New Look Knights - Abraham and Polglase in Side for Darwin Trial
Newcastle Knights coach, Brian Smith has named five-eighth, Jarrod Mullen captain.
At 19 years of age, Mullen will become one of the youngest players to skipper a First Grade side when he leads the Knights onto Darwin’s Richardson Park.
Returning to the park after a long layoff is Daniel Abraham. The former country representative is looking to spark his career which has been hampered by long stints on the sideline with injuries.
At one stage considered in the top 5 backrowers in the game, Abraham is looking to regain that reputation under new coach Brian Smith.
Ex-Rabbits custodian Todd Polglase also lines up for the Knights and will be stating his claim for an on-going first grade spot. Polglase was a standout for Souths last year, the shining star in a regularly beaten side - it will interesting to see how Polglase performs in a stronger team, and NRLnews.com goes as far as saying representative honours may come his way.The Knights first grade squad is in Darwin this weekend for their trial game against the Panthers.
Kick off is at 7.30pm (local time) on Saturday night at Richardson Park.
The squad is:
Abraham, Daniel
Carmont, George
Franze, Paul
Gidley, Kurt
Karawana, Marvan
Ling, Jacob
McManus, James
Mullen, Jarrod (c)
Paterson, Cory
Perry, Josh
Polglase, Todd
Quigley, Luke
Reynoldson, Kirk
Royal, Jesse
Seu Seu, Terrence
Tafua, Mark
Tighe, Brad
Tupou, Willie
Walsh, Luke
White, Matthew
Woonough, Adam
Uate, Akuila
