While Josh Papalii has been tearing it up for the Kangaroos, his sister Crystal has been named in the Monaro women's squad for the 2020 country championships.
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Crystal Papalii, who plays for the Valley Dragons in the Katrina Fanning Shield, was part of a 26-woman squad announced on Wednesday.
The squad also included Goulburn's Samantha Economos, who played in the Prime Minister's XIII game against their Fiji counterparts in Suva three weeks ago.
Economos was one of 15 players that contested the Katrina Fanning grand final between Yass and Valley Dragons, with 10 of those from the victorious Magpies.
Magpies coach Josh Hardy will take charge of the Monaro squad.
Monaro women's squad: Sami Afele, Victoria Alley, Emily Banks, Gabrielle Davis, Taylah Frost, Hollie Massey, Tessa Peace, Lucy Prosser, Eilish Winbank, Shannon Wright (Yass Magpies), Rosaline Aumale, Mary Grace Faapoi, Ahlivia Ingram, Crystal Papalii, Zoe Podmore (Valley Dragons), Rhianna Burke (Snowy River Bears), Maddie Burton (Boomanulla Buffaloes), Samantha Economos, Elly Hazelton, Jennaya Ottaway, Jasmine Tooth (Goulburn Stockmen), Krystyana Haridemos (Gungahlin Bulls), Annaliese Hughes (Candelo-Bemboka United), Nora Lal, Jacinta Williams (Queanbeyan Blues), Tara McGrath-West (Harden Hawks).