Hayne named in Kangaroos Train-on squad

The Australian Rugby League Commission has today named 18 players in the Holden Kangaroos’ World Cup train-on squad.

Players from the train-on squad will also be selected to represent the Prime Minister’s XIII team to play Papua New Guinea in Kokopo on Sunday, September 29.

The Holden Kangaroos / Prime Minister’s XIII train-on squad is:

Holden Kangaroos and PMXIII Train-On
Matt Gillett	Brisbane Broncos
Corey Parker	Brisbane Broncos
Ben Hannant	Brisbane Broncos
Sam Thaiday	Brisbane Broncos
Brett Morris	St George Illawarra Dragons
Jarryd Hayne	Parramatta Eels
David Shillington	Canberra Raiders
Josh Papalii	Canberra Raiders
Jarrod Croker	Canberra Raiders
Josh McCrone	Canberra Raiders
Robbie Farah	Wests Tigers
David Taylor	Gold Coast Titans
Ryan James	Gold Coast Titans
Kevin Gordon	Gold Coast Titans
Aidan Sezer	Gold Coast Titans
Albert Kelly	Gold Coast Titans
Greg Bird	Gold Coast Titans
Nate Myles	Gold Coast Titans

The Prime Minister’s XIII will be announced next Monday, September 16.

Selected players will attend a medical in Sydney on Thursday, September 19, before assembling in Cairns on Thursday, September 26.

Holden Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens will accompany the Laurie Daley-coached PMs XIII to Papua New Guinea with the match viewed as an important selection trial for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

The players selected today are from clubs not competing in the Telstra Premiership Finals Series with additional players to be named when clubs are eliminated from the Finals.

And for the Junior Kangaroos Vai Toutai, Joseph Ualesi and Junior Paulo have been named in the train-on squad.

Wests Tigers young gun David Nofoaluma has been named in the Junior Kangaroos' train-on squad

The Australian Rugby League Commission has today named the following players in the Junior Kangaroos’ train-on squad ahead of their match against the Junior Kiwis on Sunday, October 13, at WIN Jubilee Oval at Kogarah, in Sydney.

Junior Kangaroos Train-on Squad
Kayne Brennan	St George Illawarra Dragons
Charly Runciman	St George Illawarra Dragons
Craig Garvey	St George Illawarra Dragons
Vai Toutai	Parramatta Eels
Junior Paulo	Parramatta Eels
Joseph Ualesi	Parramatta Eels
Michael Steele	Newcastle Knights
Hymel Hunt	Gold Coast Titans
Clinton Gutherson	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Jake Trbojevic	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
David Nofoaluma	Wests Tigers
Curtis Sironen	Wests Tigers

The players selected today are from clubs not competing in the Holden Cup Finals Series with additional players to be named when clubs are eliminated from the Finals.

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Replies

slip September 10, 2013 at 6:58am

Hayne should turn it down to avoid injury.
FAT GUY September 10, 2013 at 7:02am

Agree fully slip my brother, we have got wat 22 games idk three years out of JH,Plz rest him for 6 months ready for next season f the tour............................................
Michael Ericson September 10, 2013 at 10:37am

what is the situation with Vai Toutai is he at parra next year?
- Ham Sammich > Michael Ericson September 10, 2013 at 11:15am
  
  Hope so, I'd like to see him with more game time. I think he could be a useful player in a few years and he should be seen as a back-up player. He won't be on much and all it takes for a player like Toutai to really break out of his shell and become a big name player. Although I don't particularly see him as a long-term option as I would rather see a backline of: Hoppa, Layoun, Morgan, J Folau and Radradra/Sione Tonga in say 2-3 years time. But never-the-less I think we could use Toutai really well, maybe bulk him up a bit more and use him as a forward much like Kelepi Tanginoa and Takai Moeakiola.
- craig marsh > Michael Ericson September 10, 2013 at 11:33am
  
  Waiting to see what ricky is doing.
Waterboy September 10, 2013 at 11:23am

No Santi in the Jr Roos, he was Aussie school boy capt, is he injured or something.
- Ham Sammich > Waterboy September 10, 2013 at 11:29am
  
  Might be playing in the 20's for the Tigers? I also assume that's why we haven't seen Anthony Milford in the Junior Kangaroos
Forty20 September 10, 2013 at 11:43am

I suspect you have the right of it Ham.

For senior rep squads they only name players from teams out of the top eight and then add players from teams that get knocked out of contention in the finals. Given that the Tigers and Broncos are in the NYC finals, perhaps Oates/Nofoaluma/Sironen don't qualify due to playing too few games and were named as such.
Waterboy September 10, 2013 at 11:51am

Cheers Ham, i didn't think of that because of Sironen and Nofoaluma.
Ham Sammich September 10, 2013 at 1:38pm

You don't think he could be our Akuila Uate or Manu Vatuvei? Both were shocking earlier on their careers and I remember one time Manu dropped 4 bombs in one match and handed Parra a whole bunch of times but both are big name players.