Last year’s Storm Rookie of the Year Dean Ieremia and centre Marion Seve have been brought into the Melbourne Storm starting line-up for Saturday’s Magic Round 1 v 2 showdown with premiers Penrith at Suncorp Stadium.
Nick Meaney will switch from wing to fullback, replacing Ryan Papenhuyzen who will be sidelined for four to six weeks with knee and hamstring injuries.
Ieremia, who played in the back-to-back golden point games in rounds two and three, will be the new left winger, while Seve comes in from Reimis Smith who faces surgery on a torn pec and will be missing for 10-12 weeks.
It will be Seve’s first NRL appearance since Round 25 last season.
The interchange bench from Sunday’s win against St George Illawarra remains intact with Brandon Smith joined by Tyran Wishart, Trent Loiero and Chris Lewis.
Tui Kamikamica has been included on the reserves’ list for the first time after completing his nine-game suspension.
Kick-off on Saturday is at 7.35pm.
The match will be live on Channel 9, including in Melbourne, as well as on Fox Sports and Kayo.
Team List
Match: Storm v Panthers
Round 10 -
home Team
Storm
away Team
Panthers
Team Lists
Backs
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Fullback for Storm is number 15 Tyran WishartFullback for Panthers is number 1 Dylan Edwards
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Winger for Storm is number 1 Nick MeaneyWinger for Panthers is number 2 Taylan May
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Centre for Storm is number 3 Marion SeveCentre for Panthers is number 3 Izack Tago
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Centre for Storm is number 4 Justin OlamCentre for Panthers is number 4 Stephen Crichton
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Winger for Storm is number 5 Xavier CoatesWinger for Panthers is number 5 Brian To'o
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Five-Eighth for Storm is number 6 Cameron MunsterFive-Eighth for Panthers is number 6 Jarome Luai
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Halfback for Storm is number 18 Cooper JohnsHalfback for Panthers is number 7 Nathan Cleary
Forwards
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Prop for Storm is number 8 Jesse BromwichProp for Panthers is number 8 Moses Leota
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Hooker for Storm is number 9 Harry GrantHooker for Panthers is number 9 Apisai Koroisau
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Prop for Storm is number 10 Nelson Asofa-SolomonaProp for Panthers is number 10 James Fisher-Harris
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2nd Row for Storm is number 11 Felise Kaufusi2nd Row for Panthers is number 11 Viliame Kikau
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2nd Row for Storm is number 12 Kenneath Bromwich2nd Row for Panthers is number 12 Liam Martin
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Lock for Storm is number 13 Josh KingLock for Panthers is number 13 Isaah Yeo
Interchange
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Interchange for Storm is number 14 Brandon SmithInterchange for Panthers is number 14 Mitch Kenny
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Interchange for Storm is number 16 Trent LoieroInterchange for Panthers is number 15 Scott Sorensen
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Interchange for Storm is number 17 Chris LewisInterchange for Panthers is number 16 Spencer Leniu
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Interchange for Storm is number 23 Tui KamikamicaInterchange for Panthers is number 17 Jaeman Salmon
Reserves
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Replacement for Storm is number 21 Jayden NikorimaReplacement for Panthers is number 18 Robert Jennings
Match Officials
- Referee: Ashley Klein
- Touch Judge: Wyatt Raymond
- Touch Judge: Nick Beashel
- Senior Review Official: Grant Atkins
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