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Hopoate to start at fullback

Will Hopoate will be back at fullback after recovering from an ankle sprain.

THE Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have made a number of changes for this Sunday’s clash with the Warriors at ANZ Stadium at 2pm.

First amongst them is the return of Will Hopoate to the starting line-up at fullback after recovering from a high ankle sprain picked up in the Round 7 loss to the Wests Tigers at the end of June.
Hopoate will take the place of Nick Meaney who will return to his original position of winger with Marcelo Montoya dropping out of the squad.
In the forwards Aiden Tolman will return to the starting line-up to replace Dylan Napa who will miss one match after taking an early guilty plea for a dangerous contact charge from Sunday’s close loss to the Tigers.
In other team news:
Jeremy Marshall-King will return to the starting line-up in place of Sione Katoa who goes back to the bench
Matt Doorey, who scored a try on debut against the Tigers, will start the game in the number 11 jersey with Luke Thompson coming off the bench
Jake Averillo returns to the seventeen after recovering from a hip injury
The squad is;
1 Will Hopoate
2 Nick Meaney
3 Tim Lafai
4 Kerrod Holland
5 Reimis Smith
6 Kieran Foran
7 Jack Cogger
8 Ofahiki Ogden
9 Jeremy Marshall-King
10 Aiden Tolman
11 Matthew Doorey
12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner
13 Josh Jackson

14 Sione Katoa
15 Luke Thompson
16 Jesse Sue
17 Jake Averillo
19 Renouf To’omaga
20 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
21 Chris Smith
23 Lachlan Lewis