Blog with Buzz: Phil Rothfield looks at the squads for the rep round

THE NRL takes a breather this week as we get stuck into representative round. Blog with BUZZ ROTHFIELD as he looks at each squad to see which coaches got it right and which fell short.

Do the Kangaroos have what it takes to beat New Zealand?

THE NRL takes a breather this week as we get stuck into representative weekend, with all rep squads now named.

Mal Meninga’s Kangaroos take on New Zealand on Friday night before the annual City vs Country fixture takes us to Tamworth. Blog with Buzz Rothfield as he looks at all four squads to see which coaches got it right and which teams fall short.

KANGAROOS: 1. Darius Boyd 2. Semi Radradra 3. Greg Inglis 4. Josh Dugan 5. Blake Ferguson 6. Johnathan Thurston 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Matt Scott 9. Cameron Smith (c) 10. Paul Gallen 11. Josh Papalii 12. Matt Gillett 13. Corey Parker Interchange: 14. Josh McGuire 15. Michael Morgan 16. James Tamou 17. Sam Thaiday 18. Aidan Guerra 19. Michael Jennings.

NEW ZEALAND (squad): Jesse Bromwich, Adam Blair, Lewis Brown, Greg Eastwood, Alex Glenn, Tohu Harris, Peta Hiku, Shaun Johnson, Jordan Kahu, Shaun Kenny-Dowal, Manu Ma’u, Sam Moa, Jason Nightingale, Kodi Nikorima, Kevin Proctor, Jason Taumalolo, Martin Taupau, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Danny Levi.

CITY (squad): Nathan Brown, Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Bryce Cartwright, Addin Fonua-Blake, Aaron Gray, Clint Gutherson, Leilani Latu, Chris Lawrence ©, Kyle Lovett, Josh Mansour, Tyrone Peachey, Nathan Peats, Aidan Sezer, Curtis Sironen, Tom Symonds, Chad Townsend, Jake Trbojevic, Ryan Matterson.

COUNTRY: 1. Jack Wighton 2. Kane Linnett 3. Euan Aitken – Merimbula 4. Jarrod Croker 5. Isaah Yeo 6. James Maloney 7. Jack Bird 8. Shannon Boyd 9. Mitch Rein 10. Jack De Belin 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Boyd Cordner 13. Dale Finucane 14. Jordan McLean 15. Paul Vaughan 16. Tariq Sims 17. Mitch Aubusson.