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Young Bronco's huge boost for World Cup dream - CtrlF.XYZ

Young Bronco's huge boost for World Cup dream

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Broncos young weapon Selwyn Cobbo dazzled successful his Rugby League World Cup audition connected Sunday night, playing a shining relation arsenic Australia hammered Papua New Guinea 64-14 successful the Prime Minister's XIII clash successful Brisbane.

Playing astatine near centre alternatively of his accustomed presumption connected the close wing, Cobbo bagged 2 tries, tallied 166 tally metres and made 3 linebreaks little than a period retired from the World Cup.

The 20-year-old is hoping to adhd Kangaroos enactment to his magnificent breakout year, which culminated successful 15 tries for the Broncos and State of Origin stardom.

Cobbo received a promising endorsement from Kangaroos manager Mal Meninga aft the match.

"He tin play right, helium tin play left, helium tin play centre, helium tin play wing, helium tin play fullback," Meninga said successful his property conference.

"That's the benignant of subordinate you privation successful your squad going overseas successful a World Cup.

"He's considered, absolutely."

A operation of injuries and NRL finals commitments resulted successful Australia fielding an under-strength broadside for the PNG clash.

Daine Laurie, Zac Lomax, Jojo Fifita, Josh King, Jake Simpkin, Luke Garner and Josh Curran each took to the tract but aren't expected to propulsion connected the greenish and golden successful England.

When Meninga reveals his 24-man squad adjacent Monday — the time aft the NRL expansive last — among the star-studded radical volition beryllium James Tedesco, Valentine Holmes, Cameron Munster, Isaah Yeo, Cameron Murray and Jack Wighton.

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"It is hard due to the fact that determination are truthful galore large players ... there's lone truthful galore (you tin pick) ... I deliberation there's a full heap of things that spell into that criteria-wise," Meninga said.

"Obviously Origin is truly important, signifier done the year, the backmost extremity of the twelvemonth is important, arsenic well, positive the quality to beryllium adaptable and flexible, I think, successful positions.

"It's a agelong circuit implicit determination distant from location for us.

"Because you're lone allowed 24 players, players request to beryllium reasonably balanced and play successful antithetic positions astatine times, peculiarly done the games. So, we've conscionable got to get that equilibrium right.

"There's a full heap of reasoning that goes into picking a squad, and a squad that we deliberation volition beryllium really, truly successful."

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