Raynor injury forces Fox call-up

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The 23-year-old former Wakefield player will win his first cap after Hull winger Gareth Raynor was ruled out through injury.

Castleford's 18-year-old loose forward Joe Westerman and Warrington second-rower Ben Westwood are the other eye-catching names in coach Tony Smith's squad.

Fox came through the junior ranks at Leeds and two years ago was plucked from the obscurity of part-time National League rugby at York by Wakefield coach John Kear.

He joined Rovers at the start of this season and has scored eight tries in 14 Super League appearances, having missed five matches with a sternum injury.

Westerman is in his first season of Super League but has long been touted as an international and has been compared with Andy Farrell.

Both Fox and Westerman are uncapped but Westwood played for England in the 2006 Federation Shield and was a non-playing member of Great Britain's Tri-Nations squad in 2007.

Smith pledged to field his strongest available team for Friday's game, which is a crucial part of his preparation for the end-of-season World Cup in Australia.

The squad, which will be captained by Leeds forward Jamie Peacock, includes 16 members of the Great Britain team that achieved a 3-0 Test series whitewash over New Zealand last autumn.

Smith said: "I have picked a strong squad which is based on current form but also one which includes a few new faces from the squad which beat the Kiwis last autumn."