The best Australian players 19 years of age or younger, would represent the country against the likes of the Junior Kiwis, Papua New Guinea and Tonga, sometimes as curtain raisers to the senior Kangaroos games.
Players such as Greg Bird, Matt Bowen, Justin Hodges, Luke Lewis, Jamie Lyon, Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston represented the Junior Kangaroos early in their careers and went on to play at the senior level for Australia.
In 2019, the ARL announced that Junior Kangaroos would be moving to an under-23 format and would play France at WIN Stadium.
Updated: 2 October 2018Source(s): NYCDB Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia-New Zealand pre-Four Nations tournament match.
Updated: 4 May 2017Source(s): NRL Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia-New Zealand end of year Test match.
Updated: 2 October 2018Source(s): NRL Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia-New Zealand Oceania Cup match.