Brisbane Broncos Head Coach Michael Maguire has named a 26-man squad for Saturday’s first trial clash against the Burleigh Bears at UAA Park.
The starting lineup features six of the Broncos top 30 players, with Jock Madden to captain the side in their first hit out of the preseason.
Delouise Hoeter will make his long-awaited return in Broncos colours since a season ending knee injury in late April.
Tyson Smoothy, Ben Te Kura, Josiah Karapani, Josh Rogers and Jaiyden Hunt will also start at Burleigh.
Burleigh Bear Matt Koellner will don both sides’ colours, set to start with the Broncos, before pulling on the Bears’ jersey in the second half.
Extended train and triallists Sione Hopoate, Latrell Siegwalt, Tristan Powell and Luke Gale make up the starting pack.
Emerging young talents Coby Black and Cam Bukowski will come off the bench.
Gates Open at Miami, at 1pm, with kickoff of the main game at 5pm.
2pm: Harvey Norman U19s (Round 1) Burleigh vs. Ipswich
3.20pm: Mal Meninga Cup (Round 1) Burleigh vs. Ipswich
5pm: Burleigh vs. Broncos
Broncos Team List
1 Latrell Siegwalt
2 Sione Hopoate
3 Josiah Karapani
4 Deloiuse Hoeter
5 Ronny Philitoga
6 Josh Rogers
7 Jock Madden ©
8 Ben Te Kura
9 Tyson Smoothy
10 Matt Koellner
11 Tristan Powell
12 Jaiyden Hunt
13 Luke Gale
Interchange
14 Lachlan West
15 Israel Leota
16 Glen Vaihu
17 Coby Black
18 Braithen Scott
19 VJ Semu
20 Cameron Bukowski
21 Josh Coric
22 Jett Bryce
23 Jared Horne
24 Saxon Innes
25 Dirhys Sefo
26 Callum Eggerling
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