The Western Suburbs Magpies will host the Canberra Raiders at Lidcombe Oval this Anzac Day, for Round 8 of the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup.
Coming off the back of a bye, the Magpies will be looking to build on several promising moments from the early part of their season, aiming for a complete performance against the Raiders.
Starford To’a was called up to the NRL side for this round, following two games for Western Suburbs after returning from injury.
Head Coach, Tyrone McCarthy has made a number of changes to his starting lineup, with Lachlan Broederlow joining the forward pack in the second row and Bailey Hodges at hooker. In the backline, Jeral Skelton will start on thewing, Heath Mason returns from injury in the centres and Latu Fainu lines up at halfback.
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Western Suburbs Magpies Team List: Round 8 v Raiders
1. Jack Attard
2. Jeral Skelton
5. Solomone Saukuru
3. Heath Mason
4 Fiohiva Fainga’a
6. Javon Andrews
7. Latu Fainu
8. Bunty Afoa
14. Bailey Hodges
10. Mavrik Geyer
11. Tony Sukkar
12. Lachlan Broederlow
13. Charlie Murray (c)
Interchange:
18. Josese Lanyon
15. Ieti Samuelu
16. Luke Jack
17. Vaka Aho
Reserves:
19. Ben Stevanovic
