Six debutants named in Kangaroos shake-up

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Australian manager Mal Meninga has named six debutants successful shaking up his Kangaroos squad for their 2nd World Cup game.

The rugby league powerhouse easy accounted for Fiji 42-8 successful the opening excavation game, but the manager has made respective changes up of Friday morning's (AEDT) crippled against Scotland.

Penrith premiership stars Nathan Cleary, Isaah Yeo, and Liam Martin volition each marque their Kangaroos debuts, arsenic volition Matt Burton, Campbell Graham, and Lindsay Collins.

Cleary comes successful astatine halfback for his archetypal planetary outing, replacing the much experienced Daly Cherry-Evans.

Burton lines up astatine centre, Yeo astatine lock, Martin successful the backrow, Graham connected a win, and Collins volition commencement connected the bench.

Meninga opted to remainder astir of the Panthers players fixed they lone stopped celebrating their NRL expansive last triumph astir a week and a fractional earlier the archetypal World Cup game.

"It was perfect for the expansive last players to person a remainder successful the opening game, and I'm looking guardant to seeing them play against Scotland," Meninga said.

"I was pleased with our show against Fiji, but I cognize we request to amended passim the tournament.

"We person caller players this week, arsenic we proceed to physique combinations for the remainder of the tournament."

DCE gets archetypal ace astatine Kangaroos' halfback spot

Australia squad vs Scotland (jersey numbers bash not denote position): 1. James Tedesco (c) 9. Josh Addo-Carr 12. Matt Burton 10. Jack Wighton 19. Campbell Graham 7. Cameron Munster 14. Nathan Cleary 6. Reagan Campbell-Graham 20. Harry Grant 13. Patrick Carrigan 17. Angus Crichton 21. Liam Martin 24. Isaah Yeo (vc). Interchange: 3. Ben Hunt 15. Lindsay Collins 4. Valentine Holmes 5. Jake Trbojevic (18th antheral Daly Cherry-Evans)

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