Wests Tigers Coach Michael Maguire has named an unchanged team for his side’s Round 8 clash against the Penrith Panthers this Saturday at Bankwest Stadium.

After back-to-back victories, Wests Tigers will head in to Saturday’s game with an identical side and just one change to the overall 21-man squad with Russell Packer returning from suspension in place of Reece Hoffman.

With government restrictions on crowds lifting as of July 1, Wests Tigers will have a crowd of up to 7,000 Members in attendance at Bankwest Stadium on Saturday — the club’s first home game this season officially played in front of a crowd.

Both sides will provide updated 19-man team lists on Friday evening before finalising their team lists one hour prior to kickoff (6:35pm, Saturday).

1 Adam Doueihi
2 David Nofoaluma
3 BJ Leilua
4 Moses Mbye
5 Tommy Talau

6 Josh Reynolds
7 Luke Brooks

8 Josh Aloiai
9 Harry Grant
10 Oliver Clark
11 Luciano Leilua
12 Luke Garner
13 Matt Eisenhuth

14 Elijah Taylor
15 Thomas Mikaele
16 Sam McIntyre
17 Micheal Chee-Kam

18 Benji Marshall
19 Billy Walters
20 Chris Lawrence
21 Russell Packer

expect changes

Oh no… Adam Gee as referee. Gonna be a 6 again-athon. He’s been worse than Perenara this year

Great to see Mikaele named

7,000 crowd, I thought I read elsewhere 7,500.

Either way, good to see fans come back.

When do we get our cardboard cut-outs back?

@tigerap said in Wests Tigers Team v Penrith Rd 8:

expect changes

Packer there to cover Mikaele if he isn’t fit to play. Besides that don’t see the team changing

@tigerap said in Wests Tigers Team v Penrith Rd 8:

expect changes

There will be no changes

@Geo said in Wests Tigers Team v Penrith Rd 8:

@tigerap said in Wests Tigers Team v Penrith Rd 8:

expect changes

There will be no changes

That’s a good thing.

Looks competitive.

@JoshColeman99 said in Wests Tigers Team v Penrith Rd 8:

Oh no… Adam Gee as referee. Gonna be a 6 again-athon. He’s been worse than Perenara this year

Taylor will have to be careful. Perenara pinged him for 6 again as soon as he saw him on the field.

Looks competitive.

No surprises with the side named. Massive test though so I hope the boys are up for it.

I think we match up quite well this week. This will be a close game, with plenty of big contact.
I think Doueihi’s positional play throughout will be key to us getting a result, the chin was very good with his attacking kicks last week and they have the speed to finish things off.

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