The NSWRL has announced the NSW Under 19s Men’s State of Origin team to face Queensland at Kayo Stadium in Redcliffe on Thursday 13 July.
The team includes Manly Warringah Sea Eagles back-rower Samuela Fainu, who has played five NRL games this season, and his younger brother, Latu Fainu, who has played six games for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles in The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup.
The Penrith Panthers have four players, including Harrison Hassett, Jesse McLean, Billy Scott and Luron Patea. Hassett, McLean and Scott played in the premiership-winning SG Ball Cup team from 2022 with Hassett (four games) and McLean (13 games) graduating to play The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup this season.
Representing the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs is fullback, Joash Papalii. The St Johns Eagles junior earning his selection off the back of a solid season to date in NSW Cup.
The squad is scheduled to come into camp on Saturday 8 July and will be coached by True Blue and former Canterbury Captain and Club great, Andrew Ryan, who was at the helm last season when the NSW Under 19s scored a decisive 32-4 win over Queensland at Leichhardt Oval.
NSW UNDER 19s MEN’S STATE OF ORIGIN, KAYO STADIUM, REDCLIFFE, THURSDAY 13 JULY
NSW UNDER 19s
Jake Clydsdale (Canberra Raiders)
Latu Fainu (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
Samuela Fainu (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
Joshua Feledy (Wests Tigers)
Ethan Ferguson (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Charlie Guymer (Parramatta Eels)
Harrison Hassett (Penrith Panthers)
Myles Martin (Newcastle Knights)
Jermaine McEwen (Newcastle Knights)
Jesse McLean (Penrith Panthers)
Joash Papalii (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Luron Patea (Penrith Panthers)
Ethan Sanders (Parramatta Eels)
Billy Scott (Penrith Panthers)
Chevy Stewart (Canberra Raiders)
Ethan Strange (Canberra Raiders)
Savelio Tamale (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Nicholas Tsougranis (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Sam Tuivaiti (Parramatta Eels)
Coach: Andrew Ryan
