He may be keen to snap a five match losing streak, but Wests Tigers head coach Jason Taylor has not hit the panic button in his selection of an 18-man squad for the Round 8 clash against the Canberra Raiders this Saturday, April 23 at GIO Stadium.
In fact the side named continues Taylor’s selection consistency, with changes forced on him through injury or suspension.
Sauaso Sue (concussion) returns to bolster the forward pack, forcing a re-shuffle, with Curtis Sironen retaining his starting position and Dene Halatau moving to the interchange bench.
Joshua Addo-Carr and JJ Felise retain their place in the team after both impressing in their debuts last week against Melbourne.
New recruit Joel Edwards, who also made his club debut off the bench in the golden point loss to Melbourne on Sunday has been named as 18th man.
Winger David Nofoaluma remains sidelined with a knee injury after missing the Storm game, while centre Tim Simona is due to return from suspension next week against South Sydney.
NRL squad member Justin Hunt returns from a back injury this week with the Intrust Super Premiership side, with Matthew Eisenhuth also getting his first match of the year.
Wests Tigers NRL – Round 8 v Raiders:
1. James Tedesco
2. Joshua Addo-Carr
3. Nathan Milone
4. Kevin Naiqama
5. Jordan Rankin
6. Mitchell Moses
7. Luke Brooks
8. Ava Seumanufagai
9. Robbie Farah
10. Tim Grant
11. Curtis Sironen
12. Chris Lawrence (C)
13. Sauaso Sue
Interchange:
14. Josh Aloiai
15. Dene Halatau (C)
16. Kyle Lovett
17. JJ Felise
18. Joel Edwards
