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Meninga shakes up Kangaroos halfback battle - CtrlF.XYZ

Meninga shakes up Kangaroos halfback battle

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Nathan Cleary is tipped to spouse Daly Cherry-Evans astatine the scrumbase for the Kangaroos against Italy successful their World Cup excavation match connected Sunday greeting (AEDT).

Coach Mal Meninga volition sanction his broadside for Australia's last excavation lucifer astatine 6pm (AEDT) Thursday arsenic the tourney favourites attack the abrupt decease stages of the competition.

The opposing Origin halfbacks volition play successful the halves unneurotic for the archetypal clip successful an audition to play alongside Cameron Munster, who is viewed arsenic 1 of fewer enactment certainties successful Meninga's first-choice 17.

After Cleary's 28-point effort connected debut against Scotland, momentum is gathering for the Panthers premiership-winner to borderline incumbent halfback Cherry-Evans for the large games.

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Munster is expected to beryllium rested against Italy, with Meninga offering Cleary and the Manly playmaker a accidental to impress.

During Australia's main tract league successful Manchester, Cherry-Evans interchanged with Cleary astatine archetypal receiver, with the Penrith prima confirming the antithetic halves operation to beryllium used.

"We're going to premix it up a bit," Cleary said.

"We'll conscionable spot however it's going and who's got the travel astatine the time.

"Daly is truthful bully I tin interval astir and enactment disconnected him, it's thing caller for some of us.

"I deterioration No.14 and helium wears No.2. The thought for america is that we're wanting to enactment unneurotic arsenic overmuch arsenic we can.

"It's not going to beryllium truthful overmuch near and right, divided similar that."

Just who volition beryllium calling the shots connected crippled time is inactive chartless for the Aussies. Cleary has lone ever been the main playmaker for Penrith and NSW, portion Cherry-Evans has played inferior roles disconnected the seat for Australia and Queensland.

Cleary confirmed neither helium oregon Cherry-Evans person spoken astir who volition instrumentality complaint during the match.

"It's the question that volition person to beryllium answered connected crippled day," helium said.

"I thought we did beauteous good successful grooming and it's important that we trained good unneurotic and get the assurance that we tin bash it alongside each other.

"By nary means are we trying to outdo each different oregon thing similar that. We privation to harvester good and bash what's champion for the jersey.

"I deliberation that's been the quality of this squad truthful far.

"There's nary individuals oregon ego taking implicit to effort and marque themselves look better.

"It's astir the squad looking better."

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