Kieran Foran’s older brother, Liam, has been named captain for the NSW Residents side that will take on the Queensland Residents at Suncorp Stadium next Wednesday night as the curtain raiser before the third and deciding Harvey Norman State of Origin clash.
Foran is just one of a series of players who have been selected from the ranks of the VB NSW Cup to fill the Residents side that also has NRL experience.
Queensland will name their residents on Monday June 25.
NSW Residents Team:
01. Michael Lett (Illawarra Cutters)
02. Justin Carney (Newtown Jets)
03. Ricky Leutele (Cronulla Sharks)
04. Troy Savage (Wentworthville Magpies)
05. Michael Oldfield (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
06. Liam Foran (c) (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
07. Ryan Carr (North Sydney Bears)
08. Shane Shackleton (Wentworthville Magpies)
09. Cameron King (Illawarra Cutters)
10. Josh Cordoba (Cronulla Sharks)
11. Marvin Filipo (Newcastle Knights)
12. David Gower (Illawarra Cutters)
13. Mitch Achurch (Windsor Wolves)
Interchange:
14. Matt Moylan (Windsor Wolves)
15. Matt Robinson (Windsor Wolves)
16. Kyle O’Donnell (Newcastle Knights)
17. Jack Stockwell (Illawarra Cutters)
Reserve Players:
18. Shane Pumipi (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
19. Josh Mantellato (Newcastle Knights)
20. Tim Browne (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Coach: Rip Taylor (Newcastle Knights)
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