Junior Team Announcement: Round 18

Melbourne Storm’s U21 team will travel to Sydney this week to face the Cronulla Sharks on Saturday afternoon.

Following a strong win in Fiji, the squad will be looking to carry their momentum into this important clash.

Despite having played the Sharks just two weeks ago, this match is set to be a different contest, with Cronulla welcoming back several key players. It promises to be a finals-like battle, and will be an important clash for Storm.

Kick-off is scheduled for 12:50pm on Saturday.

Head Coach Mark Russell has made several changes to the lineup ahead of the match.

Starting Team:

1. Hugo Peel

2. Amaziah Murgha

3. Mitchell Jennings

4. Luke Cesari

5. Ben Stringer

6. Eli Morris

7. Dylan Brettle

8. K-CI Newton-Whare

9. Jai Bowden

10. Talas Abell

11. Preston Conn

12. Zayvian Langkilde-Fale

13. Angus Hinchey

Interchange:

14. Ioane Lui

15. Suli Pole

16. Cooper Clarke 

17. Hudson Brown

Reserves:

18. Frank Howarth