NSW Rugby League has announced the NSW Under 16s squad to face an under 16s Pasifika team at Belmore Sports Ground on June 9.
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And Parkes junior gun and only Western Ram Finnley Neilsen has made the cut.
Neilsen's selection comes after the NSW Country Under 16s team played a Harold Matthews representative outfit at Penrith Stadium on May 17.
The 20-man squad also includes seven players from the premiership-winning Newcastle Knights team from the UNE Harold Matthews Cup and four players from grand finalists Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
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The squad will go into camp on Friday, June 7.
The Pasifika game is being held in lieu of a match against Queensland.
A NSW Under 16s team has played against Queensland since 2013 and has won for the past three consecutive years.
- NSW Under 16s squad: Paul Alamoti (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs), Max Bradbury (Newcastle Knights), Oskar Bryant (Northern Rivers Titans), Lachlan Crouch (Newcastle Knights), Ryan Foran (Northern Rivers), Terrell Kalo Kalo (South Sydney Rabbitohs), Oryn Keeley (Newcastle Knights), David Langi (Parramatta Eels), Davvy Moale (South Sydney Rabbitohs), Fletcher Myers (Newcastle Knights), Noah Nailagoliva (Newcastle Knights), Finnley Neilsen (Western Rams), Joseph O'Neill (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs), Jonah Pezet (Newcastle Knights), Noah Reed (Newcastle Knights), Reef Sommerville (Northern Rivers Titans), Wiliam Taliai (South Sydney Rabbitohs), Brandon Tumeth (Balmain Tigers), Thomas Weaver (Northern Rivers Titans), Turoa Williams (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs). Coach: Scott Jones.
Watch this space: We speak to Neilsen himself about his NSW selection and what's ahead for the junior. Story to come next week.
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