May 8th 2009 Australia v New Zealand Test Match
Venue: Lang Park, Brisbane, Queensland
Kick-Off: 7:45pm (EST) Friday 8th May
Telecast: Live Channel 9
Teams:
Australian Squad:
1. Billy Slater, Melbourne
2. Israel Folau, Brisbane
3. Greg Inglis, Melbourne
4. Justin Hodges, Brisbane
5. Darius Boyd, St. George Illawarra
6. Darren Lockyer (Captain), Brisbane
7. Johnathan Thurston, North Queensland
8. Petero Civoniceva, Penrith
9. Cameron Smith, Melbourne
10. Steve Price, New Zealand
11. Anthony Laffranchi, Gold Coast
12. Paul Gallen, Cronulla
13. Glenn Stewart, Manly
Bench:
14. Kurt Gidley, Newcastle
15. Brent Kite, Manly
16. Luke Bailey, Gold Coast
17. Anthony Watmough, Manly
18: Luke Lewis, Penrith
19: (Standby for Boyd) Joel Monaghan, Canberra
New Zealand Squad:
1. Lance Hohaia, New Zealand
2. Sam Perrett, Sydney City
3. Iosia Soliola, Sydney City
4. Jerome Ropati, New Zealand
5. Manu Vatuvei, New Zealand
6. Benji Marshall (Captain), Wests
7. Nathan Fien, New Zealand
8. Roy Asotasi, South Sydney
9. Isaac Luke, South Sydney
10. Adam Blair, Melbourne
11. Simon Mannering, New Zealand
12. David Fa'alogo, South Sydney
13. Jeremy Smith, St. George Illawarra
Bench:
14. Frank Pritchard, Penrith
15. Jason Nightingale, St. George Illawarra
16. Jeff Lima, Melbourne
17: Greg Eastwood, Canterbury
18: Bronson Harrison, Canberra
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Go Kangaroos!
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This game is being played simultaneously with the NSW City v Country game on the same night - what a stupid idea, the test match should have been scheduled for the Saturday night 9th May.