Elliott Whitehead will captain the Canberra Raiders in the NRL Nines in Perth starting on Friday.
Dunamis Lui and Sia Soliola who represented the Raiders in last year’s NRL Grand Final are also part of the side.
Joining the squad, are a number of exciting young players who will be hoping to showcase their talent which helped the Raiders reach the 2019 Jersey Flegg Grand Final.
Matt Frawley will be in action after signing from Huddersfield during the off-season. Experienced first grade players, Sam Williams, Ryan Sutton, Siliva Havili and Michael Oldfield will also take part.
Assistant Andrew McFadden will coach the side.
RAIDERS NINES SQUAD
1 Harley Smith-Shield
2 Semi Valemei
3 Matthew Timoko
4 Michael Oldfield
5 Daine Spencer
6 Matthew Frawley
7 Sam Williams
8 Dunamis Lui
9 Siliva Havili
10 Sia Soliola
11 Jack Murchie
12 Elliott Whitehead (c)
13 Ryan Sutton
14 Tom Starling
15 Duwanye Mariner
16 Dan Keir
17 Kai O'Donnell
18 Darby Medlyn