The Sydney Roosters have announced their team to face the Cowboys in Saturday's trial match in Mackay.

Jayden Nikorima will partner new signing Luke Keary in the halves for the Roosters, with Michael Gordon getting his first start at fullback. 

Auckland Nines stars Gideon Gela-Mosby and Kalyn Ponga have been included in the Cowboys squad for the match, along with Test props Matt Scott and Jason taumalolo.

The game starts at 7pm local time (8pm AEDT) and will be live streamed at roosters.com.au and cowboys.com.au.

 


Roosters: 1 Michael Gordon, 2 Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck, 3 Joseph Manu, 4 Dale Copley, 5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 6 Jayden Nikorima, 7 Luke Keary, 14 Eloni Vunakece, 9 Victor Radley, 10 Dylan Napa, 11 Brock Gray, 12 Ryan Matterson, 13 Brenden Santi. Interchange: 15 Poasa Faamausili, 16 Lindsay Collins, 17 Mitch Williams, 18 Brendan Frei, 19 Paul Momirovski, 20 Bernard Lewis, 21 Jarred Anderson, 22 Sean O'Sullivan, 23 Sitili Tupouniua, 24 Reuben Porter, 26 Lachlan Lam.

Cowboys squad: John Asiata, Cooper Bambling, Scott Bolton, Javid Bowen, Will Bugden, Lachlan Coote, Gideon Gela-Mosby, Ben Hampton, Coen Hess, Sam Hoare, Corey Jensen, Patrick Kaufusi, Kyle Laybutt, Blake Leary,  Ethan Lowe, Kalyn Ponga, Matt Scott, Ben Spina, Jason Taumalolo, Ray Thompson, Braden Uele, Antonio Winterstein, Shane Wright.