama Hau 20. Tukimihia Simpkins 21.

Ken Maumalo 22. Ryder Williams 23. Brock Gray 24.

Sam Stephenson Sunday, February 16 – 5:30pm: Bulldogs v Wests Tigers at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Bulldogs: 1. Blake Taaffe 2. Blake Wilson 3.

Luke Smith 4. Danny Gabrael 5. Jonathan Sua 6.

Drew Hutchison 7. Joseph O’Neill 8. Daniel Suluka-Fifita 9.

Bailey Hayward 10. Sam Hughes 11. Harry Hayes 12.

Lipoi Hopoi 13. Jaeman Salmon 14. Reuben Moyle 15.

Tom Amone 16. Alekolasimi Jones 17. Jack Todd 19.

Cassius Tia 20. Taye Cochrane 21. Logan Spinks 22.

Ratu Rinakama 23. Zyon Maiu’u 24. Ragarive Wavik 25.

Cooper Toy Tigers: 1. Heath Mason 2. Jeral Skelton 3.

Solomona Faataape 4. Josh Feledy 5. Alexander Lobb 6.

Lachlan Galvin 7. Latu Fainu 8. Tim Johannssen 9.

Tallyn Da Silva 10. David Klemmer 11. Tony Sukkar 12.

Sione Fainu 13. Justin Matamua 14. Tristan Hope 15.

Kit Laulilii 16. Jaxson Rahme 17. Solomane Saukuru 18.

William Craig 19. Lachlan Broederlow 20. Marc Tannous 21.

Faaletino Tavana 22. Max Liles 23. Jared Haywood 24.

Noah Johannssen Sunday, February 16 – 7:30pm: Dragons v Roosters at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Dragons: 1. Clint Gutherson 2. Sione Finau 3.

Moses Suli 4. Valentine Holmes 5. Mathew Feagai 6.

Kyle Flanagan 7. Lachlan Ilias 8. Toby Couchman 9.

Damien Cook 10. Emre Guler 11. Luciano Leilua 12.

Jaydn Su’A 13. Jack de Belin 14. Jacob Liddle 15.

Raymond Faitala-Mariner 16. Tom Eisenhuth 17. Hame Sele 18.

Ryan Couchman 19. Dylan Egan 20. Jonah Glover 21.

Lyhkan King-Togia 22. Loko Jnr Pasifiki Tonga 23. Mikaele Ravalawa 24.

Nathan Lawson Roosters: 1. Ethan King 2. Dominic Young 3.

Mark Nawaqanitawase 4. Robert Toia 5. Fetalaiga Pauga 6.

Sandon Smith 7. Chad Townsend 8. Naufahu Whyte 9.

Benaiah Ioelu 10. Spencer Leniu 11. Nat Butcher 12.

Victor Radley 13. Siua Wong 14. Salesi Foketi 15.

Taylor Losalu 16. Xavier Va’a 17. Delasalle Vaa 18.

Max McCathie 19. Tyler Moriarty 20. Toby Rodwell 21.

Jake Elliott 22. Benjamin Johnson 23. Hugo Savala 24.

Reece Foley.