North Queensland Toyota Cowboys head coach Paul Green has made two late changes to his 17 for tonight’s clash with the Melbourne Storm at 1300SMILES Stadium.
In-form forward John Asiata has been called into the starting side for the first time in 2019, with Coen Hess dropping back to the interchange.
New recruit Kurt Baptiste will also make his first appearance for the Cowboys, coming on to the bench for utility Mitch Dunn who drops out of the side.
Young gun Enari Tuala will make his season debut in the centres after a brilliant start to 2019 in the Queensland Cup, with Ben Hampton shifting to the wing.
Hess and Baptiste are joined on the bench by middle forwards Corey Jensen and Francis Molo.
Tonight’s game kicks off at 7.55pm.
Cowboys team to play Storm:
1. Te Maire Martin
2. Nene Macdonald
3. Jordan Kahu
4. Enari Tuala
5. Ben Hampton
6. Jake Clifford
7. Michael Morgan (C)
8. Matt Scott
9. Jake Granville
10. Jordan McLean
11. Gavin Cooper
14. John Asiata
13. Josh McGuire
Interchange
12. Coen Hess
15. Corey Jensen
17. Francis Molo
20. Kurt Baptiste