NRL 2023, Pacific Championships, week 3, official team lists, injuries, updates

Official team lists, updates and injury news for Week 3 of the 2023 Pacific Championships Men’s and Women’s tournaments.

Pacific Championships Team Lists: Week 3

Kangaroos v Kiwis, Saturday 8.10pm (AEDT) at AAMI Park

Gallagher Kangaroos: Valentine Holmes has been recalled to the Australian side having served his one-game ban and will replace Selwyn Cobbo on the wing. Props Payne Haas and Tino Fa’asuamaleaui will be rested, their places in the front row taken by Jake Trbojevic and Test debutant Thomas Flegler. Maroons star Reuben Cotter will start in the back row and Liam Martin goes to 18th Man. Nicho Hynes will make his Test debut off the bench.

Kiwis: An unchanged 17 from last week’s 50-0 hammering of Toa Samoa. After being a late addition to the starting side at hooker in week two, Kieran Foran will wear the No.9 jersey against Australia with Fa’amanu Brown reverting to the bench. Brown joins centre Matthew Timoko and fellow bench men Griffin Neame and Leo Thompson in making…