Jono Lance has been named at flyhalf and Aiden Toua at fullback for the Queensland Reds trial match against Fiji Warriors at Ballymore on Thursday evening.

The 26-man squad features 19 players with previous Super Rugby experience, along with a number of players who have progressed through Queensland Rugby Union’s Under-20s and National Rugby Championship pathways in recent years.

The starting side features 14 capped Reds players, along with uncapped hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa – who has already featured for the Reds in their intra-squad trial and the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens.

The bench also features new Reds JP Smith, Filipo Daugunu and Teti Tela.

“Everyone is looking forward to getting back to Ballymore for our final pre-season match,” Reds coach Brad Thorn said.

“The team has had a couple of hit outs now, but tomorrow’s match is our first proper 15s clash, so we’ll be looking to get plenty out of it as we start our preparations for our opening match of the season.

“It’s good to be able to welcome Jono and Aidan into the team for the first time. They’ve been training with us for a little bit now so are itching to get involved.

“We don’t have many opportunities to play at Ballymore and the players love running out onto that turf, so it would be great to see a big crowd gather to watch us play the Fijian Warriors.”

Queensland Reds team to play Fiji Warriors

1. James Slipper – Bond University
2. Brandon Paenga-Amosa – Sunnybank (uncapped)
3. Taniela Tupou – Brothers
4. Lukhan Tui – Souths
5. Kane Douglas – Norths
6. Caleb Timu – Souths
7. Adam Korczyk – University of Queensland
8. Scott Higginbotham (C) – Wests
9. James Tuttle – GPS
10. Jono Lance – University of Queensland
11. Izaia Perese – Easts
12. Duncan Paia’aua – Norths
13. Samu Kerevi – Souths
14. Chris Feauai-Sautia – Souths
15. Aidan Toua – Easts

Reserves
16. Alex Mafi – Bond University
17. JP Smith – GPS
18. Sef Fa’agase – University of Queensland
19. Harry Hockings – University of Queensland (uncapped)
20. Angus Scott-Young – University of Queensland (uncapped)
21. Moses Sorovi – University of Queensland
22. Hamish Stewart – Bond University
23. Filipo Daugunu – Wests (uncapped)
26. Liam Wright – Easts (uncapped)
27. Tate McDermott – University of Queensland (uncapped)
28. Teti Tela – Souths (uncapped)