Zac Santo will make his Canberra Raiders debut this Thursday night, after he was named at fullback to replace Jack Wighton, who will miss the match through a one week suspension for contact with a match official.
Santo has been in strong form for Mounties in the NSW Cup playing fullback and allows the Raiders to keep the rest of their backline unchanged from the win over the Sea Eagles last Friday night.
The only other change to the Raiders line-up also comes through suspension, with Paul Vaughan returning to the team for Shannon Boyd, who was also ruled out for one match for a Shoulder Charge last Friday night against the Sea Eagles.
In Raiders injury news Edrick Lee will be available after the bye for selection following a hamstring injury which sidelined him last week, while Jeff Lima is set to miss 6 weeks with a hip injury. Lima should be available for selection after the clubs second bye.
NRL-CANBERRA RAIDERS V BRISBANE BRONCOS
THURSDAY JUNE 9, 7.50PM, SUNCORP STADIUM
1. Zac Santo
2. Brenko Lee
3. Jarrod Croker (c)
4. Joey Leilua
5. Jordan Rapana
6. Blake Austin
7. Aidan Sezer
8. Junior Paulo
9. Josh Hodgson
10. Paul Vaughan
11. Josh Papalii
12. Elliott Whitehead
13. Luke Bateman
14. Kurt Baptiste
16. Clay Priest
17. Joe Tapine
18. Sia Soliola
