The Magic Round kicks off with the Sharks and the Eels at Suncorp on Friday night, 2 May. Kick off is at 6:00 p.m.
Expect Caxton Street at it’s liveliest and plenty of branded activations around the stadium entrances.
Craig Fitzgibbon’s Sharks against former Blues and Kangaroos teammate Jason Ryles’s Eels.
The Sharks had their hearts broken at Leichardt last week. In golden point drama, two dropped goal misses by the Sharks (one was charged down), left it to the 88th minute when Adam Doueihi kicked the winning field goal.
Mawene Hiroti injured his knee for the Sharks aginst the West Sydney Tigers last week and so will be replaced by KL Iro, who is back from a Hamstring injury.
The Eels, coming off a bye, will be without Kelma Tuilagi who is suspended and will be replaced by Charlie Guymer.
William Kennedy is on fire, currently leading the Dally M table.
Mitch Moses vs Nicho Hynes will be a major factor in the game. Josh Addo-Carr averages 1.5 tries per game in the Magic Round (six from four appearances) but the Eels only have until mid-June to secure his place in Cronulla. Sharks Fullback William Kennedy has three tries in Magic Round from three games.
Blayke Bailey’s 367 tackles for the season so far is only just behind the Rabbitohs’ Peter Mamouzelos on 369. Sam Stonestreet currently topping the Sharks try table with six for the season.
Should be a great game to kick off the weekend. It starts at 6:00 p.m. on Friday night.
The Steeden Ball Exchange will be running across the weekend amongst many other activations. They will trade in your old sports ball for a new size three Steeden football. You can bring an old AFL or NRL footy, basketball, soccer ball, netball or rugby ball and you can walk away with a brand new Steeden size three football.
The atmosphere at Suncorp will be electric but if you can’t make it, Foxtel and Kayo will broadcast the game live.
