2014 Four Nations: Josh Papalli named in Australia team for Sunday's game with Samoa
Tuesday 4 November 2014 10:15, UK
Josh Papalii has been promoted to the Australia starting line-up for Sunday’s Four Nations match against Samoa in Wollongong.
Canberra forward Papalii was among the replacements in Sunday’s win over England but he has been handed the No 10 shirt by Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens.
Sam Thaiday switches back to his normal slot in the second row after being used as a makeshift prop for Australia’s last two fixtures, with regular front-rowers Matt Scott, James Tamou and Paul Gallen ruled out through injury or suspension.
Sheens has also drafted uncapped Penrith full-back Matt Moylan into his 20-man squad as part of an extended bench.
Samoa coach Matt Parish has recalled Reni Maitua from suspension for a place on an extended bench that also includes St Helens’ Mose Masoe.
Australia: G Inglis (South Sydney); J Mansour (Penrith), M Jennings (Sydney Roosters), D Walker (South Sydney), S Mata'utia (Newcastle); D Cherry-Evans (Manly), C Cronk (Melbourne); A Woods (Wests Tigers), C Smith (Melbourne, capt), J Papalii (Canberra), S Thaiday (Brisbane), G Bird (Gold Coast), C Parker (Brisbane).
Interchange: B Cordner (Sydney Roosters), R Farah (Wests Tigers), A Guerra (Sydney Roosters), R Hoffman (Melbourne), B Hunt (Brisbane), D Klemmer (Canterbury Bulldogs), M Moylan (Penrith)
Samoa: T Simona (Wests Tigers); A Winterstein (North Queensland), T Lafai (Canterbury Bulldogs), J Leilua (Newcastle), D Vidot (Brisbane); B Roberts (Melbourne), K Stanley (St George Illawarra); I Liu (Sydney Roosters), P Godinet (Wakefield), D Fa'alogo (Newcastle, capt), F Pritchard (Canterbury Bulldogs), L Ah Mau (St George Illawarra), J McGuire (Brisbane).
Interchange: D Lui (Manly), R Maitua (Canterbury Bulldogs), S Sue (Wests Tigers), M Masoe (St Helens), J Sene-Lefao (Manly), T Moga (North Queensland).
