NRL 2023, New Zealand Kiwis team list, squad details for Pacific Championships, Michael Maguire names team, Jahrome Hughes, Dylan Brown, Joey Manu

Kiwis coach Michael Maguire has named seven potential debutants as part of a 21-man squad for the upcoming Pacific Championships.

Knights duo Fa’amanu Brown and Leo Thompson have been named alongside Wiremu Greig, Keano Kini, Griffin Neame, Matt Timoko and Naufahu Whyte as the new faces in squad ahead of their first game against Samoa on October 21.

With Shaun Johnson ruling himself unavailable for selection, Jahrome Hughes and Dylan Brown are set to partner in the halves with Joey Manu and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad both options to fill the number one jersey at fullback.

Premiership-winning props James Fisher-Harris and Moses Leota are set to start up front together as part of an impressive engine room which also includes Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Joseph Tapine, Briton Nikora and Isaiah Papali’i.

Danny Levi, Kieran Foran and Nu Brown are all options to fill the hooking role with the likes of Brandon Smith and Jeremy Marshall-King unavailable.

Levi returns after…