Results
Cronulla 25 (Billy Magoulias 2, Brock Ilett, Curtis Scott tries; Jack Williams 4/4 goals; Kyle Flanagan field goal) def. Parramatta 24 (Anthony Layoun 3, Simon Fonua tries; Simon Fonua 4/4, Michael Doolan 0/1 goals) at Pepper Stadium. Date: Sat Apr 18. Kick off: 11:30am (local time). Referee: Patrick Mackey.
Parramatta: 1 Anthony Layoun, 2 Sione Katoa, 3 Vinnie Tikeri, 4 Dane Aukafolau, 5 Matt Ulae, 6 Michael Doolan, 14 Dean Matterson, 8 James Tasipale, 9 Joey Tramontana, 10 Tangi Hokai, 11 Simon Fonua, 12 Sean Keppie, 13 Denzel Tonise. Int: 16 Cameron King, 17 Siaosi Mauava, 18 Josh Carr, 21 Nick Okladnikov. Coach: Aaron McDonald.
Cronulla: 14 William Kennedy, 2 Josh Tuilagi, 3 Curtis Scott, 4 Keenan Yorston, 5 Chris Tupou, 6 Kyle Flanagan, 7 Jack Williams, 8 Daniel Vasquez, 9 Blayke Brailey, 10 Brock Ilett, 11 Jesse Savage, 16 Tony Matautia, 13 Billy Magoulias. Int: 12 Luis Strickland, 18 Justin Timu, 19 Amo Lualua, 21 Jaiden Brown. Coach: David Howlett.
Cronulla move onto semi finals. Parramatta are eliminated.
South Sydney 34 (Cameron Murray 3, John Neil, Jade Anderson, Jalen Reweti tries; Siosifa Talakai 5/6 goals) def. Newcastle 30 (Heath Gibbs 2, Lyndon Hills 2, Tom Starling, Mathew Faitotoa tries; Brendan O’Hagan 3/6 goals) at New Era Stadium. Date: Sat Apr 18. Kick off: 2:30pm (local time). Referee: Martin Jones.
Newcastle: 2 Mathew Faitotoa, 21 Heath Gibbs, 3 Cory Denniss, 4 Blake Andrews, 5 Sam McIntyre, 6 Brodie Jones, 7 Brendan O’Hagan, 8 Jayden Butterfield, 9 Tom Starling, 10 Viko Puliuvea, 11 Sam Stone, 12 Ryan Millgate, 13 Kurtis Dark. Int: 14 Lyndon Hills, 16 Luke Marks, 17 Max King, 18 Hudson Young. Coach: Trevor Ott.
South Sydney: 1 Dylan O’Connor, 2 Keaon Koloamatangi, 3 Jalen Reweti, 23 Blade Perri, 5 Johnathan Tufuga, 6 Jade Anderson, 7 Kurtis Preece, 14 Henry-Siriah Fuimaono, 9 John Neil, 10 Gabe Hamlin, 12 Siosifa Talakai, 20 Blake Manowski, 13 Cameron Murray. Int: 8 Emre Guler, 11 Tristan Alvarado, 15 Brody Fitzgerald, 18 Kobi Hookey. Coach: Willie Peters.
South Sydney move onto semi finals. Newcastle are eliminated.
Manly 34 (Brad Parker 2, Billy Bainbridge 2, Brydon Ramien, Harrison O’Toole tries; Luke Polselli 5/6 goals) def. Canberra 16 (Lachlan Cooper, Jarred Tuite, Jake Notaras tries; Nick Cotric 2/3 goals) at Campbelltown Stadium. Date: Sat Apr 18. Kick off: 1:00pm (local time). Referee: Tim Hannon.
Canberra: 16 Ryan Griffin, 23 Sebastian Kris, 3 Nick Cotric, 24 Kody Parsons, 5 Jedidiah Simbiken, 1 Tre Williams, 7 Lachlan Cooper, 14 Trai Henderson, 9 Jesse Martin, 20 Connor Brebner, 11 Jarred Tuite, 12 William Samuel, 13 Kalani Going. Int: 8 Jake Hall, 15 Sione Afemui, 18 Sam Finnegan, 21 Jake Notaras. Coach: Dean Souter.
Manly: 1 Luke Polselli, 2 Clint Maguire, 3 Harrison O’Toole, 4 Brad Parker, 5 Sione Hopoate, 6 Manase Fainu, 7 Cade Cust, 8 Jaiden Tarrant, 9 Heath Garay, 10 Fredi Sione, 11 Cody Abrahams, 12 Billy Bainbridge, 13 Elia Faatui. Int: 14 Brad Arenelli, 15 Joshua Martin, 16 Jake Morrison, 17 Brydon Ramien. Coach: Chad Randall.
Manly earn a bye and move to preliminary finals. Canberra move onto semi finals.
Penrith 28 (Daniel Brown, Nathan Cleary, Liam Martin, Samuel Radovu, Mark Laban tries; Nathan Cleary 4/6 goals) def. Balmain 14 (Ryan Papenhuyzen, Tikoa Lene, Niall Walker tries; Moses Suli 1/3 goals) at New Era Stadium. Date: Sat Apr 18. Kick off: 4:00pm (local time). Referee: Jo West.
Balmain: 1 Ryan Papenhuyzen, 2 Tikoa Lene, 3 Tony Tali, 4 Moses Suli, 5 Niall Walker, 6 Nick Wilkinson, 7 Robert Siteine, 8 Pifeleti Pifeleti, 9 Daniel Peck, 17 Connor Nolan, 12 Jakob Giles, 15 Jacob Tatupu, 13 TJ Uele. Int: 10 Richard Latu, 11 Lisala Tangi, 14 Josh Bermingham, 16 Richard Amone. Coach: Mathew Head.
Penrith: 1 Daniel Brown, 2 Christopher Thomas, 3 Robbie Graham, 16 Jesse Abbott, 5 Jamon Wormleaton, 6 Nathan Cleary, 7 Jarome Luai, 8 Carl Winterstein, 9 Wayde Egan, 18 Joe Vaegaau, 11 Liam Martin, 12 Samuel Radovu, 13 Reed Izzard. Int: 10 Quinn Ma’aelopa, 14 Ray Maroun, 15 Mark Laban, 17 Stefano Hala. Coach: Ben Harden.
Penrith earn a bye and move to preliminary finals. Balmain move onto semi finals.