Senior Representative Teamlists | 28th June, 2025

Author: Sydney Roosters
Timestamp: Tue 24 Jun 2025, 04:14 PM

NSW Cup Team (Round 17):

Sydney Roosters NSW Cup Coach Brett Morris has named his team for Saturday’s match against the Western Suburbs Magpies at Lidcombe Oval.

From the line-up that played Newcastle in Newcastle, prior to last weekend’s bye, the team welcomes back middle forwards Taylor Losalu and Makahesi Makatoa from NRL duty, with Makatoa replacing Zack Visconti at lock and Loaslu taking over from Xavier Va’a as a starting prop. Va’a goes back to the bench replacing Ethan Roberts, who, like Visconti, will play Jersey Flegg Cup on Saturday.

Toby Rodwell returns from Under 19s Origin duty in the halves, replacing Reece Foley (at five eighth), who will also play Jersey Flegg Cup this weekend. Captain Jake Elliott who started at hooker against Newcastle, and then moved to lock after 18 minutes, has again been named as the starting hooker, with Tyler Moriaty named on the bench.

If all five Roosters State of Origin representatives from the first two games of the series hold their spots for the decider, all their replacements in the Roosters 17 for the NRL’s match against the Wests Tigers in Round 18 are expected to come from this NSW Cup side.

The Roosters are currently in 6th place on the table and this match against the 9th placed Magpies is their first clash since the Roosters beat them 64-6 in August last year.

The team lists are below:

Round 17 - Round 17 - Saturday 28 Jun

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Magpies

Roosters

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Magpies is number 21 Alex Lobb

Fullback for Roosters is number 1 Ethan King
Winger for Magpies is number 2 Charlie Staines

Winger for Roosters is number 5 Trey Peni
Centre for Magpies is number 4 Brent Naden

Centre for Roosters is number 3 Ben Johnson
Centre for Magpies is number 14 Solomona Faataape

Centre for Roosters is number 4 Owen Flaherty
Winger for Magpies is number 5 Izaac Tu'itupou

Winger for Roosters is number 21 William Malloy
Five-Eighth for Magpies is number 6 Krystian Mapapalangi

Five-Eighth for Roosters is number 6 Toby Rodwell
Halfback for Magpies is number 7 Kurt Falls

Halfback for Roosters is number 7 Chad Townsend

Forwards

Prop for Magpies is number 10 Kit Laulilii

Prop for Roosters is number 8 Taylor Losalu
Hooker for Magpies is number 18 Joe Lovodua

Hooker for Roosters is number 9 Jake Elliott
Prop for Magpies is number 17 Jaxson Rahme

Prop for Roosters is number 10 De La Salle Va'a
2nd Row for Magpies is number 11 Luke Jack

2nd Row for Roosters is number 11 Hayden Barton
2nd Row for Magpies is number 12 Elie El-Zakhem

2nd Row for Roosters is number 12 Aston Warwick
Lock for Magpies is number 13 Charlie Murray

Lock for Roosters is number 13 Makahesi Makatoa

Interchange

Interchange for Magpies is number 8 Royce Hunt

Interchange for Roosters is number 14 Tyler Moriarty
Interchange for Magpies is number 15 Peter Taateo

Interchange for Roosters is number 15 Rhys Dakin
Interchange for Magpies is number 16 Reuben Porter

Interchange for Roosters is number 16 Xavier Va'a
Interchange for Magpies is number 20 Josh Feledy

Interchange for Roosters is number 20 Max McCathie

Reserves

Replacement for Magpies is number 3 Jared Haywood

Replacement for Roosters is number 18 Reece Foley

Last updated: 6/28/2025 11:08:22 PM

Jersey Flegg Cup Team (Round 17):

Sydney Roosters Jersey Flegg Cup Coach Dean Feeney has named his team for Saturday’s match against the Wests Tigers at Lidcombe Oval.

Co-captain Josh Durkin switches from five eighth to halfback, replacing Brooklyn Rosemeyer, with Reece Foley coming back into the side at five eighth. Jaxson Allen returns from Under 19s Origin duty at hooker, with Josiah Fesolai going back to the bench (replacing Joseph Currie), where he will likely provide backrow cover.

Also, in the forwards, Ethan Roberts drops back from NSW Cup and takes Julius Mitchell’s spot on the left edge, with Mitchell returning to the bench at the expense of Hayden Lammond. Mitchell and Kynan Tovai will be the two bench props.

The 9th Roosters are chasing a third successive win against the 7th placed Wests Tigers and can leapfrog them on the table with by winning by greater than 11 points.