The Storm have relocated to Queensland for the third time in a year and will feature in a Gold Coast double header this Saturday after joining the rest of the NRL in the Sunshine state.
The club s 41-strong Apollo contingent arrived in Brisbane late on Thursday and will be housed at a separate hotel to the Brisbane hub under the NRL s Level 4 restrictions.
Originally set down for AAMI Park, the clash between the Storm and Knights will now kick off at 7.35pm as the second game of a Saturday double-header at CBus Super Stadium.
Canberra s clash with Cronulla has now switched to a 5.30pm kickoff to accommodate the scheduling change, with the Cowboys home game against the Roosters in Townsville also brought forward to 3pm.
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Manly take on the Red V at Cbus Super Stadium on Friday evening, just 48 hours after Trbojevic will be lining up for the Blues in State of Origin III with DCE in action for the Maroons.
Cherry-Evans had a wow of a game against the Cowboys in round 14 as he bounced back from his Origin disappointed while Hasler elected to rest Trbojevic rather than forcing him to back up two days after Origin I and said the plan would be the same this week. Yes, 100%, Hasler responded when asked if the same would apply this time around.
Pressed on whether that could be treated as confirmation Cherry-Evans would play and Trbojevic would not, Hasler said yep .
The NRL has some wonderful players who deservedly gather plenty of headlines and video streams.
But these big names would be the first to tell you of their unsung teammates who do all the little things that allow the stars to shine.
These players fill a range of positions and do a range of things that might not appear on stats sheets but play important roles in teams winning matches.
With this in mind, the experts at NRL.com has come up with their selection for the most underrated player in the Telstra Premiership.
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