NRL Teams: Thurston named, new Eels five-eighth

Johnathan Thurston looks a chance to return from his torn calf for Friday's night's clash with the Parramatta Eels.

Meanwhile, Corey Norman has found himself with yet another halves partner after Brad Takairangi's injury.

All that and more in the Round Nine NRL team lists:

Broncos v Panthers: 7.50pm Thursday, April 27 at Suncorp Stadium

Broncos: 1 Darius Boyd (c) 2 Corey Oates 3 James Roberts 4 Tautau Moga 5 Jordan Kahu 6 Anthony Milford 7 Kodi Nikorima 8 Herman Ese’ese 9 Andrew McCullough 10 Adam Blair 11 Alex Glenn 12 Matt Gillett 13 Josh McGuire Interchange 14 Sam Thaiday 15 Joe Ofahengaue 16 Korbin Sims 17 David Mead 18 Travis Waddell 19 George Fai 20 Jamayne Isaako 21 Jonus Pearson

Panthers: 1 Matt Moylan (c) 2 Waqa Blake 3 Dean Whare 4 Peta Hiku 5 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 6 Bryce Cartwright 7 Nathan Cleary 8 James Tamou 9 Peter Wallace 10 Reagan Campbell-Gillard 11 Corey Harawira-Naera 12 Isaah Yeo 13 Trent Merrin Interchange 14 Tyrone Peachey 15 Leilani Latu 16 Tim Browne 17 Moses Leota 18 James Fisher-Harris 19 Te Maire Martin 20 Viliame Kikau 21 Sitaleki Akauola

Rabbitohs v Sea Eagles: 6pm Friday, April 28 at Allianz Stadium

Rabbitohs: 1 Alex Johnston 2 Hymel Hunt 3 Siosifa Talakai 4 Robert Jennings 5 Bryson Goodwin 6 Cody Walker 7 Adam Reynolds 8 Thomas Burgess 9 Damien Cook 10 Kyle Turner 11 John Sutton 12 Angus Crichton 13 Sam Burgess (c) Interchange 14 Robbie Farah 15 Jason Clark 16 Zane Musgrove 17 Cameron Murray 18 Tyrell Fuimaono 19 Anthony Cherrington 20 Braidon Burns 21 Robbie Rochow

Sea Eagles: 1 Tom Trbojevic 2 Jorge Taufua 3 Dylan Walker 4 Brian Kelly 5 Akuila Uate 6 Blake Green 7 Daly Cherry-Evans (c) 8 Brenton Lawrence 9 Apisai Koroisau 10 Martin Taupau 11 Frank Winterstein 12 Curtis Sironen 13 Jake Trbojevic Interchange 14 Lewis Brown 15 Jackson Hastings 16 Nate Myles 17 Addin Fonua-Blake 18 Jarrad Kennedy 19 Cameron Cullen 20 Matthew Wright 21 Shaun Lane

Cowboys v Eels: 7.50pm Friday, April 28 at 1300SMILES Stadium

Cowboys: 1 Kalyn Ponga 2 Kyle Feldt 3 Justin O’Neill 4 Kane Linnett 5 Antonio Winterstein 6 John Asiata 7 Michael Morgan 8 Patrick Kaufusi 9 Blake Leary 10 Scott Bolton 11 Gavin Cooper (c) 12 Coen Hess 13 Jason Taumalolo Interchange 14 Ray Thompson 15 Ethan Lowe 16 Ben Spina 17 Corey Jensen 18 Johnathan Thurston 19 Ben Hampton 20 Sam Hoare 21 Shaun Fensom

Eels: 1 Clint Gutherson 2 Semi Radradra 3 Michael Jennings 4 Kirisome Auva’a 5 Josh Hoffman 6 Kenny Edwards 7 Corey Norman 8 Suaia Matagi 9 Kaysa Pritchard 10 Tim Mannah (c) 11 Manu Ma’u 12 Tepai Moeroa 13 Nathan Brown Interchange 14 Beau Scott (c) 15 Daniel Alvaro 16 David Gower 17 Siosaia Vave 18 John Folau 19 Will Smith 20 Marata Niukore 21 Cameron King

