Ex-Wallabies winger Mark Nawaqanitawase and Reece Walsh are among four players named to make their debuts for Australia in the opening Ashes rugby league Test against England.

“There’s definitely going to be changes.”

Reece Walsh has won the race for the No.1 jersey with Mitch Moses left out of the Kangaroos’ side for the first Ashes Test and Tom Dearden on the interchange.

The second week of the Pacific Championships is here and once again a host of stacked teams face off, with Samoa solving their injury headache.

Jonah Pezet was the hottest halfback on the market, until a shock contract move was revealed on Tuesday.

The Storm are still very much in the running to hold onto promising halfback Jonah Pezet even though there are reportedly three other clubs vying for his services.