Lancashire and Yorkshire have each selected squads to prepare for Roses duty at Weetwood Hall in Leeds on Wednesday 4 August.
Four players from Hull FC’s Academy have been selected for Yorkshire – Jacob Hookem; who has featured in pre-season fixtures against Halifax and York City Knights in recent years, Davy Litten, Callum Rutland and Nick Staveley.
The players, who are part of the club’s Centre of Excellence are also joined by a small number of players with first team experience, including Castleford Tigers’ Jason Qareqare who made his first team debut against the Black & Whites in the 30-12 victory at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle in June.
The Yorkshire squad will be coached by Hull FC’s Danny Wilson.
Lancashire
Jake Anderson (Newcastle Thunder), Cole Appleby (St Helens), Logan Astley (Wigan Warriors), Luke Broadbent, Jack Darbyshire (both Warrington Wolves), George Delaney (St Helens), Jacob Douglas, Zach Eckersley, Tom Forber (all Wigan Warriors), Daniel Ganson (St Helens), Leon Hayes (Warrington Wolves), Sam Haynes (St Helens), Tom Horton-Burnett (Warrington Wolves), Ben Lane (St Helens), Evan Lawther (Newcastle Thunder), Harvey Makin, Junior Nsemba (both Wigan Warriors), Taylor Pemberton (St Helens), Fenton Rogers (Huddersfield Giants), Reece Sumner (St Helens), Alex Sutton (Wigan Warriors), Luke Thomas (Warrington Wolves), Tom Whitehead (Warrington Wolves)
Yorkshire
Denive Balmforth (Warrington Wolves), Lewis Camden (Bradford Bulls), Levi Edwards (Leeds Rhinos), Sam Eseh (Wakefield Trinity), Oliver Field, Will Gatus (both Leeds Rhinos), Joe Hird (Leeds Rhinos), Jacob Hookem, Davy Litten (both Hull FC), Connor Moore (Hull Kingston Rovers), Matty Nicholson (Wigan Warriors), Tom Nicholson-Watton (Leeds Rhinos), Pat O’Donovan (Wakefield Trinity), Euan Parke (London Broncos), Will Pryce (Huddersfield Giants), Jason Qareqare, Cain Robb (both Castleford Tigers), Leon Ruan (Wakefield Trinity), Kieran Rush (Huddersfield Giants), Callum Rutland (Hull FC), Max Simpson (Leeds Rhinos), Nick Staveley (Hull FC), McKenzie Turner (Leeds Rhinos).
Yorkshire versus Lancashire will be streamed live on Our League at 11am on Wednesday 4 August.
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