The first week of the NRL trials is in the books, and more big guns will come out to play during Week 2, with teams beginning to name their teams for the week ahead.

The final official tune up for the season for all 16 clubs will see most coaches pick something closer to their Round 1 run on team then we saw for most clubs last week, with plenty of stars set to be given their first run.

Use the drop down menu below to navigate to each game this weekend.

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Manly Sea Eagles vs Canberra Raiders

Kick-off: Friday, February 25 - 6:00pm (AEDT)
Venue: Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

Final team news
Adam Elliott will start the game for the Raiders, with Corey Harawira-Naera dropping back to the bench for the green machine.

The Sea Eagles are unchanged from their team which was announced earlier in he week.

Earlier
The Sea Eagles are close to full strength for their second trial with Tom Trbojevic, Kieran Foran and Daly Cherry-Evans all named to play the Raiders.

Sean Keppie has been named to start in the front row, while Tolutau Koula is in the centres, indicating he could be close to first grade, with the 19-year-old stepping in for Morgan Harper.

Ethan Bullemor lines up in the second row with Josh Schuster out injured.

The Raiders have lost Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Sam Williams, Matt Frawley and Jordan Rapana for this week's clash through the coronavirus, which means they will be short of full strength.

Still, it'll be the first chance to watch Jamal Fogarty and Jack Wighton as a halves combination, while all of Matt Timoko, Josh Papalii, Josh Hodgson, Joe Tapine, Tom Starling and Elliott Whitehead will play for the first time this year.

Manly Sea Eagles

1. Tom Trbojevic
2. Jason Saab
3. Brad Parker
4. Tolutau Koula
5. Reuben Garrick
6. Kieran Foran
7. Daly Cherry-Evans (c)
8. Sean Keppie
9. Lachlan Croker
10. Martin Taupau
11. Haumole Olakau'atu
12. Ethan Bullemor
13. Jake Trbojevic

Interchange
14. Dylan Walker
15. Karl Lawton
16. Taniela Paseka
17. Toafofoa Sipley
18. James Roumanos
19. Kurt De Luis
20. Eiden Ackland
21. Christian Tuipulotu
23. Kaeo Weekes
24. Ben Trbojevic
25. Jorge Taufua

Canberra Raiders

1. Xavier Savage
2. Nick Cotric
3. Matt Timoko
4. Semi Valemei
5. Albert Hopoate
6. Jack Wighton
7. Jamal Fogarty
8. Josh Papalii
9. Josh Hodgson
10. Joe Tapine
11. Hudson Young
12. Elliott Whitehead (C)
20. Adam Elliott

Interchange
13. Corey Harawira-Naera
14. Tom Starling
15. Ryan Sutton
16. Trey Mooney
17. Corey Horsburgh
18. Brad Schneider
19. Michael Asomua
20. Adam Elliott
21. Sebastian Kris
22. Jarrod Croker (C)
23. James Schiller
24. Brad Morkos
25. Harry Rushton

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1 COMMENT

  1. Braydon Trindall is suspended until round 3, so the obvious starter for rounds 1 and 2 would be Matt Moyland.

    However, he isn’t even on the bench, (injured or dropped), so does that mean wunderkid Luke Metcalf is going to get the #7 spot for round 1 ?

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