Outstanding Manly Warringah Sea Eagles forward Jake Trbojevic will make his Australian Test debut at lock against Scotland Bravehearts in Hull on Friday.
Kangaroos Coach Mal Meninga has handed the 22-year-old the number 13 jersey for the opening match of the Four Nations tournament featuring England, New Zealand, and Scotland.
The match at KC Lightstream Stadium, Hull, will be shown live on Channel Nine’s Gem Network at 6am Saturday (AEDT).
Trbojevic’s selection sees him become the 70th Manly player to represent Australia, ironically in the Sea Eagles’ 70th Year Anniversary. In doing so, Trbojevic will become the 814th player to play for the Kangaroos.
He also becomes the first Manly junior to make his Test debut for Australia since Anthony Watmough made his Kangaroos debut against Papua New Guinea in Townsville on November 9, 2008.
A Mona Vale Raiders junior, Trbojevic was named Manly’s Best and Fairest Player in 2015 and took home the NRL Players’ Player award this year in a season which saw him captain the Sea Eagles.
Manly Warringah are also represented in the Four Nations by New Zealand Test players Lewis Brown and Martin Taupau.
Trbojevic joins fullback Matt Moylan, centre Justin O'Neill , five-eighth James Maloney and interchange player Jake Friend in the green and gold jersey for the first time.
Kangaroos team
1 |
Matt Moylan |
812* |
2 |
Josh Mansour |
790 |
3 |
Justin O'Neill |
813* |
4 |
Josh Dugan |
801 |
5 |
Blake Ferguson |
804 |
6 |
James Maloney |
811* |
7 |
Cooper Cronk |
744 |
8 |
Aaron Woods |
793 |
9 |
Cameron Smith © |
738 |
10 |
David Klemmer |
797 |
11 |
Sam Thaiday |
739 |
12 |
Tyson Frizell |
810 |
13 |
Jake Trbojevic |
814* |
14 |
Jake Friend |
815* |
15 |
Shannon Boyd |
808 |
16 |
Trent Merrin |
803 |
17 |
Michael Morgan |
807 |
18 |
Valentine Holmes |
809 |
19 |
Boyd Cordner |
787 |
* Denotes debutant
Manly’s Australian Internationals (69)
Johnny Bliss, Martin Bella, Kerry Boustead, Les Boyd, Bill Bradstreet, Ray Branighan, Dave Brown, Ray Brown, Roy Bull, Peter Burke, Mark Carroll, Daly Cherry-Evans, Noel Cleal, Chris Close, Phil Daley, Bill Delamere, Graham Eadie, Bob Fulton, Daniel Gartner, Russel Gartner, Geoff Gerard, Johnny Gibbs, David Gillespie, Bill Hamilton, Les Hanigan, Des Hasler, Terry Hill, John Hopoate, Fred Jones, Ben Kennedy, Brent Kite, Nik Kosef, Max Krilich, Jack Lumsden, Jamie Lyon, Cliff Lyons, John McDonald, Paul McCabe, Steve Martin, Steve Menzies, Danny Moore, John Morgan, Rex Mossop, Wally O’Connell, Michael O’Connor, John O’Neill, Josh Perry, Terry Randall, John Ribot, Ray Ritchie, Ian Roberts, Kevin Schubert, Dale Shearer, Jack Sinclair, Frank Stanton, Brett Stewart, Glenn Stewart, Alan Thompson, Ian Thomson, Geoff Toovey, Paul Vautin, Mick Veivers, Bruce Walker, Dennis Ward, Anthony Watmough, David Williams, Tony Williams, Gordon Willoughby, Nick Yakich
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