NRL Late Mail Round 21: Munster returns, Sloan unlikely

Goodbye final Origin backup round for 2024&#8230;don&#8217;t let the door hit you on the way out. 



What an absolute shocker, with my X character limits being pushed to the absolute limits for multiple games. 



So this means the rest of the rounds to see out the season will be 1-17 to balance things out, right? 



Pretty sure that&#8217;s how it works.



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WARRIORS



1-17&nbsp;could be on here for the Warriors with nothing noteworthy in first cuts.&nbsp;



24 hour cuts: Ale, Afoa, Farr&nbsp;



TIGERS



There was earlier speculation that&nbsp;Api&nbsp;Koroisau&nbsp;&#8211; who is fine to return &#8211; would play in the halves and while it wasn&#8217;t named that way on TLT and isn&#8217;t likely, I&#8217;ll keep an eye out if this changes.



Otherwise, no changes expected.



24 hour cuts: Matamua, Kit Laulilii, Sukkar&nbsp;



EELS



No changes expected here and the 24 hour cuts reflect it, however I&#8217;m wary of a potential shuffle in the forwards on game day.&nbsp;



24 hour cuts: Arthur, Doorey, Harper&nbsp;



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STORM



Cameron Munster&nbsp;will return this week. 



Currently, it&#8217;s via the bench with&nbsp;Christian Welch&nbsp;dropping out at the 24 hour mark, but he could still be elevated to the starting halves with&nbsp;Tyran&nbsp;Wishart&nbsp;shifting to the bench.&nbsp;



Nelson Asofa-Solomona&nbsp;and&nbsp;Grant Anderson&nbsp;look like they&#8217;ll be fine to play with their respective injuries.&nbsp;



24 hour cuts: Welch, Ieremia, Smith



BRONCOS



Payne&nbsp;Haas&nbsp;sat out training earlier in the week for rest purposes but he&#8217;s not in doubt.&nbsp;



Brendan&nbsp;Piakura&nbsp;is on the extended bench but won&#8217;t play through injury.&nbsp;



BULLDOGS



Drew&nbsp;Hutchison&nbsp;has resurfaced on the extended bench but it&#8217;s unclear if he&#8217;ll be a late inclusion in place of&nbsp;Toby Sexton.&nbsp;



Outside this, no major changes expected outside that somewhat usual shuffle at the lock position.



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COWBOYS



Murray&nbsp;Taulagi&nbsp;remains a chance to be a late inclusion. 



I assume he&#8217;ll play wing with&nbsp;Valentine&nbsp;Holmes&nbsp;going back to centre and&nbsp;Jaxon&nbsp;Purdue&nbsp;out if he&#8217;s good to go.&nbsp;



SHARKS



No changes expected for the Sharks,&nbsp;1-17&nbsp;likely.&nbsp;



ROOSTERS



Angus&nbsp;Crichton&nbsp;copped a knock last week but from the man&#8217;s own X account &#8211; on a post about a kit give away no less &#8211; he confirmed that he&#8217;s good to go.&nbsp;



1-17&nbsp;at this stage.&nbsp;



SEA&nbsp;EAGLES



No changes expected for Manly, should be&nbsp;1-17.&nbsp;



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DRAGONS



Tyrell&nbsp;Sloan&nbsp;is unlikely to play this weekend. 



Widely he&#8217;s been dealing with a hamstring tweak and coach has said as such, however I&#8217;ve also heard he may have been dropped anyway for&nbsp;Mathew&nbsp;Feagai. 



Either way, he&#8217;s unlikely to feature.&nbsp;



PANTHERS



The Origin contingent returns so I&#8217;m expecting&nbsp;1-17&nbsp;here also.&nbsp;



DOLPHINS



As always a shuffle in the forward pack wouldn&#8217;t surprise but the overall 17 should be unchanged.&nbsp;



TITANS



Copy and paste the above, and&nbsp;1-17&nbsp;wouldn&#8217;t surprise.&nbsp;



RAIDERS



No changes expected either for Canberra, should be&nbsp;1-17.&nbsp;



RABBITOHS



Ditto for the Bunnies,&nbsp;1-17&nbsp;likely at this stage.&nbsp;

NRL Late Mail Round 21: Munster returns, Sloan unlikely

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