Six new faces for Kangaroos

Coach Mal Meninga has named six potential debutants in the Kangaroos squad for rugby league tests against New Zealand and Tonga.

Sunday’s Clive Churchill Medallist Jack Wighton is among the new faces in the 19-man squad, joining Nick Cotric, Josh Addo-Carr, Payne Haas, Paul Vaughan and Cameron Murray.

Seven players from the NRL grand final were included – Boyd Cordner, Luke Keary, Latrell Mitchell and James Tedesco from the triumphant Sydney Roosters, and Cotric,

Wighton and Josh Papalii from Canberra.

The Kangaroos, again led by Cordner, will play the Kiwis on October 25 in Wollongong before taking on Tonga in Auckland on November 2.

Meninga has signed a contract extension that will

retain him as Kangaroos coach until the end of the

2021 World Cup. Meninga was appointed coach of the Australian national team in December,

2015, and led them to a Rugby League World Cup title in

2017, not losing a match in that tournament.