Roos selection battle heats up as Mal reveals changes

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Kangaroos manager Mal Meninga has revealed players near retired of their World Cup opener against Fiji volition instrumentality against Scotland.

Meninga rested each of his Eels and Panthers for the opening clash to springiness them arsenic overmuch betterment clip arsenic imaginable pursuing the NRL expansive final.

Speaking connected SENQ Breakfast, Meninga said they would each "absolutely" beryllium playing successful the 2nd lucifer of the tournament.

"I deliberation determination volition beryllium astir 7 of them that didn't play connected the weekend, they'll each beryllium playing against Scotland," helium said.

"I'll springiness them an accidental to enactment together, evidently Ben Hunt started (at) 9 but I'll astir apt commencement Harry Grant this week and James Tedesco who's the skipper volition commencement again.

"We're trying retired our spine, we had the Queensland spine positive Teddy past weekend, but we volition effort this operation this play and spot however it goes."

Grant had a blinder against Fiji, crossing erstwhile himself and mounting up another. Meninga said that show gave him a enactment headache he's lone excessively blessed to suffer.

"It's a bully headache to person I indispensable confess, we've got immoderate truly bully players, 24 of them to beryllium nonstop and they each privation to play astatine the backend of the World Cup," helium said.

"With that successful caput we'll person a reasonably committed Aussie broadside and we volition person to marque those pugnacious decisions successful a mates weeks' time."

Meninga said Daly Cherry-Evans would not play this weekend, but volition apt instrumentality against Italy. He said helium hoped to person astir of the broadside sorted by the clip the quarters rotation around, but volition "give everyone the champion accidental to beryllium progressive successful the semi-finals."

A triumph implicit Scotland aboriginal Saturday greeting (AEDT) volition fastener the Kangaroos into the knock-out stages of the competition.

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