Higham & Carney in for GB

Great Britain coach Brian Noble has included Brian Carney and Mick Higham in his 19-man squad for the opening Gillette Tri-Nations game against New Zealand at Loftus Road on Saturday.

The squad in alphabetical order is as follows:

Rob Burrow
Brian Carney (vice-captain)
Keiron Cunningham
Paul Deacon
Gareth Ellis
Stuart Fielden
Nick Fozzard
Lee Gilmour
Martin Gleeson
Micky Higham
Paul Johnson
Adrian Morley
Jamie Peacock (captain)
Leon Pryce
Keith Senior
Kevin Sinfield
Jamie Thackray
Chev Walker
Paul Wellens

New Zealand (from): B Webb (NZ Warriors); J Webster (Melbourne), P Whatuira (Wests Tigers), C Toopi (NZ Warriors), M Vatuvei (NZ Warriors), S Hape (Bradford); N Vagana (Cronulla), S Jones (NZ Warriors); P Rauhihi (North Queensland), M Tony (Hull), R Wiki (NZ Warriors, capt), D Kidwell (Melbourne), D Solomona (Wakefield), L Anderson (NZ Warriors), A Lauitiiti (Leeds), R Asotasi (Canterbury), A Guttenbeil (NZ Warriors), I Palea'aesina (Warriors), F Pritchard (Penrith).