International rugby league is just around the corner, with all Pacific teams involved in one way or another.
Tonga will travel to England for a three-Test series in the crown jewel of this year's rugby league calendar, while two sets of tri-series will be played in the Southern Hemisphere.
The first features Australia, New Zealand and Samoa, while the other is to feature Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Cook Islands.
On the women's side, all of those teams will be involved in matches.
Noting that the English men's squad for their series against Tonga is yet to be named, here is who has been picked across the teams from each team.
North Queensland Cowboys
The Cowboys are well represented across both men's and women's teams, with eight men's representatives and ten women's representatives.
Men's
Australia: Reuben Cotter, Valentine Holmes
New Zealand: Griffin Neame
Samoa: Luciano Leilua, Heilum Luki, Murray Taulagi
Papua New Guinea: Robert Derby, Zac Laybutt
Fiji: Nil
Cook Islands: Nil
Tonga: Nil
Women's
Australia: Emma Manzelmann
New Zealand: Nil
Samoa: Jetaya Faifua
Papua New Guinea: Essay Banu, Jessikah Reeves, Sareka Mooka, Sera Koroi, Shellie Long
Fiji: Vitalina Naikore, Merewalesi Rokouono
Cook Islands: Nil
Tonga: China Polata
I’m really surprised at the Warriors’ figures.
I suppose I had the impression that Auckland was the natural home of Pacifica players, and that most started there before moving to other NRL clubs. It seems that is not the case.