The Newcastle Knights have named a 21-man squad for Saturday’s trial match against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

Halfback Trent Hodkinson will captain the side, with Jack Cogger partnering him in the halves and Dylan Phythian lining up at fullback.

Knights Team List vs Tweed Head Seagulls

  1. Dylan Phythian
  2. Kainoa Gudgeon
  3. Heath Gibbs
  4. Tom Hughes
  5. Chanel Mata’utia
  6. Jack Cogger
  7. Trent Hodkinson (c)
  8. Sam Mataora
  9. Tom Starling
  10. Josh King
  11. Braden Robson
  12. Zac Hosking
  13. Faitatoa Faitatoa
    BENCH
  14. Will Pearsall
  15. Mickey Paea
  16. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown
  17. Tyrone Amey
  18. Jake Finn
  19. Henry Penn
  20. Dean Kouka-Smith
  21. Jake McNamara

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