North Queensland Toyota Cowboys Young Guns Head Coach Steve Sheppard has named a 20-man squad for Sunday’s trial against the Northern Pride at Barlow Park.
The Young Guns team will feature three Cowboys NRL squad members – Jodeci Baker-Tiraha, Ragarive Wavik and Jai Hansen – all graduates of the Young Guns program.
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Baker-Tiraha is set to line up at fullback, completing his comeback from a series of hamstring injuries, with Wavik at centre and Hansen at hooker.
Newly coined Queensland under 19s representatives Elekana Suavai and Zack Lamont have been named to line up at centre and halfback respectively.
New Cowboys recruit Jamal Shibasaki will line up at lock, two hours before his brother Gehamat takes the field for the Cowboys NRL side against The Dolphins.
The game will be a homecoming for Far North Queensland products Suavai, Braithen Ketchell, Cohen Briggs and Tekelu Mene.
The Young Guns trial kicks off at 2.45pm, which will be followed by the Cowboys Preseason Challenge fixture against The Dolphins.
Young Guns team to play Northern Pride:
1. Jodeci Baker-Tiraha
2. Cathaine Hill
3. Ragarive Wavik
4. Elekana Suavai
5. Michael Carroll
6. Matthew Hunter
7. Zack Lamont
8. Wil Sullivan
9. Jai Hansen
10. Henry Teutau
11. Kurt Fisher
12. Jerrimiah Mata'utia
13. Jamal Shibasaki
Interchange
14. Joel Baldwin
15. Tyrone Gunn-James
16. Darcy Turner
17. Hamilton Taia
18. Braithan Ketchell
19. Cohen Briggs
20. Tekelu Mene
