ONLY one Warrington Wolves player will feature for England against Australia in the opening clash of Rugby League World Cup 2017.

Chris Hill starts at prop, while Ben Currie, Kevin Brown and Stefan Ratchford miss out in Wayne Bennett’s selection.

Man of Steel Luke Gale is to partner St George Illawarra captain Gareth Widdop in the halves and a powerful forward pack includes captain Sean O’Loughlin, Sam Burgess and James Graham.

Melbourne full back Billy Slater will return to the Australian team for the first time in 30 months, while Storm forward Jordan McLean and Cronulla utility Wade Graham have been chosen to make their Test debuts in Friday morning’s game at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.

AUSTRALIA:

1   Billy SLATER

2   Dane GAGAI

3   William CHAMBERS

4   Joshua DUGAN

5   Valentine HOLMES

6   Michael MORGAN

7   Cooper CRONK

8   Aaron WOODS

9   Cameron SMITH (c)

10  David KLEMMER

11  Boyd CORDNER

12  Matt GILLETT

13  Jake TRBOJEVIC

14  Wade GRAHAM

15  Jordan MCLEAN

16  Joshua MCGUIRE

17  Tyson FRIZELL

 18  Reagan CAMPBELL-GILLARD

19  Ben HUNT

20  Tom TRBOJEVIC

21  Felise KAUFUSI

ENGLAND:

1   Jonny LOMAX

2   Jermaine MCGILLVARY

3   Kallum WATKINS

4   John BATEMAN

5  Ryan HALL

6   Gareth WIDDOP

7   Luke GALE

8   Chris HILL

9   Josh HODGSON

10  James GRAHAM

11  Sam BURGESS

12  Elliott WHITEHEAD

13  Sean O'LOUGHLIN (c)

14  Alex WALMSLEY

15  Chris HEIGHINGTON

16  Thomas BURGESS

17  James ROBY

18  Ben CURRIE

19  Kevin BROWN

20  Mark PERCIVAL

21  Scott TAYLOR