Coach Ronald Prince said a squad of 27 men from Moree were ready to face Inverell and Glen Innes.

“Each team automatically received two points for playing on the day and there’s a chance for the under 23s to get picked in a rep squad,” he said.

As the 2016 Group 19 Champions Inverell Hawks will be a good preseason test.

“It will be good to see how we go against Inverell, they are a strong club. We’ve been working on a lot at training so we’ll see how it pays off.”

After Moree faces Inverell, they will then back up and play Glen Innes another strong side.

“There’ll also be a final, if we do well enough.”