In a late out, Captain Paul Gallen will not take to the field against the Dragons tonight, ruled out in the side's warm up prior to kick off.
In his place, Jesse Sene-Lefao comes into the 17, with Jayson Bukuya elevated to the starting side.
Matt Prior will start the match as per recent weeks however with Sam Tagataese sidelined with a shoulder injury, will wear the no. 10 jersey for the clash.
Having missed the last five rounds of football, Ricky Leutele will come into the bench tonight and will provide Shane Flanagan with extra attack in the match day 17.
NRL TEAM LIST – Round 23
Sharks v Dragons
Saturday, August 13
UOW Jubilee Oval
Kick-off – 7.30pm
1 Ben Barba
2 Sosaia Feki
3 Jack Bird
4 Gerard Beale
5 Valentine Holmes
6 James Maloney
7 Chad Townsend
8 Andrew Fifita
9 Michael Ennis
10 Matt Prior
11 Luke Lewis
12 Wade Graham
16 Jayson Bukuya
Interchange
14 Ricky Leutele
15 Chris Heighington
17 Joseph Paulo
18 Jesse Sene-Lefao
