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Next weekend’s NRL representative weekend sees the annual New South Wales State of Origin selection trial between the City and Country teams from McDonalds Park in Wagga Wagga. The teams have been announced on Sunday Afternoon and are below.
CITY
1. Matt Moylan (Penrith Panthers)
2. James Roberts (Gold Coast Titans)
3. Dylan Walker (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
4. Waqa Blake (Penrith Panthers)
5. Daniel Tupou (Sydney Roosters)
6. Josh Reynolds (Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs)
7. Luke Keary (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
8. Andrew Fifita (Cronulla Sutherland Sharks)
9. Nathan Peats (Parramatta Eels)
10. David Klemmer (Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs)
11. Curtis Sironen (Wests Tigers)
12. Wade Graham (c) (Cronulla Sharks)
13. Tyrone Peachey (Penrith Panthers)
Interchange:
14. Blake Austin (Canberra Raiders)
15. Reagen Campbell – Gillard (Penrith Panthers)
16. Kane Evans (Sydney Roosters)
17. Jason Clarke (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
COUNTRY
1. David Mead (Gold Coast Titans)
2. Akuilla Uate (Newcastle Knights)
3. Jarrod Croker (Canberra Raiders)
4. Jack Wighton (Canberra Raiders)
5. James Mcmanus (Newcastle Knights)
6. James Maloney (Sydney Roosters)
7. Jarrod Mullen (Newcastle Knights)
8. Dale Finucane (Melbourne Storm)
9. Ryan Hinchcliffe (Melbourne Storm)
10. Kade Snowden (Newcastle Knights)
11. Joel Thompson (St George Illawarra Dragons)
12. Tyson Frizell (St George Illawarra Dragons)
13. Josh Jackson (Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs)
Interchange:
14. Jackson Bird (Cronulla Sutherland Sharks)
15. Paul Vaughan (Canberra Raiders)
16. Tariq Sims (Newcastle Knights)
17. Ryan James (Gold Coast Titans)
For City we see Matt Moylan taking on the fullback role in a possible New South Wales Blues audition. His man challenger to the role, Josh Dugan, has been named on the wing for the Australian team to play New Zealand on Friday night.
Josh Reynolds and Luke Keary have been named in the halves for City while for Country we see James Maloney and Jarrod Mullen. This will be one of the key battles and could tell us a lot about who will represent New South Wales when the time comes for State Of Origin.
There have also been a lot of younger players picked for the game. The likes of James Roberts, Dylan Walker, Tyrone Peachey, Curits Sironen, David Klemmer, Nathan Peats, Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Kane Evans for the City side while the Country side features the likes of Jack Wighton, Jackson Bird, Tariq Sims and Ryan James.
One key omission from the game is Mitchell Pearce who now has next weekend off after being touted for his representative comeback.
Another two key players on debut are Dragons second row combination Joel Thompson and Tyson Frizell. Both have been outstanding early this season and could be pushing for a Blues bench spot with continued good form
With so many spots up for grabs in the New South Wales origin team it should be a great game between City and Country next weekend.
Don’t forget you can follow live coverage of all the representative clashes next weekend right here on The Roar next weekend as our team of live bloggers brings you all the action!