Country coach Trent Barrett also has his share of injuries with NSW incumbents Todd Carney and Brett Stewart unavailable.
Stewart damaged his hamstring in Manly's win over Cronulla on Sunday and Carney is still recovering from a foot injury.
"Todd is still not right, he came out of a moonboot today so he wouldn't be able to train at all this week," Barrett said.
"(Ryan) Hinchcliffe's got a knee injury and (Jarrod) Mullen's got a knee injury and we had four blokes in the Australian side.
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