The NRL confirmed today that Harvey Norman will be returning. The Bulldogs and All Stars are pleased to announce that three players will play for their ancestry in the forthcoming game on February 16 in Townsville.
The Indigenous Men’s team, led by Josh Addo-Carr, Josh Curran, and Bailey Biondi-Odo, has been announced for the Queensland Country Bank Stadium encounter.”
Josh Addo-Carr has played three matches for the Indigenous All Stars, leading the team as captain in 2022. He struggled to recover from a demanding 2022 season in which he was a standout in Australia’s victorious Rugby League World Cup campaign, but a difficult decision kept him out of the 2023 competition. This is the year he returns.
Josh Curran, a recent addition, is also back in the Indigenous All Stars lineup, and in 2024, Bailey Biondi-Odo will don the All Stars uniform for the first time.
Addo-Carr emphasized the selection’s cultural significance to the players during his Tuesday night speech to the squad:
According to Addo-Carr, “playing this game is the same as making the Origin team or the Australian team.”
This is the best method to express our culture, which is something we don’t get many opportunity to do. For us guys, Origin is the entire globe, and for the players, it means something.
“This is the ideal game to start with—coaches want players to be game ready.”
Live coverage of the All Stars matches can be found on Fox League, Kayo Sports, Sky Sport New Zealand, Watch NRL, Nine Network, and Kayo Sports.
Indigenous All Stars (Men) and Harvey Norman All Stars squads for 2024
Addo-Carr Josh
Jacob Alick
Bailey Biondi-Odo
Bailey Butler
Josh Curran
Adam Elliott
Jordan Grant
J’maine Hopgood
Nicho Hynes
Josh Kerr
Pereira, Alofiana Khan-
Mitchell Latrell
Mitchell Shaquai
Kierran Moseley
Hohepa Puru
Kotoni Staggs
Tabuai-Fidow, Hamiso
Tass Isaiah Bradyn Trindall
Walker Cody
Ronald Griffiths, coach
Men’s Māori All Stars
Jesse Arthurs
Kenny Bromwich
Jacob Gagai and Dane Gagai
Jack Howarth
Hughes Jahrome
Royce Hunt Te Maire Martin
Trey Mooney Britton Kodi Nikorima Nikora
Adam Pompey
Tevaga, Joseph Tapine Jazz
Leo Thompson
Matthew Timoko Smith, Brandon
Dallas Watene-Zelezniak and Dylan Walker
Xavier Wilson
Adam Blair, coach
Indigenous Women’s All-Stars
Bent Shaylee
Jaime Chapman
Dibb Kirra
Dodd, Quincy
Donovan, Monique
Fuimaono Taliah
Tallisha Harden
Keilee Kimberley Hunt Joseph
Grace M. Kemp
Olivia Kernick
Bobbi Law
Mahalia Murphy
Peters, Jasmine
Kelly-Sines, Tommaya
Taneka Todhunter
Tamika Upton
Williams, Janelle
Instructor: Jessica Skinner
Women’s Māori All Stars
Anderson Brooke
Corban Baxter
Destiny Annessa Biddle Kennedy, Brill Zola Cherrington Fay
Shannon Mato, Mya Hill-Moana, and Kerehitina Matua
McGregor Raecene
Shanice Parker
Butler, Rima Pirini
Quinlan Ashleigh
Raftstrand-Smith, Tiana
Jasmine Strange
Zahara Temara and Chante Temara
Welsh Botille Vette
Keith Hanley is the coach.
