NRL 2025 LIVE: Sharks face Manly; Rabbitohs host Cowboys; Eels take on Raiders in Darwin

No score after 10 minutes

Manly winger Clayton Faulalo settles the nerves by successfully taking a high ball.

Same for Sharks No.1 William Kennedy not long after. No real chances yet from both sides. Nicho Hynes is looking to run the ball and attack.

Siosiua Taukeiaho has already chalked up 30 metres with ball in hand. Lots of ball in play time.

0-0 after 10 minutes

Nicholas Hynes of the Sharks in action. Credit: Getty Images

We’re under way in the west

Manly have first possession of the afternoon, with Luke Brooks running on tackle five and kicking it into touch.

Haumole Olakau’atu concedes the first penalty of the day as Cronulla get into their work in the middle of the field.

0-0 after three minutes

Sharks fans arrive at Optus Stadium in Perth. Credit: Getty Images

‘Don’t be fake’: Leniu doubles down on post-match tirade towards Thurston

A big story cooking in league land.

Roosters prop Spencer Leniu has accused Queensland Maroons great and Nine commentator Johnathan Thurston of being “two-faced” and “fake” following their on-field run-in at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.

Leniu is alleged to have called Thurston a “f—wit”, then a “f—ing c–t”, with the bad blood stretching back to Thurston’s views on Leniu’s eight-game suspension at the start of last season for racially vilifying Brisbane five-eighth Ezra Mam during a match in Las Vegas.

Taking to social media on Saturday morning, Leniu posted on his Instagram account: “I never wanted to talk to JT. He kept trying to come speak to me. I said, ‘Lad idc [I don’t care] if that you hate me for what I did [calling Ezra Mam a ‘monkey’ in Las Vegas]. But don’t come up to me asking me questions like we’re Algood (sic). Don’t be two face. Hate me lad I’m eetswa [sweet] with that. But don’t be fake. I hate fake people.”

NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo on Saturday said there was nothing to investigate because there had been no complaint lodged by Thurston or Nine, the publishers of this masthead.

“We don’t have a complaint, it was a conversation between two people, and we don’t know what was said,” Abdo said.

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Spencer Leniu and Johnathan Thurston on Friday night.Credit: NRL Photos

Here are the final teams

Sharks (1–13)

William Kennedy, Samuel Stonestreet, Jesse Ramien, Mawene Hiroti, Ronaldo Mulitalo, Braydon Trindall, Nicho Hynes, Addin Fonua-Blake, Blayke Brailey, Oregon Kaufusi, Briton Nikora, Teig Wilton, Cameron McInnes.
Interchange: Daniel Atkinson, Siosifa Talakai, Toby Rudolf, Tom Hazelton.
Reserve: Billy Burns.

Sea Eagles (1–13)

Lehi Hopoate, Clayton Faulalo, Tolutau Koula, Reuben Garrick, Tommy Talau, Luke Brooks, Daly Cherry-Evans, Josh Aloiai, Jazz Tevaga, Siosiua Taukeiaho, Haumole Olakau’atu, Ben Trbojevic, Jake Trbojevic.
Interchange: Jake Simpkin, Nathan Brown, Ethan Bullemor, Toafofoa Sipley.
Reserve: Aaron Schoupp.

No late changes from Manly. Cronulla will run out as per program.

Proszenko: There will be scrutiny on the loser of today’s first match

They might be in Perth, but the loser of this one won’t be able to hide for long from the media scrutiny that awaits them back in Sydney.

Manly’s best is good enough to challenge for the title, but their worst – and we saw it at Brookvale last weekend against the Storm – is diabolical. Unless they close the disparity, it’s going to be a long season.

What the teams are coming off

The Sharks went down narrowly to the Raiders last week, losing 24–20 in a game that could have gone either way.

Meanwhile, Manly were thumped by the Storm, conceding 48 points in a performance they’ll be desperate to move past.

Injuries haven’t helped their cause, with star fullback Tom Trbojevic still sidelined.

A big game looms for the No.7s on both sides, Nicho Hynes and Daly Cherry-Evans.

Here are the highlights for both games in case you missed.

Who gets the job done?

Hello and welcome

Happy Super Saturday, footy fans.

It’s Tom Decent in the Coogee bureau. Let’s get stuck in.

Strap in – we’ve got a triple treat of NRL coming your way, with everything from top-eight hopefuls to teams battling for every win they can get.

We’ll get things under way in Perth where the Sharks (11th) and Sea Eagles (6th) do battle at 3pm AEST.

The Rabbitohs and Cowboys are up after that from 5:30pm – two teams with plenty to prove – before the Eels (17th) try to make it back-to-back wins when they take on the Raiders at 7:35pm AEST in Darwin.