Titans v Knights: 3pm Saturday, April 29 at Cbus Super Stadium

Titans: 1 Jarryd Hayne 2 Anthony Don 3 Dan Sarginson 4 Konrad Hurrell5 Tyronne Roberts-Davis6 Tyrone Roberts 7 Ashley Taylor 8 Jarrod Wallace 9 Nathan Peats 10 Ryan James (c) 11 Chris McQueen 12 Kevin Proctor (c) 13 Ryan Simpkins Interchange 14 Kane Elgey 15 Joe Greenwood 16 Paterika Vaivai 17 Leivaha Pulu 18 Morgan Boyle 19 Pat Politoni 20 Nathaniel Peteru 21 Alex Brimson

Knights: 1 Brendan Elliot 2 Ken Sio 3 Dane Gagai 4 Peter Mata’utia 5 Nathan Ross 6 Brock Lamb 7 Jaelen Feeney8 Daniel Saifiti 9 Danny Levi 10 Josh Starling 11 Sione Mata’utia (c) 12 Sam Stone 13 Luke Yates Interchange 14 Anthony Tupou 15 Joe Wardle 16 Jack Stockwell 17 Jacob Saifiti 18 Pauli Pauli 19 Tyler Randell 20 Josh King 21 Lachlan Fitzgibbon

Bulldogs v Raiders: 5.30pm Saturday, April 29 at ANZ Stadium

Bulldogs: 1 Brett Morris 2 Kerrod Holland 3 Josh Morris 4 Brenko Lee 5 Marcelo Montoya 6 Josh Reynolds 7 Moses Mbye 8 Aiden Tolman 9 Michael Lichaa 10 James Graham (c) 11 Josh Jackson 12 Greg Eastwood 13 David Klemmer Interchange 14 Sam Kasiano 15 Danny Fualalo 16 Adam Elliott 17 Raymond Faitala-Mariner 19 Francis Tualai 20 Matt Frawley 21 Reimis Smith 23 Will Hopoate

Raiders: 1 Jack Wighton 2 Nick Cotric 3 Jarrod Croker (c) 4 Joseph Leilua 5 Jordan Rapana 6 Blake Austin 7 Aidan Sezer 8 Junior Paulo 9 Josh Hodgson 10 Shannon Boyd 11 Josh Papalii 12 Elliott Whitehead 13 Joe Tapine Interchange 14 Adam Clydsdale 15 Luke Bateman 16 Clay Priest 17 Iosia Soliola 18 Dunamis Lui 19 Scott Sorensen 20 Makahesi Makatoa 21 Lachlan Croker

Tigers v Sharks: 7.30pm Saturday, April 29 at Leichhardt Oval

Tigers: 1 James Tedesco 2 David Nofoaluma 3 Michael Chee Kam 4 Mosese Suli 5 Kevin Naiqama 6 Mitchell Moses 7 Luke Brooks 8 Aaron Woods (c) 9 Matt McIlwrick 10 Ava Seumanufagai 11 Joel Edwards 12 Chris Lawrence 13 Elijah Taylor Interchange 14 Josh Aloiai 15 Tim Grant 16 Sauaso Sue 17 Jacob Liddle 18 Jacob Felise 19 Kyle Lovett 20 Justin Hunt 21 Jack Littlejohn

Sharks: 1 Valentine Holmes 2 Sosaia Feki 3 Jack Bird 4 Ricky Leutele 5 Gerard Beale 6 James Maloney 7 Chad Townsend 8 Andrew Fifita 9 Jayden Brailey 10 Matt Prior 11 Luke Lewis 12 Wade Graham 13 Paul Gallen (c) Interchange 14 Kurt Capewell15 Chris Heighington 16 Jeremy Latimore 17 Joseph Paulo 18 Tony Williams 19 Sam Tagataese 20 Edrick Lee 21 Fa’amanu Brown

Warriors v Roosters: 2pm Sunday, April 30 at Mt Smart Stadium

Warriors: To come

Roosters: To come

Dragons v Storm: 4pm Sunday, April 30 at WIN Stadium

Dragons: To come

Storm: To come