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Leota Returns To Face Kangaroos
York, England, November 10, 2022 – Premiership-winning prop Moses Leota has been brought into the New Zealand Kiwis’ 19-man squad for their Rugby League World Cup semi-final against the Kangaroos at Elland Road in Leeds on Friday (7.45pm kick-off local time; 8.45am Saturday NZT).The 27-year-old Penrith front rower is set make just his second appearance of the tournament.He was named to line up in the Kiwis’ opening Pool C match against Lebanon on October 16 but was ruled out after picking up a slight groin injury in the team’s final training session.Leota recovered to start a week later against Jamaica in Hull only to be forced off the field early with a pectoral strain.He comes into the extended squad for clubmate Scott Sorensen while Dallin Watene-Zelezniak returns after being scratched late with a hamstring issue last week.Apart from Sorensen the other squad members not selected are Marata Niukore, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Jeremy Marshall and Sebastian Kris.The Kiwis are coming off a nailbiting 24-18 quarter-final win over Fiji following their pool match victories over the Lebanon Cedars (34-12), Jamaica’s Reggae Warriors (68-6) and the Ireland Wolfhounds (48-10).The Kangaroos advanced to the semi-finals after eliminating Lebanon 48-4 last week.NZ KIWIS v AUSTRALIAN KANGAROOS Elland Road, Leeds7.45pm, Friday, November 11 2022
| SQUAD NO. | PLAYERS NAME | HERITAGE NUMBER |
| 16 | NELSON ASOFA-SOLOMONA | # 804 |
| 8 | JESSE BROMWICH (c) | # 775 |
| 12 | KENNY BROMWICH | # 796 |
| 6 | DYLAN BROWN | # 826 |
| 10 | JAMES FISHER-HARRIS | # 801 |
| 14 | KIERAN FORAN | # 757 |
| 4 | PETA HIKU | # 781 |
| 7 | JAHROME HUGHES | # 819 |
| 15 | MOSES LEOTA | #827 |
| 20 | ISAAC LIU | # 805 |
| 1 | JOSEPH MANU | # 815 |
| 2 | RONALDO MULITALO | # 824 |
| 21 | CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD | # 820 |
| 17 | BRITON NIKORA | # 818 |
| 11 | ISAIAH PAPALI’I | # 817 |
| 5 | JORDAN RAPANA | # 798 |
| 9 | BRANDON SMITH | # 816 |
| 13 | JOSEPH TAPINE | # 800 |
| 19 | DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK | # 794 |
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