NRLW LATE MAIL: Round 1 v Raiders
Head Coach Nathan Cross has finalised his squad to take on the Canberra Raiders at GIO Stadium in the side's season opener.
Late Mail: Indie Bostock comes into the centres to make her NRLW debut with Bobbi Law shifting out to the wing and Alice Gregory dropping out. Bronte Wilson is the side's replacement player.
It marks the culmination of a special journey for the Shellharbour Stingrays junior who becomes the sixth member of Illawarra's 2024 Tarsha Gale Cup premiership winning outfit to debut for the Red V.
Front-rowers Pia Tapsell (starting) and Trinity Tauaneai (bench) have been named to make their NRLW debuts while Nita Maynard-Perrin and Ahlivia Ingram will each make their club debuts off the bench.
Kasey Reh starts in the halves with co-captain Raecene McGregor while fellow co-captain Zali Hopkins will start at hooker and the returning Hannah Southwell starts at lock.
Match: Raiders v Dragons
Round 1 -
home Team
Raiders
10th Position
away Team
Dragons
3rd Position
Venue: GIO Stadium, Canberra
NRLW ROUND 1 TEAM LIST
| 1 | Teagan Berry | Sponsored by Property Place Agency |
| 2 | Margot Vella | Sponsored by Wollongong City Jetski |
| 3 | Keele Browne | Sponsored by Security Mick |
| 20 | Indie Bostock | Sponsored by Kingsgrove Sports |
| 4 | Bobbi Law | Sponsored by Security Mick |
| 6 | Kasey Reh | Sponsored by South Coast Remedial |
| 7 | Raecene McGregor (c) | Sponsored by Bill & Toni's Restaurant |
| 8 | Madison Mulhall | Sponsored by St George Leagues Club |
| 9 | Zali Hopkins (c) | Sponsored by Freeze Yourself |
| 10 | Pia Tapsell | Sponsored by Squadron Energy |
| 11 | Shenai Lendill | Sponsored by Shire Steel & Fabrication |
| 12 | Charlotte Basham | Sponsored by CHiQ |
| 13 | Hannah Southwell | Sponsored by UTECH |
| 14 | Nita Maynard-Perrin | Sponsored by Classic Sports Wear |
| 15 | Ella Koster | Sponsored by HSE Global |
| 16 | Trinity Tauaneai | Sponsored by HWLE |
| 17 | Ahlivia Ingram | Sponsored by TripADeal |
| 18 | Bronte Wilson | |
| COACH | Nathan Cross | Sponsored by HWLE |
