The Jetstar Gold Coast Titans have their fingers crossed representative trio Luke Bailey, Anthony Laffranchi and Mark Minichiello will be fit to back up in Sunday’s clash against Newcastle at EnergyAustralia Stadium.

The trio were today included in an unchanged Titans squad to that which defeated Souths 22-14 at Skilled Park on Saturday.

Bailey and Laffranchi will represent Australia in Friday night’s Test match against New Zealand while NSW City Origin forward Mark Minichiello gets a chance to further enhance his claims to win a maiden State of Origin jersey for the Blues in the City-Country match in Orange on the same night.

Titans utility Josh Graham and young prop Bodene Thompson, who is yet to make his NRL debut, have been named as cover on an extended six-man bench.

The Titans took first blood against the Knights earlier this season – scoring a 34-20 win in the opening round of the season at Skilled Park.

NRL and NYC squads for the match are listed below.

Home Team Away Team
Newcastle Knights v Gold Coast Titans

Venue: Energy Australia Stadium Date: Sunday 10th May

Number Name
1 Preston Campbell
2 Kevin Gordon
3 Esi Tonga
4 Brett Delaney
5 Chris Walker
6 Mat Rogers
7 Scott Prince ©
8 Luke Bailey ©
9 Nathan Friend
10 Michael Henderson
11 Anthony Laffranchi
12 Mark Minichiello
13 Ashley Harrison
Interchange
14 Aaron Cannings
15 Brad Meyers
16 Luke O’Dwyer
17 William Zillman
18 Josh Graham
19 Bodene Thompson
Coach John Cartwright

NYC SQUAD
1 Japeth Vaoa
2 Lachlan Creighton
3 Steve Gillett
4 Jamie Dowling
5 Philip Dumelow
6 Jordan Rankin
7 Kayne Lawton
8 Siosaia Vave
9 Andrew Battese
10 Shaun Spring
11 Grant Stevens
12 Kurt Foggo
13 Sebastian Davies
Interchange
14 Chris Bloomfield
15 Fred Tila
16 Tim James
17 Sam Meskell
18 Matthew Hundy

Coach Steve Murphy