NSW U18s coaches Michael Snowden, Andrew Brownhill, Angus Sinclair and Matthew Hopkins have named two strong teams, featuring players from right around the state and from various pathways to face Queensland in the first of a series of U18 academy matches to be played this year.

NSW I to play QLD I

1. Nathaniel Tiitii – King’s/Hills/GPS

2. Lipina Ata – Newington/Drummoyne/GPS

3. Will Goddard – Knox/Ryde/CAS

4. Aden Ekanayake – Gordon/Killara West Pymble/Sydney Juniors

5. Lachlan Doheny – Eastwood/Dural/Sydney Juniors

6. Jonathan Ryan – Knox/ Wahroonga/CAS

7. Austin Durbidge – King’s/Hills/GPS

8. Toby Brial – Scots /Wakatipu (NZ)/GPS

9. Hwi Sharples – Joeys/Hunters Hill/GPS

10. Joe Walsh – St Augustine’s/Harbord/ISA

11. Brendan Palmer – Hunter/Merewether/NSW Country

12. Boston Fakafanua – King’s /Hills/GPS

13. Malakye Enasio – Knox/Wahroonga/CAS

14. Liam Grover – St Ignatius’/Chatswood/GPS

15. Tom Klem – Shore/Seaforth/GPS

NSW II to play QLD II

1. Nick Ashdown – Kings/Ryde/GPS

2. Bailey Park – Kings/Scone/GPS

3. Kaleb Ah-Colt – Cranbrook/Penrith RSL/CAS

4. Ned Ericsson – Knox/Wahroonga/CAS

5. Adam Van Wyk – Barker/St Ives/CAS

6. Sam Niulala – Trinity/West Harbour/CAS

7. Daniel Meafou – Edmund Rice CC/Tech Tahs/CCC

8. Beau Morrison – Knox/Narrabeen/CAS

9. Orly Hatton-Ward – Trinity/Burraneer/CAS

10. Wihan Kruger – Southern Districts/South Africa/Sydney Juniors

11. Charlie Poynton – Barker/Harbord/CAS

12. Tyrese Lokeni – Kings/Hills/GPS

13. Hamish MacDonald – Barker College/Roseville/CAS

14. Tom Watts – Kings/North Rocks/GPS

15. Sid Harvey – Narrabri HS/Narrabri/NSW Country & CHS

16. William Guilfoyle – Scots/Mudgee/GPS

17. Will McKinnon – Knox/Wahroonga/CAS

18. Edwin Langi – Kings/Drummoyne/GPS

19. Jacob Veiru – Newington/Drummoyne/GPS

20. Joseph Dillon – St Ignatius College/Chatswood/GPS

21. Sam Blank – St Augustines/Harbord/ISA

22. Marshall Le Maitre – Shore/Chatswood/GPS

23. Tom  Farr-Jones – Newington/Randwick/GPS