Two sides under pressure, the Dragons and the Bulldogs clash at WIN Stadium in Wollongong.
Sitting 14th, the Dragons were gutsy in defeat against the Roosters on Anzac Day last Tuesday, going down by a solitary point.
The Bulldogs find themselves 16th on the ladder and in dire need of a win, after losing their past three matches by a combined margin of 73 points.
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They’ve made a few key changes this week, with exciting 18-year-old Karl Oloapu named to make his debut after Kyle Flanagan was dropped.
Josh Reynolds will start in Flanagan’s place, with Oloapu to come off the bench.
Forward Max King will miss up to a month with a rib injury, so Harrison Edwards has been named to start in his place. It will be Edwards’ first appearance of the season.
Kurtis Morrin and Samuel Hughes are also new additions to the side this week, with Ryan Sutton (injured) and Andrew Davey making way.
For the Dragons, Jaiyden Hunt has been promoted to a starting role, with Ben Murdoch-Masila to come off the bench
Max Feagai comes into the starting side in place of the injured Tautau Moga, starting opposite his twin brother Mathew.
Dragons team: 1. Tyrell Sloan 2. Mathew Feagai 3. Moses Suli 4. Zac Lomax 5. Max Feagai 6. Talatau Amone 7. Ben Hunt 8. Michael Molo 9. Moses Mbye 10. Blake Lawrie 15. Jaiyden Hunt 11. Ben Murdoch-Masila 12. Jack Bird 13. Jack de Belin 11. Ben Murdoch-Masila 14. Jacob Liddle 15. Jaiyden Hunt 16. Toby Couchman 17. Josh Kerr 20. Billy Burns
Players cut: 18. Zane Musgrove 19. Jayden Sullivan 21. Viliami Fifita 22. Sione Finau
Bulldogs team: 1. Hayze Perham 2. Declan Casey 3. Jake Averillo 4. Paul Alamoti 5. Braidon Burns 6. Josh Reynolds 7. Matt Burton 10. Tevita Pangai Junior 9. Reed Mahoney 25. Harrison Edwards 11. Corey Waddell 12. Jacob Preston 13. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 14. Kurtis Morrin 15. Jayden Okunbor 16. Samuel Hughes 20. Karl Oloapu 19. Fa’amanu Brown 21. Reece Hoffman
Players cut: 8. Max King 17. Ryan Sutton 21. Reece Hoffman 22. Jeral Skelton 23. Kyle Flanagan
