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Final Team: Bromwich out, Nicholls to skipper

Mark Nicholls will captain the Dolphins for the first time tonight against the Cowboys in Townsville.

Nicholls will start in the front row in place of club captain Jesse Bromwich, who is out with a throat infection.

Ray Stone has also been promoted off the bench and will start at prop.

Herman Ese’ese goes back to the interchange list where he is joined by Poasa Faamausili.

JJ Collins is the new 18th man for the match that will be played in front of a sell-out crowd at Qld Country Bank Stadium.

The Dolphins’ backline will start the game as it was named on Tuesday, with Kodi Nikorima to play in the halves and Edrick Lee to start his first match for the Dolphins on the wing.

Team Lists

Backs

  • Fullback for Cowboys is number 1 Scott Drinkwater
    Fullback for Dolphins is number 1 Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
  • Winger for Cowboys is number 2 Kyle Feldt
    Winger for Dolphins is number 2 Jamayne Isaako
  • Centre for Cowboys is number 3 Valentine Holmes
    Centre for Dolphins is number 3 Euan Aitken
  • Centre for Cowboys is number 4 Peta Hiku
    Centre for Dolphins is number 4 Brenko Lee
  • Winger for Cowboys is number 5 Brendan Elliot
    Winger for Dolphins is number 5 Edrick Lee
  • Five-Eighth for Cowboys is number 6 Tom Dearden
    Five-Eighth for Dolphins is number 6 Kodi Nikorima
  • Halfback for Cowboys is number 7 Chad Townsend
    Halfback for Dolphins is number 7 Isaiya Katoa

Forwards

  • Prop for Cowboys is number 8 Mitchell Dunn
    Prop for Dolphins is number 15 Mark Nicholls
  • Hooker for Cowboys is number 9 Reece Robson
    Hooker for Dolphins is number 9 Jeremy Marshall-King
  • Prop for Cowboys is number 10 Reuben Cotter
    Prop for Dolphins is number 16 Ray Stone
  • 2nd Row for Cowboys is number 11 Coen Hess
    2nd Row for Dolphins is number 11 Kenneath Bromwich
  • 2nd Row for Cowboys is number 12 Griffin Neame
    2nd Row for Dolphins is number 12 Connelly Lemuelu
  • Lock for Cowboys is number 13 Jason Taumalolo
    Lock for Dolphins is number 13 Tom Gilbert

Interchange

  • Interchange for Cowboys is number 14 Jake Granville
    Interchange for Dolphins is number 10 Herman Ese'ese
  • Interchange for Cowboys is number 15 Tom Chester
    Interchange for Dolphins is number 14 Jarrod Wallace
  • Interchange for Cowboys is number 16 Jamayne Taunoa-Brown
    Interchange for Dolphins is number 17 Kurt Donoghoe
  • Interchange for Cowboys is number 17 Riley Price
    Interchange for Dolphins is number 18 Poasa Faamausili

Reserves

  • Replacement for Cowboys is number 19 Jack Gosiewski
    Replacement for Dolphins is number 20 JJ Collins

Match Officials

  • Referee: Adam Gee
  • Touch Judge: Chris Sutton
  • Touch Judge: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
  • Senior Review Official: Grant Atkins

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The Dolphins respect and honour the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on.

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