Newcastle Knights trio Sione Mata’utia, David Fa’alogo and Joey Leilua will feature in this weekend’s Four Nations match at Wollongong.
Fa’alogo and Leilua retain their spot in Toa Samoa’s starting side of a 19-man announced squad while Mata’utia retains his place on the wing in Australia’s 20-man squad.
Knights enforcer Beau Scott was ruled out of Sunday’s match on Monday due to a hamstring injury.
New Zealand take on England on Saturday at Forsyth Barr Stadium before Australia take on Samoa in Wollongong on Sunday afternoon.
AUSTRALIA
1. Greg Inglis, 2. Josh Mansour, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Dylan Walker, 5. Sione Mata’utia, 6. Daly Cherry-Evans, 7. Cooper Cronk, 8. Aaron Woods, 9. Cameron Smith (c), 10. Josh Papalii, 11. Sam Thaiday, 12. Greg Bird, 13. Corey Parker. Interchange: 14. Boyd Cordner, 15. Robbie Farah, 16. Aidan Guerra, 17. Ryan Hoffman, 18. Ben Hunt, 19. David Klemmer. 20. Matt Moylan.
SAMOA
1. Tim Simona, 2. Antonio Winterstein, 3. Tim Lafai, 4. Joseph Leilua, 5. Daniel Vidot, 6. Ben Roberts, 7. Kyle Stanley, 8. Isaac Liu, 9. Pita Godinet, 10. David Fa’alogo (c), 11. Frank Pritchard, 12. Leeson Ah Mau, 13. Josh McGuire. Interchange: 14. Dunamis Lui, 15. Reni Maitua, 16. Sauaso Sue, 17. Mose Masoe, 18. Jesse Sene-Lefao, 19. Tautau Moga.
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 Farrell, 12. Joel Tomkins, 13. Joe Westerman. Interchange: 14. Daryl Clark, 15. Brett Ferres, 16. Tom Burgess, 17. Chris Hill.
NEW ZEALAND
1. Peta Hiku, 2. Jason Nightingale, 3. Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 4. Dean Whare, 5. Manu Vatuvei, 6. Kieran Foran, 7. Shaun Johnson, 8. Jesse Bromwich, 9. Issac Luke, 10. Adam Blair, 11. Simon Mannering (c), 12. Kevin Proctor, 13. Jason Taumalolo. Interchange: 14. Thomas Leuluai, 15. Greg Eastwood, 16. Martin Taupau, 17. Tohu Harris, 18. Lewis Brown.
