Junior Kangaroos squad announced

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Junior Kangaroos coach Neil Henry confirmed his side today ahead of the match against the Junior Kiwis at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland on Saturday 13 October.

The squad includes 11 players with NRL Telstra Premiership experience: Victor Radley, Sean O'Sullivan (Sydney Roosters); Jake Clifford, Enari Tuala (North Queensland Cowboys); Gehamat Shibasaki, Kotoni Staggs (Brisbane Broncos); Zac Lomax, Reece Robson (St George Illawarra Dragons); Nick Cotric, Emre Guler (Canberra Raiders); and Kyle Flanagan (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)

There are also five incumbents from the side that defeated the Junior Kiwis 46-22 in May 2017 at GIO Stadium in Canberra.


"It's an enormous honour to represent your country and these players should feel immensely proud to be pulling on the green and gold of Australia in New Zealand next week," Henry said.

"It's a strong group of players who fully deserve their selection after excelling this season in both the NRL and State-based competitions," Henry said.

"There's no doubt it'll be a tough match away from home but I'm confident the squad we've named today will get the job done."

The Junior Kangaroos.match against the Junior Kiwis will kick off the first of three matches between Australia and New Zealand in Auckland, with the Harvey Norman Jillaroos and Australian Kangaroos to follow in their matches against the Kiwi Ferns and Kiwis respectively.

2017 Junior Kangaroos

1. Corey Allan Brisbane Broncos
2. Enari Tuala North Queensland Cowboys
3. Gehamat Shibasaki Brisbane Broncos
4. Zac Lomax St George Illawarra Dragons
5. Nick Cotric Canberra Raiders
6. Sean O'Sullivan Sydney Roosters
7. Jake Clifford North Queensland Cowboys
8. Pat Carrigan Brisbane Broncos
9. Reece Robson St George Illawarra Dragons
10. Emre Guler Canberra Raiders
11. Shawn Blore Penrith Panther
12. Kotoni Staggs Brisbane Broncos
13. Victor Radley Sydney Roosters
14..Blayke Brailey Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
15. Louis Geraghty Melbourne Storm
16. Thomas Flegler Brisbane Broncos
17. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui Melbourne Storm
18. Kyle Flanagan Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Coach: Neil Henry

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/10/01/junior-kangaroos-squad/
 

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No Bulldogs lol fkn what
 

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Morgan Harper selected for Junior Kiwis

Junior Kiwis team listed by NRL team:

North Queensland Cowboys: Emry Pere, Peter Hola, Sean Mullany; New Zealand Warriors: Joe Vuna, Isaiah Papali'i, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Hayze Perham, Tom Ale, Paul Turner; South Sydney Rabbitohs: Lucky Ta'avale, Mawene Hiroti; St George Illawarra Dragons: Steven Marsters; Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs: Morgan Harper; Melbourne Storm: Kelma Tuilagi, Kayleb Milne; Penrith Panthers: Dean Blore; Canberra Raiders:Paul Roache; Brisbane Broncos: Jordan Riki; Cronulla Sharks: Jackson Ferris
 

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Wow we suck
 

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Yeah its pretty poor that we only have one player across the Junior Kangaroos and Kiwi squads.
 

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Wow we suck
It doesn't bother me. The selectors will chose who they see as game breakers in every position rather than players who work together as a team. We won our ISP premierships based on team performances rather than individual brilliance in any one position even though we do have some players who offer plenty in that regard. I'd rather we develop a team that don't fall to bits when opponents can nullify one or two players.

Yeah its pretty poor that we only have one player across the Junior Kangaroos and Kiwi squads.
We've come though a period of time when our recruitment staff were focused entirely on chasing a quick result at the top level by chasing rather than developing players. It's reflected in our lack of lower grade rep level players. If in two years we're still largely absent from junior rep teams we should be worried. But give the current group in charge of lower grade development a decent amount of time to turn it all around. If what the club has talked about comes to fruition we'll start seeing stronger representation in these teams pretty soon.
 

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There some wild names in there for an aussie side hey.
Gehamat Shibasaki and Tino Fa'asuamaleau are as aussie as vegemite. These surnames are almost as common as Smith and Johnson now.

commentators will have fun.... and this is just the Australian team...
If they've commented a few broncos games they'll be pretty good with the Aussie team. The selectors should have just picked anyone from that squad that wasn't injured given how few other teams they've pulled players from.
 

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Someone here mentioned in rumours section that carrigan, the prop, might come to belmore. Dont know if its still on or not.
 
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