Wayne Bennett has named his England squad for Saturday’s Test Match against Samoa with Mike McMeeken and Chris McQueen to make their debuts.
Mark Percival, Alex Walmsley and Scott Taylor all miss out despite impressive starts to the season in a team selection that will certainly cause some debate.
In another interesting decision, Super League’s form full-back Zak Hardaker will start in the centres with Stefan Ratchford taking the number 1 jersey.
Mike McMeeken will make his debut in the second row with the two controversial names in the squad, Chris Heighington and Chris McQueen, named on the bench.
England team to face Samoa on Saturday (10.40am):
1. Stefan Ratchford
2. Jermaine McGillvary
3. Kallum Watkins
4. Zak Hardaker
5. Ryan Hall
6. Kevin Brown
7. Luke Gale
8. Sam Burgess
9. Josh Hodgson
10. James Graham
11. Mike McMeeken
12. Elliott Whitehead
13. Sean O’Loughlin
16. Chris McQueen
17. Thomas Burgess
