Junior Dragons trio Aaron Schoupp, Max Feagai and Blake Dowel have been selected in the NSWRL under-16s team to play Queensland in the curtain raiser to State of Origin III.
Brad Fittler is head coach of the side, with fellow True Blue Danny Buderus once again joining the camp as an assistant as he did for the successful under-18s program just a few weeks ago.
NSW Under-16s:
1. Albert Hopoate (Manly Sea Eagles)
2. Cooper Jenkins (Newcastle Knights)
3. Bradman Best (Newcastle Knights)
4. Aaron Schoupp (Illawarra Steelers)
5. Max Feagai (Illawarra Steelers)
6. Kaeo Weekes (Manly Sea Eagles)
7. Thomas Demeio (Cronulla Sharks)
8. Samuel Hughes (Parramatta Eels)
9. Jed Edwards (Parramatta Eels)
10. Filimaua Filimaua-Tau (Manly Sea Eagles)
11. Ben Trbojevic (Manly Sea Eagles)
12. Josh Schuster (Manly Sea Eagles)
13. Jaron Purcell (Newcastle Knights)
14. Tyler Field (Parramatta Eels)
15. David Hollis (Parramatta Eels)
16. Harry Croker (Newcastle Knights)
17. Blake Dowel (Illawarra Steelers)
18. Kobe Rugless (Sydney Roosters)
Head Coach: Brad Fittler
Assistant Coach: Danny Buderus
Development Coach: Scott Jones
Queensland named their side on Sunday.
The NSW v Queensland Under-16s clash will be live streamed on www.NSWRL.com.au.
Stay locked on www.NSWRL.com.au throughout the lead-up to the clash for exclusive insight, interviews and analysis of the Under-16s players and side.
This article first appeared on NSWRL.com.au