{"id":184061,"date":"2025-10-02T03:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/184061\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:00:08","slug":"kangaroos-23-man-ashes-squad-revealed-ins-and-out-snubs-ashes-tour-reece-walsh-mitchell-moses-kevin-walters-reaction-rugby-league-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/184061\/","title":{"rendered":"Kangaroos 23-man Ashes squad revealed, ins and out, snubs, Ashes Tour, Reece Walsh, Mitchell Moses, Kevin Walters, reaction, rugby league news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters is reportedly close to finalising his 23-man squad for the upcoming Ashes Tour, with seven new faces set to earn a plane ticket to the UK. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/who-s-in-and-who-s-out-kangaroos-set-to-name-seven-debutants-for-ashes-20251002-p5mzic.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SMH<\/a> have reported the likely 23-man squad, which could change depending on if any players suffer injuries in Sunday\u2019s grand final between Brisbane and Melbourne. <\/p>\n<p>Reece Walsh\u2019s stellar late season form was too good for Walters to pass up. The livewire fullback has won a spot in the squad alongside other Kangaroos first timers Blayke Brailey (Sharks), Bradman Best (Knights), Ethan Strange (Raiders), Jacob Preston (Bulldogs) and Keaon Koloamatangi (Souths).<\/p>\n<p>Watch the best build-up to the 2025 NRL Grand Final, with expert analysis and full Grand Final day coverage, on Fox League via Kayo | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Nawaqanitwase\u2019s sensational rookie season for the Roosters also won him selection. The former Wallabies star is now likely to join a rare list of players who have represented Australia in both rugby league and rugby union. <\/p>\n<p>Several players from last year\u2019s Australian squad won\u2019t be making the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Payne Haas has switched allegiances and will represent Samoa while Latrell Mitchell, James Tedesco, Liam Martin, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and Tom Trbojevic are all unavailable. <\/p>\n<p>With Tedesco out of the frame, the SMH have reported that Walsh is the favourite to wear the No. 1 jersey in the Kangaroos\u2019 opening Ashes Test on October 25. <\/p>\n<p>Despite his brilliant form in the back end of the season, Mitch Moses has missed out on selection with Walters choosing to roll with a halves pairing of Cam Munster and Nathan Cleary. Cowboys co-captain Tom Dearden has won the race for the No. 14 jersey and is set to provide plenty of spark off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>LIKELY KANGAROOS SQUAD (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/who-s-in-and-who-s-out-kangaroos-set-to-name-seven-debutants-for-ashes-20251002-p5mzic.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">according to the SMH<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>*Hasn\u2019t represented Kangaroos<\/p>\n<p>Reece Walsh*<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Edwards<\/p>\n<p>Zac Lomax<\/p>\n<p>Xavier Coates<\/p>\n<p>Mark Nawaqanitawase*<\/p>\n<p>Kotoni Staggs<\/p>\n<p>Bradman Best*<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Strange*<\/p>\n<p>Cam Munster<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n<p>Tom Dearden<\/p>\n<p>Harry Grant <\/p>\n<p>Blayke Brailey*<\/p>\n<p>Pat Carrigan<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Collins<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Preston*<\/p>\n<p>Isaah Yeo<\/p>\n<p>Angus Crichton<\/p>\n<p>Hudson Young<\/p>\n<p>Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui<\/p>\n<p>Reuben Cotter<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Smith<\/p>\n<p>Keaon Koloamatangi*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters is reportedly close to finalising his 23-man squad for the upcoming Ashes Tour,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-184061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}