Named in the squad is 19-year-old Medway Dragons forward Kaine Dimech who returned to Dragons First Grade duties whilst home from University in Gloucestershire.

Micallef declared the match was quickly turning into another challenging case of player availability ahead of the mouth watering clash in England.

The Malta based players have been in training since March at LivingWell and will make up the nucleus of the squad. There are 16 domestic players in the train-on squad”.

The MRL are already reviewing applications for the post of High Performance Assistant Coach fielding applications from Australia and the UK. The MRL wishes to announce the appointment by August ahead of September’s World Cup qualifiers.

The Malta team will hold training sessions in England and will announce their public itinerary in the week leading up to the match at Leeds.

Malta 35-man train-on squad

Graham Attard (Team Pit RL), Malcolm Attard (Stompers RL), Justin Barlogio (DC Slayers), Sam Blyton-Keep (Malta Origin RL), Christian Briffa (Malta Origin RL), Danny Burke (London Skolars), Matthew Camilleri (Stompers RL), Julian Caruana (Stompers RL), Karl Cassar (Shaw Cross), Dragan Cerketa (Stompers RL), Clifford Debattista (Gozo RL), Pete Debono (Malta Origin RL), Jeremy Dela (Birmingham Bulldogs), Kaine Dimech (Medway Dragons), Darren Edmunds (Team Pit RL), Kane Fuller (Minchinbury Jets), Kyal Greene (The Oaks Tigers), Carl Grima (Flimby Vikings), Jake Lennox (Blacktown Workers), Jake Lynch (Folly Lane), Joseph Pio Mizzi (Gozo RL), Matthew Mizzi (Norths Devils), James Morris (unattached), Joe Paolella (Malta Origin RL), Paul Parkinson (Gateshead Storm), Blake Phillips (Helensburgh Tigers), James Redman (Central ASA Tigers), Alex Rowe (Batley Bulldogs), Jarrod Sammut (Wakefield Wildcats), Matthew Spiteri (Stompers RL), Andrew Sultana (unattached), Jonathan Wallace (London Broncos), Aaron Weston (Hills Bulls), Ed Willis (Stompers RL), Jean-Pierre Zarb (Eagles RL).