Champion halfback Raecene McGregor will have to bide her time at the Roosters after being signed last-minute by the Tricolours.
The 24-year-old playmaker almost began the NRLW season without a club, but was snapped up by the Chooks following a successful return from shoulder surgery in last week’s All Stars game.
McGregor lined up at halfback for the Maori and was impressive, earning her a contract just days out from the start of the delayed 2022 season.
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She’s been named in jumper No.18 for Sunday’s season opener against the Broncos. The Roosters have named Zahara Temara and Jocelyn Kelleher in the halves, who will line up opposite Brisbane’s superstar pairing of Tarryn Aiken and Ali Brigginshaw.
The NRLW season kicks off with a triple header at Newcastle’s McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday.
The Titans, Knights, and Eels are all making their NRLW debuts.
See the full teams named ahead of Sunday.
ROUND 1 TEAMS
All games at McDonald Jones Stadium
St George Illawarra Dragons vs Gold Coast Titans, 12pm
Dragons: 1. Emma Tonegato 2. Teagan Berry 3. Jaime Chapman 4. Page Mcgregor 5. Madison Bartlett 6. Taliah Fuimaono 7. Rachael Pearson 8. Elsie Albert 9. Keeley Davis 10. Kezie Apps 11. Talei Holmes 12. Shaylee Bent 13. Holli Wheeler 14. Quincy Dodd 15. Kody House 16. Tegan Dymock 17. Janelle Williams 18. Renee Targett 19. Keele Browne 20. Shellie Long 21. Aliti Namoce 22. Alexandra Sulusi 23. Matilda Power 24. Chantel Tugaga
Titans: 1. Evania Pelite 2. Karina Brown 3. Jasmine Peters 4. Tiana Raftstrand-Smith 5. Jetaya Faifua 6. Grace Griffin 7. Kimiora Breayley-Nati 8. Shannon Mato 9. Brittany Breayley-Nati 10. Brianna Clark 11. Zara Canfield 12. Tazmin Gray 13. Destiny Brill 14. Georgia Hale 15. Jessika Elliston 16. Stephanie Hancock 17. Shaniah Power 18. Lauren Dam 19. April Ngatupuna 20. Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell 21. Cobie-Jane Morgan 22. Belinda Clarke 23. Karli Hansen
NRLW Highlights: Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars
Sydney Roosters vs Brisbane Broncos, 1.50pm
Roosters: 1. Corban Baxter 2. Leianne Tufuga 3. Jessica Sergis 4. Isabelle Kelly 5. Brydie Parker 6. Zahara Temara 7. Jocelyn Kelleher 8. Sarah Togatuki 9. Olivia Higgins 10. Tayla Predebon 11. Yasmin Meakes 12. Olivia Kernick 13. Hannah Southwell 14. Shawden Burton 15. Keilee Joseph 16. Samantha Economos 17. Simone Karpani 18. Raecene Mcgregor 19. Joeli Morris 20. Lauretta Leao-seve 21. Otesa Pule 22. Claire Reed 23. Mya Hill-Moana 24. Taylor-Adeline Mapusua
Broncos: 1. Tamika Upton 2. Julia Robinson 3. Amy Turner 4. Shenae Ciesiolka 5. Emily Bass 6. Tarryn Aiken 7. Ali Brigginshaw 8. Millie Boyle 9. Lauren Brown 10. Chelsea Lenarduzzi 11. Tallisha Harden 12. Amber Hall 13. Nakita Sao 14. Jada Ferguson 15. Kaitlyn Phillips 16. Roxy Murdoch 17. Sara Sautia 18. Hayley Maddick 19. Toni Hunt 20. Hagiga Mosby 21. Lavinia Gould 22. Lesa Kaleti Mataafa 23. China Polata 24. Jessikah Reeves
Newcastle Knights vs Parramatta Eels, 3.40pm
Knights: 1. Romy Teitzel 2. Katelyn Vaha’akolo 3. Jayme Fressard 4. Bobbi Law 5. Katie Green 6. Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly 7. Tahlulah Tillett 8. Caitlan Johnston 9. Krystal Rota 10. Annetta Nuuausala 11. Rangimarie Edwards-Bruce 12. Georgia Page 13. Charntay Poko 14. Emma Manzelmann 15. Charlotte Scanlan 16. Phoebe Desmond 17. Kirra Dibb 18. Maitua Feterika 19. Kyra Simon 20. Ngatokotoru Arakua 21. Chantelle Graham 22. Kararaina Wira-Kohu 23. Paige Parker
Eels: 1. Botille Vette-Welsh 2. Taina Naividi 3. Tiana Penitani 4. Jocephy Daniels 5. Rikeya Horne 6. Sereana Naitokatoka 7. Maddie Studdon 8. Kennedy Cherrington 9. Nita Maynard 10. Tommaya Kelly-Sines 11. Ellie Johnston 12. Jade Etherden 13. Simaima Taufa 14. Seli Mailangi 15. Filomina Hanisi 16. Therese Aiton 17. Abbi Church 18. Christine Pauli 19. Fatafehi Hanisi 20. Tess Staines 21. Emily Curtain 22. Mareva Swann 23. Jamie-Anne Wright 24. Katrina Phippen
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