Plenty of team changes for these sides tonight.
For the Bulldogs, Jacob Kiraz is back from a knee injury and will shift to fullback tonight with Connor Tracey ruled out with a hamstring problem on Thursday. Stephen Crichton is on NSW duty and Jonathan Sua has been dropped, with Enari Tuala moving into the centres and Marcelo Montoya and Jethro Rinakama on the wings. Bailey Hayward has been benched, with Kurt Mann starting at hooker.
Melbourne will rely on some inexperienced playmakers tonight with Russell-Smith at five-eighth and Trent Toelau at hooker in place of Maroons stars Cameron Munster and Harry Grant, while Cooper Clark replaces Queenslandโs Trent Loiero at lock. Alec MacDonald and dummy-half Gabriel Satrick join the bench.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2. Jacob Kiraz 19. Jethro Rinakama 3. Bronson Xerri 4. Enari Tuala 20. Marcelo Montoya 6. Matt Burton 7. Lachlan Galvin 8. Max King 14. Kurt Mann 10. Leo Thompson 11. Sitili Tupouniua 12. Jacob Preston 13. Jaeman Salmon.
