Australia Head coach:
Mal Meninga Australia's 24-man squad is composed entirely of players who play in the
NRL. In the days following the initial squad announcement,
Andrew Fifita withdrew from the squad in order to represent
Tonga while
Darius Boyd withdrew due to an ongoing hamstring injury. Campbell-Gillard and Mansour were named as the respective replacements. Seven members of the squad are uncapped for the Kangaroos (Campbell-Gillard, Gagai, Graham, Kaufusi, McLean, Munster, and T. Trbojevic).
England Head coach:
Wayne Bennett Uncapped players Currie and Walmsley have been included in a squad that is very similar to the one that was named to played Samoa
earlier in the year.
Zak Hardaker was not considered for selection after he tested positive for
cocaine four weeks prior to the squad announcement, the details of which were publicly reported only hours before said announcement. All 24 players were selected from the top-tier Super League or NRL competitions.
France Head coach:
Aurélien Cologni In addition to the twenty-four man squad, four players were named as alternatives:
Kevin Larroyer,
Lambert Belmas,
Rémy Marginet and
Ilias Bergal.
Gadwin Springer was initially named in the squad but withdrew due to a groin injury. He was replaced by Belmas.
Guillaume Bonnet was initially named in the squad but withdrew due to a ligament injury. He was replaced by Marginet.
Hakim Miloudi was initially named in the squad but was dropped due to disciplinary reasons. He was replaced by Bergal.
Lebanon Head coach:
Brad Fittler Reece Robinson was initially named in the squad but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Daniel Abou-Sleiman. ==Pool B==