NRL 2026 Round 11 Discussion

[Big Pete]

Cronulla Sharks vs. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Suncorp Stadium, Friday 15 May 2026
Kick Off: 6:00pm

CRONULLA SHARKS

1. William Kennedy 2. Samuel Stonestreet 3. Jesse Ramien 4. KL Iro 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Braydon Trindall 7. Nicho Hynes 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Jayden Berrell 10. Toby Rudolf 11. Briton Nikora 12. Teig Wilton 13. Jesse Colquhoun

14. Siosifa Talakai 15. Billy Burns 16. Oregon Kaufusi 17. Thomas Hazelton 18. Hohepa Puru 19. Mawene Hiroti

20. Braden Hamlin-Uele 21. Riley Jones 22. Niwhai Puru

CANTERBURY BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS

1. Connor Tracey 2. Jonathan Sua 3. Bronson Xerri 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Enari Tuala 6. Matt Burton 7. Lachlan Galvin 8. Max King 9. Bailey Hayward 10. Leo Thompson 11. Sitili Tupouniua 12. Jacob Preston 13. Jaeman Salmon

14. Kurt Mann 15. Samuel Hughes 16. Harry Hayes 17. Alekolasimi Jones 19. Jethro Rinakama 20. Lipoi Hopoi

21. Josh Curran 22. Sean O'Sullivan 23. Jed Reardon

South Sydney Rabbitohs vs. Dolphins
Suncorp Stadium, Friday 15 May 2026
Kick Off: 8:05pm

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS

1. Jye Gray 2. Bayleigh Bentley-Hape 3. Latrell Mitchell 4. Campbell Graham 5. Edward Kosi 6. Cody Walker 7. Ashton Ward 8. Keaon Koloamatangi 9. Bronson Garlick 10. Sean Keppie 11. Euan Aitken 12. CONEHEAD Duncan 13. Cameron Murray

14. Matthew Dufty 15. Lachlan Hubner 16. Tevita Tatola 17. Adam Elliott 18. Jayden Sullivan 19. Latrell Siegwalt

20. Moala Graham-Taufa 21. Thomas Fletcher 22. Peter Mamouzelos

THE DOLPHINS

1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 2. Jamayne Isaako 3. Jack Bostock 4. Herbie Farnworth 5. Selwyn Cobbo 6. Kodi Nikorima 7. Isaiya Katoa 8. Thomas Flegler 9. Max Plath 10. Francis Molo 11. Connelly Lemuelu 12. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki 13. Morgan Knowles

14. Jeremy Marshall-King 15. Ray Stone 16. Tom Gilbert 17. Felise Kaufusi 18. Oryn Keeley 19. Brad Schneider

20. Trai Fuller 21. Tevita Naufahu 22. Kurt Donoghoe

Wests Tigers vs. Manly Sea Eagles
Suncorp Stadium, Saturday 16 May 2026
Kick Off: 3:00pm

WESTS TIGERS

1. Heath Mason 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Patrick Herbert 4. Taylan May 5. Luke Laulilii 6. Jarome Luai 7. Jock Madden 8. Terrell May 9. Latu Fainu 10. Fonua Pole 11. Sione Fainu 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13. Alex Twal

14. Tristan Hope 15. Mavrik Geyer 16. Alex Seyfarth 17. Royce Hunt 18. Ethan Roberts 19. Jeral Skelton

20. Charlie Murray

MANLY SEA EAGLES

1. Clayton Faulalo 2. Jason Saab 3. Tolutau Koula 4. Reuben Garrick 5. Lehi Hopoate 6. Luke Brooks 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Taniela Paseka 9. Jake Simpkin 10. Ethan Bullemor 11. Haumole Olakau'atu 12. Ben Trbojevic 13. Jake Trbojevic

14. Zach Dockar-Clay 15. Nathan Brown 16. Kobe Hetherington 17. Jackson Shereb 18. Blake Wilson 19. Joey Walsh

20. Josh Feledy 21. Simione Laiafi 22. Aaron Schoupp

Sydney Roosters vs. North Queensland Cowboys
Suncorp Stadium, Saturday 16 May 2026
Kick Off: 5:30pm

SYDNEY ROOSTERS

1. James Tedesco 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Hugo Savala 4. Robert Toia 5. Cody Ramsey 6. Daly Cherry-Evans 7. Sam Walker 8. Naufahu Whyte 9. Reece Robson 10. Lindsay Collins 11. Angus Crichton 12. Siua Wong 13. Connor Watson

14. Egan Butcher 15. Spencer Leniu 16. Nat Butcher 17. Salesi Foketi 18. Fetalaiga Pauga 19. Reece Foley

20. Benaiah Ioelu 21. Taylor Losalu 22. Junior Tupou

NORTH QLD COWBOYS

1. Scott Drinkwater 2. Braidon Burns 3. Jaxon Purdue 4. Tomas Chester 5. Zac Laybutt 6. Liam Sutton 7. Jake Clifford 8. Thomas Mikaele 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Matthew Lodge 11. Heilum Luki 12. Sam McIntyre 13. Reuben Cotter

