Penrith fullback Dylan Edwards is in line for a maiden consultant jersey after being referred to as into Australia’s prolonged squad for the Pacific Check collection.
Key factors:
- Addo-Carr has been issued a breach discover for his position in a battle on the Koori Knockout
- Edwards is but to make his consultant debut regardless of stellar performances for the Panthers
- One in all few wing choices within the squad, Valentine Holmes can be suspended for the primary match towards Samoa
Edwards’s absence was one of many solely controversies from coach Mal Meninga’s squad named forward of the primary match towards Samoa on October 14.
However the triple premiership winner has been added as a late addition as cowl for Josh Addo-Carr, who has been hit with a breach discover by the NRL for an incident on the Koori Knockout competitors.
“It’s alleged Addo-Carr engaged in conduct which has introduced the sport into disrepute by punching an opposition participant to the top following a match,” the NRL assertion learn.
The breach discover doesn’t specify any punishment for Addo-Carr, however flags that he has 5 enterprise days to reply.
Identified for his reliability in defence and out of yardage, Edwards has been one of many Panthers’ most necessary and improved gamers throughout their 4 NRL seasons of dominance.
He obtained the Clive Churchill Medal for his man-of-the-match efficiency of their 2022 grand closing victory over Parramatta and polled the eighth most votes on this yr’s Dally M Medal rely.
However captain James Tedesco has had a mortgage on the NSW and Australian fullback spots since earlier than Penrith’s resurgence, leaving Edwards the one three-time premiership Panther but to play consultant footy.
The 27-year-old made his NRL debut as an out of doors again and had been steered by pundits as an choice at wing for NSW’s State of Origin aspect this yr, although was in the end missed.
With a dearth of specialist wingers in Meninga’s squad, Edwards might discover himself referred to as onto the sting for a Kangaroos debut.
Brisbane flyer Selwyn Cobbo, one other potential debutant, is the one out-and-out winger left in Meninga’s squad.
Uncapped Dolphins fullback Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and Cowboys centre Valentine Holmes are different outdoors again choices.
However Holmes will miss the primary sport towards Samoa on October 14 as a consequence of a one-game suspension over a social media video that, based on the NRL, “introduced the sport and his membership into disrepute by publicly associating the sport with unlawful medicine”.
The decision-up continues one other yr to recollect for Edwards, who re-signed with the Panthers via 2028 in August and performed fullback of their newest premiership triumph on Sunday.
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