Jamaica has introduced a 20-man squad in preparation for his or her worldwide rugby league match in opposition to Wales, ranked seventeenth on the planet.
The conflict is ready to happen at The Lextan Gnoll in Neath subsequent Tuesday, October 15, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 pm.
The vast majority of the chosen gamers compete in English leagues, excluding Alex Younger, who at present performs for the Sydney Roosters in Australia. The squad options skilled veterans comparable to Ben Jones-Bishop, James Woodburn Corridor, Mo Agoro, Jordan Andrade, Keenen Tomlinson, and Ross Peltier.
A number of potential debutants
New faces additionally emerge, with a number of potential debutants together with Darius Carter, Delaine Gittens-Bedwards, Jaden Dayes, Leo Skerritt-Evans, Aaron Smalls, Keenan Ramsden, and Joshua Hudson-Lett.
Accidents have sidelined key gamers, together with captain Ashton Golding (Huddersfield), Jerome Yates (West Warriors), and Greg Johnson (Moldgreen). Michael Lawrence (Bradford) and AJ Wallace (Hull KR) are additionally unavailable attributable to membership commitments. In mild of this, former captains Joe Brown and Jy-Mel Coleman, each pivotal in Jamaica’s 2021 World Cup qualification, have stepped ahead as potential gamers, with Coleman serving as an assistant coach.
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Rhys Lovegrove, the Reggae Warriors’ head coach and Academy Head Coach at Hull KR, expressed his enthusiasm: “I’m actually honored and privileged to be a part of the teaching arrange and excited to see some new faces pull on the jersey to face Wales.”
Significance of the match
Romeo Monteith, Director of Rugby and Head of Jamaica’s males’s program, emphasised the importance of the match: “As a corporation, we’re blissful to face Wales at their residence. They’re a superb staff with a proud historical past in rugby league. Jamaica stays dedicated to taking part in not less than one worldwide in Europe yearly, and we hope to collaborate extra typically with Wales sooner or later. The sport helps them put together for his or her European World Cup qualifiers, and it helps us in our preparation for the World Collection in 2025, because it’s very important our skilled gamers get an opportunity to play collectively as typically as attainable.”
The Reggae Warriors final confronted the USA in a males’s worldwide on December 3, 2024, dropping 26-30. Following the match in opposition to Wales, Jamaica is scheduled to play Canada in Toronto on October 19.
Jamaica squad: Delaine Gittens (Barrow Raiders), Joshua Hudson-Lett (Bedford Tigers), Leo Skerritt-Evans (Castleford Tigers), Aaron Smalls (Cornwall), Keenen Tomlinson (Featherstone Rovers), James Woodburn-Corridor (Halifax), Darius Carter, Kieran Rush (Huddersfield Giants), Chris Ball (London Broncos), Alex Brown (Moldgreen ARLFC), Mo Agoro (Oldham), Jaden Dayes, Jordan Andrade (Rochdale), Ben Jones-Bishop (Sheffield), Keenan Ramsden (Siddal), Alex Younger (Sydney Roosters), Isaac Coleman (York Acorn), Joe Brown, Jy-Mel Coleman, Ross Peltier (Unattached).