14. Xavier Kerrisk 15. Griffin Neame 16. Robert Derby 17. Coen Hess 18. Wiremu Greig 19. Ethan King

20. Viliami Vailea 21. Mason Kira 22. Mason Barber

Parramatta Eels vs. Melbourne Storm
Suncorp Stadium, Saturday 16 May 2026
Kick Off: 7:45pm

PARRAMATTA EELS

1. Joash Papali'i 2. Brian Kelly 3. Jordan Samrani 4. Sean Russell 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Ronald Volkman 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Luca Moretti 9. Tallyn Da Silva 10. Junior Paulo 11. Kelma Tuilagi 12. Jack Williams 13. Jack de Belin

14. Dylan Walker 15. Saxon Pryke 16. Toni Mataele 17. Charlie Guymer 18. Apa Twidle 19. Teancum Brown

20. Harrison Edwards 21. Araz Nanva 22. Jonah Pezet

MELBOURNE STORM

1. Sualauvi Faalogo 2. William Warbrick 3. Jack Howarth 4. Nick Meaney 5. Moses Leo 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Stefano Utoikamanu 9. Harry Grant 10. Josh King 11. Shawn Blore 12. Ativalu Lisati 13. Trent Loiero

14. Trent Toelau 15. Cooper Clarke 16. Davvy Moale 17. Joe Chan 18. Stanley Huen 19. Preston Conn

20. Josiah Pahulu 21. Manaia Waitere 22. Angus Hinchey

Gold Coast Titans vs. Newcastle Knights
Suncorp Stadium, Sunday 17 May 2026
Kick Off: 2:00pm

GOLD COAST TITANS

1. Keano Kini 2. Jenson Taumoepeau 3. Jojo Fifita 4. AJ Brimson 5. Phillip Sami 6. Jayden Campbell 7. Zane Harrison 8. Moeaki Fotuaika 9. Oliver Pascoe 10. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui 11. Chris Randall 12. Beau Fermor 13. Cooper Bai

14. Kurtis Morrin 15. Klese Haas 16. Josh Patston 17. Arama Hau 18. Jaylan De Groot 19. Luke Sommerton

20. Lachlan Ilias 21. Adam Christensen 22. Bodhi Sharpley

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Dominic Young 3. Dane Gagai 4. Bradman Best 5. Greg Marzhew 6. Fletcher Sharpe 7. Dylan Brown 8. Jacob Saifiti 9. Phoenix Crossland 10. Trey Mooney 11. Dylan Lucas 12. Jermaine McEwen 13. Mathew Croker

14. Sandon Smith 15. Tyson Frizell 16. Pasami Saulo 17. Cody Hopwood 18. Harrison Graham 19. Fletcher Hunt

20. Francis Manuleleua 21. Kyle McCarthy 22. James Schiller

Warriors vs. Brisbane Broncos
Suncorp Stadium, Sunday 17 May 2026
Kick Off: 4:05pm

NZ WARRIORS

1. Taine Tuaupiki 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3. Ali Leiataua 4. Adam Pompey 5. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita 7. Tanah Boyd 8. James Fisher-Harris 9. Wayde Egan 10. Mitchell Barnett 11. Leka Halasima 12. Kurt Capewell 13. Erin Clark

14. Samuel Healey 15. Jackson Ford 16. Demitric Vaimauga 17. Jacob Laban 18. Tanner Stowers-Smith 20. Te Maire Martin

21. Eddie Ieremia-Toeava 22. Luke Hanson 23. Makaia Tafua

BRISBANE BRONCOS

1. Reece Walsh 2. Josiah Karapani 3. Jesse Arthars 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Phillip Coates 6. Ezra Mam 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Preston Riki 9. Cory Paix 10. Xavier Willison 11. Jaiyden Hunt 12. Jordan Riki 13. Patrick Carrigan

14. Ben Hunt 15. Ben Talty 16. Va'a Semu 17. Aublix Tawha 18. Hayze Perham 19. Josh Rogers

20. Thomas Duffy 21. Luke Gale 22. Kane Bradley

Penrith Panthers vs. St George Illawarra Dragons
Suncorp Stadium, Sunday 17 May 2026
Kick Off: 6:25pm

PENRITH PANTHERS

1. Dylan Edwards 2. Thomas Jenkins 3. Paul Alamoti 4. Casey McLean 5. Brian To'o 6. Blaize Talagi 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Freddy Lussick 10. Lindsay Smith 11. Isaiah Papali'i 12. Luke Garner 13. Isaah Yeo

14. Jack Cogger 15. Scott Sorensen 16. Liam Henry 17. Izack Tago 18. Billy Phillips 19. Billy Scott

20. Jack Cole 21. Sione Fonua 22. Luron Patea

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS

1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Setu Tu 3. Moses Suli 4. Valentine Holmes 5. Christian Tuipulotu 6. Daniel Atkinson 7. Kyle Flanagan 8. Loko Jnr Pasifiki Tonga 9. Damien Cook 10. Toby Couchman 11. Dylan Egan 12. Hamish Stewart 13. Ryan Couchman

14. Luciano Leilua 15. Emre Guler 16. Josh Kerr 17. Blake Lawrie 18. Tyrell Sloan 19. Lyhkan King-Togia

20. Hayden Buchanan 21. Hame Sele 22. Haele Finau

 

[Santa]

Panthers vs Dragons. Jeez - wonder if we're going to soon some records broken...

