Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga has named eight debutants in his squad for the Pacific Championships as Australia look to bounce back from a 30-0 loss to New Zealand in last year's final in Hamilton.
The Kangaroos kick off their campaign against Tonga in Brisbane on October 18 before facing the Kiwis in Christchurch on October 27.
The squad features four members of the premiership winning Panthers outfit, including Isaah Yeo, who will captain the side, and Clive Churchill Medal winner Liam Martin.
"Isaah is an outstanding player and outstanding person and they are two great qualities we want in an Australian captain," coach Mal Meninga said.
"He understands winning, he understands how to lead winning teams as well, I'm very comfortable that Isaah is the national captain.
"Isaah has been the vice-captain since the World Cup under Teddy [James Tedesco] and deserves that chance to captain his country."
Runners-up Melbourne are represented by Harry Grant, who has been named as vice-captain, and Xavier Coates.
The eight men who will wear the green and gold for the first time are Tom Dearden, Zac Lomax, Mitch Moses, Lindsay Smith, Reece Robson, Xavier Coates, Bradman Best and Mitch Barnett.
Among those unavailable through injury are Nathan Cleary, Cameron Munster and Kotoni Staggs, while Manly duo Daly Cherry-Evans and Jake Trbojevic and Roosters skipper James Tedesco have been overlooked.
Panthers star Dylan Edwards has been chosen as the fullback, with Tom Trbojevic and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow as other options in the No.1 jersey. Kalyn Ponga was left out of the squad.
"When we looked at the team we considered Dylan was the No.1 fullback in our game, particularly for the Kangaroos, so we chose Dylan in front of Kalyn," said Meninga.
"And then we look at the versatility of players and we consider Matt Burton and Ben Hunt can play a number of positions in the team and we considered Kalyn as a fullback and that's why he has been left out."
Kangaroos team in alphabetical order:
Mitch Barnett (Warriors)
Matt Burton (Bulldogs)
Bradman Best (Knights)
Pat Carrigan (Broncos)
Xavier Coates (Storm)
Lindsay Collins (Roosters)
Reuben Cotter (Cowboys)
Angus Crichton (Roosters)
Tom Dearden (Cowboys)
Dylan Edwards (Panthers)
Harry Grant (Storm) - vice captain
Ben Hunt (Dragons)
Zac Lomax (Dragons)
Liam Martin (Panthers)
Mitch Moses (Eels)
Cameron Murray (Rabbitohs)
Reece Robson (Cowboys)
Lindsay Smith (Panthers)
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (Dolphins)
Tom Trbojevic (Sea Eagles)
Isaah Yeo (Panthers) - captain
