Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens has today named Daly Cherry-Evans at five-eighth ahead of Saturday night’s Four Nations clash against New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium.
Sea Eagles duo Peta Hiku and Kieran Foran have also been named for New Zealand, with Hiku set to line up at fullback for the match against the World Champions.
As expected, Foran will line up in the no.6 jersey on Saturday night.
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 (Captain), 10-Sam Thaiday, 11-Beau Scott, 12-Ryan Hoffman, 13-Greg Bird
Interchange: 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 (captain), 12-Kevin Proctor, 13-Jason Taumalolo
Interchange: 14-Lewis Brown, 15-Greg Eastwood, 16-Martin Taupau, 17-Tohu Harris, 18-Suaia Matagi