The Newcastle Knights could have up to four players involved in the opening weekend of the Four Nations Tournament.
Beau Scott has been named in the second row and Sione Mata’utia on an extended bench in a 20-man Kangaroos squad, while David Fa’alogo and Joey Leilua are named to start in an 18-man squad for Samoa.
On Saturday afternoon at Suncorp Stadium, Samoa take on England in the first match before Australia play New Zealand.
TEAMS
Samoa
1. Tim Simona, 2. Antonio Winterstein, 3. Ricky Leutele, 4. Joey Leilua, 5. Daniel Vidot, 6. Ben Roberts, 7. Kyle Stanley, 8. Sam Tagaetese, 9. Michael Sio, 10. David Fa’alogo, 11. Frank Pritchard, 12. Leeson Ah Mau, 13. Josh McGuire. Bench: 14. Pita Godinet, 15. Jesse Sene-Lefao, 16. Isaac Liu, 17. Mose Masoe, 18. Dunamis Lui.
Note: Reni Maitua, Tautau Moga and Sauaso Sue were not considered for selection for the match against England pending finalisation of an NRL Integrity Unit review of an incident in Brisbane.
England
1. Sam Tomkins, 2. Josh Charnley, 3. Kallum Watkins, 4. Michael Shenton, 5. Ryan Hall, 6. Gareth Widdop, 7. Matty Smith, 8. George Burgess, 9. Josh Hodgson, 10. James Graham (c), 11. Liam Darrell, 12. Joel Tomkins, 13. Joe Westerman. Bench: 14. Darryl Clark, 15. Brett Ferres, 16. Tom Burgess, 17. Chris Hill.
Australia
1. Greg Inglis, 2. Josh Mansour, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Dylan Walker, 5. Daniel Tupou, 6. Daly Cherry-Evans, 7. Cooper Cronk, 8. Aaron Woods, 9. Cameron Smith (c), 10. Sam Thaiday, 11. Beau Scott, 12. Ryan Hoffman, 13. Greg Bird. Bench: 14. Robbie Farah, 15. Aidan Guerra, 16. Josh Papalii, 17. Corey Parker, 18. Boyd Cordner, 19. David Klemmer, 20. Sione Mata’utia.
New Zealand
1. Peta Hiku, 2. Jason Nightingale, 3. Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 4. Dean Whare, 5. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 6. Kieran Foran, 7. Shaun Johnson, 8. Jesse Bromwich, 9. Thomas Leuluai, 10. Adam Blair, 11. Simon Mannering (c), 12. Kevin Proctor, 13. Jason Taumalolo. Bench: 14. Lewis Brown, 15. Greg Eastwood, 16. Martin Taupau, 17. Tohu Harris, 18. Suaia Matagi.
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