League: Australia add to their train-on squad

SYDNEY - Melbourne winger Matt King and Brisbane's Darren Lockyer, Petero Civoniceva, Brent Tate and Justin Hodges were today added to the Australian train on-squad for the Tri-Nations rugby league series.

The five were included after their club teams were eliminated from the National Rugby League finals last weekend, raising the number in the squad to 21.

They joined Craig Fitzgibbon, Anthony Minichiello, Craig Wing, Willie Mason, Mark O'Meley, Andrew Ryan, Steve Price, Joel Clinton, Craig Gower, Luke Lewis, Luke Rooney, Trent Waterhouse, Danny Buderus, Andrew Johns, Steve Simpson and Ben Kennedy.

- AAP