Taco Team List Tuesday: Sharks v Wests Tigers

Author: Sharks Media
Timestamp: Tue 19 Mar 2024, 03:59 PM

Aiming to start a season 3-0 for the first time since 2002, the Sharks have made one forced change to their run-on side for Saturday's match against Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval.

With Briton Nikora accepting a two-game suspension for a careless high tackle on Canterbury's Viliame Kikau, Jack Williams has been named in the second row.

Williams' promotion to the starting line-up has paved the way for versatile forward Billy Burns to make his official club debut off the interchange.

Burns, who played 41 NRL matches across stints at the Panthers and Dragons, has scored for Sharks feeder team Newtown in their opening two NSW Cup games.

Elsewhere, prop Royce Hunt is poised to return on the bench having been a late omission from last week's victory over the Bulldogs after battling a virus.

Front-rower Tuku Hau Tapuha, who made his Cronulla debut in Hunt's absence, has been retained in the extended squad in jersey No.19.

The Sharks, sitting in third position as one of five remaining undefeated clubs, face a new-look Wests Tigers team coming off a 32-12 defeat to the Raiders.

Saturday's match starts at 7:35pm AEDT, with live coverage on Foxtel and Kayo.

See the extended 22-man team list below.

1. WILL KENNEDY - proudly sponsored by Paragon Air Conditioning
2. SIONE KATOA - proudly sponsored by Ray White Sutherland Shire
3. JESSE RAMIEN - proudly sponsored by The Vinyl Room
4. SIOSIFA TALAKAI - proudly sponsored by O'Brien Palmer
5. RONALDO MULITALO - proudly sponsored by A Corp. Computers
6. BRAYDON TRINDALL - proudly sponsored by Totally Workwear Kirrawee
7. NICHO HYNES - proudly sponsored by John Ryan Freight Management
8. TOBY RUDOLF - proudly sponsored by Sharp EIT Solutions
9. BLAYKE BRAILEY - proudly sponsored by Elite Legal
10. OREGON KAUFUSI - proudly sponsored by ModularWalls
11. JACK WILLIAMS - proudly sponsored by Guardian Venue Management
12. TEIG WILTON - proudly sponsored by White Wolf Constructions
13. CAM MCINNES (c) - proudly sponsored by Alltech Payroll

Interchange

14. DALE FINUCANE (c) - proudly sponsored by Shire Steel & Fabrication
15. ROYCE HUNT - proudly sponsored by Life Outdoors
16. BILLY BURNS - proudly sponsored by Aramex
17. TOM HAZELTON - proudly sponsored by Ace Gutters

Extended Bench

18. KAYAL IRO
19. TUKU HAU TAPUHA
20. DANIEL ATKINSON
21. SAM STONESTREET
22. JAYDEN BERRELL

Coach

CRAIG FITZGIBBON - proudly sponsored by Aramex

Round 3 - Round 3 - Saturday 23 Mar

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Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Wests Tigers is number 1 Jahream Bula

Fullback for Sharks is number 1 William Kennedy
Winger for Wests Tigers is number 2 Charlie Staines

Winger for Sharks is number 2 Sione Katoa
Centre for Wests Tigers is number 3 Solomona Faataape

Centre for Sharks is number 3 Jesse Ramien
Centre for Wests Tigers is number 4 Justin Olam

Centre for Sharks is number 4 Siosifa Talakai
Winger for Wests Tigers is number 5 Junior Tupou

Winger for Sharks is number 5 Ronaldo Mulitalo
Five-Eighth for Wests Tigers is number 6 Lachlan Galvin

Five-Eighth for Sharks is number 6 Braydon Trindall
Halfback for Wests Tigers is number 7 Aidan Sezer

Halfback for Sharks is number 7 Nicholas Hynes

Forwards

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 8 Stefano Utoikamanu

Prop for Sharks is number 8 Toby Rudolf
Hooker for Wests Tigers is number 9 Apisai Koroisau

Hooker for Sharks is number 9 Blayke Brailey
Prop for Wests Tigers is number 10 David Klemmer

Prop for Sharks is number 10 Oregon Kaufusi
2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 11 Isaiah Papali'i

2nd Row for Sharks is number 11 Jack Williams
2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 12 John Bateman

2nd Row for Sharks is number 12 Teig Wilton
Lock for Wests Tigers is number 13 Fonua Pole

Lock for Sharks is number 13 Cameron McInnes

Interchange

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 14 Jayden Sullivan

Interchange for Sharks is number 14 Dale Finucane
Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 15 Alex Seyfarth

Interchange for Sharks is number 15 Royce Hunt
Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 16 Alex Twal

Interchange for Sharks is number 16 Billy Burns
Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 17 Samuela Fainu

Interchange for Sharks is number 17 Thomas Hazelton