06/04/2018
Sharks: 1 Josh Dugan, 2 Sosaia Feki, 3 Jesse Ramien, 4 Ricky Leutele, 5 Valentine Holmes, 6 Matt Moylan, 7 Chad Townsend, 8 Andrew Fifita, 9 Jayden Brailey, 10 Matt Prior, 11 Luke Lewis, 12 Wade Graham (c), 13 Paul Gallen (c)
Interchange: 14 Kurt Capewell, 15 James Segeyaro, 16 Avagalu Seumanufagai, 17 Joseph Paulo
Reserves: 18 Trent Hodkinson, 20 Edrick Lee
Josh Dugan (groin) returns at fullback, pushing Valentine Holmes to the wing and Edrick Lee to the reserves. Matt Moylan (hamstring) also makes an injury comeback at five-eighth with Trent Hodkinson dropping to the reserves, despite the Sharks winning both games Hodkinson has started. Kurt Dillion and Jack Williams were dropped from the squad 24 hours out from kick-off.
Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Reece Robinson, 3 Latrell Mitchell, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Sio Siua Taukeiaho, 9 Jake Friend (c), 10 Dylan Napa, 11 Boyd Cordner (c), 12 Ryan Matterson, 13 Isaac Liu
Interchange: 14 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 15 Zane Tetevano, 16 Mitchell Aubusson, 17 Victor Radley
Reserves: 18 Nat Butcher, 19 Kurt Baptiste
The Roosters are unchanged despite going down 30-6 to the Warriors at home last week. Mitchell Cornish and Lindsay Collins were dropped from the squad 24 hours out from game time.
Head-to-head: Played 93, Roosters 57 wins, Sharks 34 wins, 2 draws.
Matches at venue: Played 47; Roosters 27 wins; Sharks 18 wins; 2 draws.
2017 results: Sharks won 44-12 in round 17 and 16-14 in round 25
Points per game: Sharks 14.5; Roosters 20.5
Points conceded per game: Sharks 12; Roosters 15
Televised: Live on Fox League