 

[Big Pete]

Panthers vs Dragons. Jeez - wonder if we're going to soon some records broken...

Unluckily for the Dragons, the Panthers have the bye coming up so any thought of resting players goes out the window. If anything a few of these boys will want to go into Origin camp on a high.

How are you seeing the Sharks/Bulldogs? Can the Dogs exercise the demons of Suncorp or will the Sharks bounce back minus Blayke?

 

[BroncsFan]

Unluckily for the Dragons, the Panthers have the bye coming up so any thought of resting players goes out the window. If anything a few of these boys will want to go into Origin camp on a high.

OR if they're broncos protect themselves in the game to avoid injury / suspension and risk missing origin.

 

[Santa]

Unluckily for the Dragons, the Panthers have the bye coming up so any thought of resting players goes out the window. If anything a few of these boys will want to go into Origin camp on a high.

How are you seeing the Sharks/Bulldogs? Can the Dogs exercise the demons of Suncorp or will the Sharks bounce back minus Blayke?

Sharks vs Bulldogs is a tough one. I think Sharks get the win - mainly because I think they're a better chance of bouncing back compared to the Dogs (who if they were going to bounce back, would have done it by now).

Both their defences are pretty crap atm, but I think the Sharks have more points in them than the Dogs (who have no idea how to attack).

 

[Dexter]

Yeah not sure about Sharkies. There bad day is very bad but also capable of scoring points. Dogs just don't have points in them ATM.
Sharkies won't have any players in SoO so get a nice opportunity to bank some.e points to.

This 6 man bench is going to corrupt the finals standing even more than usual and apart from AFB
I can't see any Sharks being selected so should be full strength .

 

[BroncsFan]

Yeah not sure about Sharkies. There bad day is very bad but also capable of scoring points. Dogs justldont have points in them ATM.
Sharkies won't have any players in SoO so get a nice opportunity to bank so.e points to.

This 6 man bench is going to corrupt the finals standing even more than usual and apart from AFB
I can't see any Sharks being selected so should be full strength .

Yep origin is going to completely **** the competition this year.

40 origin level players will be taken out of the comp for the 3 affected rounds... 6 of them won't step on the field, but won't be able to play for their club.

 

[Brocko]

Penrith could easily afford to rest their certain origin players if they wanted to and would still likely beat the Dargs comfortably. Even if they did lose, they would stay top.

Whether you actually do it this early or not is obviously the question, but it could help them as the season goes on.

They've also used so few players so far due to how few injuries they've had, so you'd get a game into those players yet to play this season against shit opposition before they are needed through origin.

 

[Swordfish]

They've also used so few players so far due to how few injuries they've had,

Did they ever have any injuries? They’re on some secret saaaas man, don’t you know?

 

[BroncosFever]

Are St. George worse than the '99 Magpies team?

I thought last week for sure.. new coach had a chance to his feet under the desk, off a bye, just humiliated on ANZAC Day, at home against Newcastle.. 32-0 at half time

 

[BroncsFan]

Are St. George worse than the '99 Magpies team?

I thought last week for sure.. new coach had a chance to his feet under the desk, off a bye, just humiliated on ANZAC Day, at home against Newcastle.. 32-0 at half time

It looks like Magpies are in a world of their own... I remember similar talk popping up around the 2020 Broncos.

2026 Dragons: For 124pts (13.8 ppg ranked 17th); against 309pts (34.3ppg ranked 16th... Eels last at 34.5ppg)

2020 Broncos: For 268pts (13.4 ppg ranked 16th last); against 624pts (31.2ppg ranked 16th last)

1999 Magpies: For 285pts (11.9 ppg ranked 17th last); against 944pts (39.3ppg!! ranked 17th last)... FYI 16th for against were the Bears at 26.8ppg

Wests almost conceding 1000pts in a 24 game season is pretty insane.

 

[Harry Sack]

They'll probably beat us or some wacky shit like that.

I can't really see a win for them until they play the Sharks and even then....

 

[Brocko]

Reed could be out for up to 3 mths apparently with a hand injury.

Flanno JRs time to shine and get them heading north on the table.

 

[Sproj]

Reed could be out for up to 3 mths apparently with a hand injury.

Flanno JRs time to shine and get them heading north on the table.

Obscure finger injury - read not ready and a liability but trying to shield him?

 

[Brocko]

Obscure finger injury - read not ready and a liability but trying to shield him?

I guess.. but putting the 3months out there means he won't be playing cup either which he probably needs.

 

[Sproj]

I guess.. but putting the 3months out there means he won't be playing cup either which he probably needs.

Yeah good point.

 

[Harry Sack]

Picked his nose a little too hard maybe?

 

[Sproj]

Picked his nose a little too hard maybe?

The mucus was a little too sweet?