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18 hours ago | National Rugby League
Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has named an 18-man squad for this weekend's round 11 NRL Telstra Premiership clash. The Storm (5-4) takes on last years Premiers the Canterbury Bulldogs (3-6) at Olympic Park in Melbourne on Saturday at 5:30pm AEST.
Cooper Cronk is named in the starting line-up to replace Queensland State-of-Origin representative Cameron Smith, while Greg Inglis retains his place at fullback in place of Billy Slater who is also on Queensland Origin duty. Josh Graham is set to make his NRL debut in place of NSW State-of-Origin player Matt King, and Jamie Feeney has been named on the bench for only his second game of the year. Nathan Friend, who is yet to make an appearance in 2005, is named as the 18th man.
Jamie Feeney and Dennis Scott will be particularly looking forward to this clash as they will be facing their former club for the first time.
The Bulldogs sit in 13th place on the Telstra Premiership Table after suffering a home defeat at the hands of the Manly Sea Eagles last weekend (10-18), while the Storm, in 5th position, comes off an away win against the South Sydney Rabbitohs (38-12).
Squad for Saturday's game:
Starting team:
1. Greg Inglis
2. Matt Geyer
3. Steve Bell
4. Josh Graham
5. Jake Webster
6. Scott Hill
7. Matt Orford
8. Robbie Kearns (c)
9. Cooper Cronk
10. Alex Chan
11. David Kidwell
12. Ryan Hoffman
13. Dallas Johnson
Interchange:
14. Dennis Scott, 15. Glen Turner, 16. Jamie Feeney, 17. Brett White, 18. Nathan Friend
Coach:
Craig Bellamy.
Injury Update:
Jamie McDonald: season (knee)
Steve Turner: season (foot)