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State of Origin forwards Mitchell Barnett and Kurt Capewell are confirmed starters for the One New Zealand Warriors in tonight’s round 20 NRL match against the Raiders at GIO Stadium in Canberra (8.00pm kick-off local time; 10.00pm NZT).

They’ll line up in a side as selected 1-17 with centre Moala Graham-Taufa named as 18th man an hour before kick-off.

Barnett and Capewell were opponents less than 48 hours ago as New South Wales beat Queensland 14-4 to clinch the 2024 Origin series.

The 30-year-old Barnett became the first Warriors player to debut for the Blues and only the club’s second New South Wales Origin representative after Ryan Hoffman.

On the field for 48 minutes, he was impressive finishing with 11 runs for 73 metres and 30 tackles without a miss.

Capewell shouldered a big workload for the vanquished Queensland side, playing all but the final eight minutes making 12 runs 72 minutes plus 41 tackles.

A product of the Hatters Acadamy, the youngster has already made great strides in his career, playing for the Hatters while also being selected for the England U17 and U18 sides.

Indeed, when Joe made his Luton Town first team debut, as a substitute, back on 24-April-2023, he became the first graduate from the Luton Academy to make a first team appearance for 15 years.

Last season he added to his tally by making a further 3 appearances in the Premier League and has also made appearances in both the domestic cups since that breakthrough appearance back in April 2023.