NRL premiership one day, Australian selection the next.

It's been a memorable 24 hours for Kotoni Staggs, who has been named to wear the green and gold in the upcoming Ashes tour of Great Britain.

The Wellington junior and boom Brisbane centre was named in the Australian Kangaroos squad on Tuesday, October 6, less than 24 hours after a fantastic NRL grand final win.

On the back of a stunning man-of-the-match performance from Reece Walsh, the Broncos rallied from 10 points down at halftime to defeat the Melbourne Storm 26-22 .

Staggs was strong as always in the centres, with a number of powerful runs, while he teamed up with winger Deine Mariner to produce one crucial tackle on Xavier Coates in the second half as the Storm started to fight back.

Staggs ran for 144m in total in the d

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