1 -
Tyson Frizell was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Jeremy Smith. 2 -
Robbie Farah was originally selected to play but withdrew to instead attend
Super Bowl 50. He was replaced by
Michael Ennis. 3 -
Johnathan Thurston was originally selected to play but withdrew to instead participate in the
World Club Series.
Greg Inglis was handed the captaincy.
Tyrone Roberts was moved from the bench to Halfback and Thurston was replaced by
Jamie Soward. 4 -
Lachlan Maranta was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Jordan Kahu. 5 -
Blake Ferguson was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury.
James Roberts was moved from the bench to the Centres and Ferguson was replaced by
Edrick Lee. 6 -
Nathan Peats was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury.
Ray Thompson was moved from the bench to Hooker and Peats was replaced by
Craig Garvey. 7 -
Trent Hodkinson was originally selected to play but withdrew. He was replaced by
Adam Reynolds. 8 -
Sam Burgess was originally selected to play but withdrew and
Chris Lawrence was added to the team. 9 -
Simon Mannering withdrew due to the birth of his son and was replaced by
Ryan Hoffman. 10 -
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck withdrew due to injury.
Jordan Kahu moved to fullback and
Konrad Hurrell was added to the bench. 11 -
Chris Grevsmuhl and
Alex Johnston were both withdrawn from the squad and replaced by David Fifita and Leilani Latu. Andrew Fifita was promoted to the starting side, with Sam Thaiday shifting to the back row in place of Grevsmuhl. Edrick Lee started on the wing in place of Johnston, with David Fifita and Latu joining the interchange bench. 12 - Matthew Wright and Beau Scott replaced
Antonio Winterstein and
Paul Gallen. 13 -
Chris Lawrence was a last minute withdrawal from the World All Stars line up. He was replaced in the starting side by
Martin Taupau. The lateness of Lawrence's withdrawal meant the World All Stars only had a 19-man squad.
World All Star selection The World All Stars team was planned to feature a minimum of four players each from
Australia,
New Zealand and
England, while the remaining players were planned to be made up from other nations such as
Fiji,
Samoa,
Tonga,
PNG and
France. However, only three New Zealand players were selected. The World All Stars team had to include at least one player – and a maximum of two players - from each
NRL club. The Australia, New Zealand and England captains were planned to be automatic selections for the team, however
Super League players were not available for selection which included the English captain. • - Chris Lawrence was a last minute withdrawal. Due to the lateness he was not replaced. ==Result==