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It was a case of anything you can do I can do better when Great Britain coach David Waite named his side Friday for the opening Ashes Test against Australia at Wigan on Sunday morning.

Three days after his Kangaroos counterpart Chris Anderson stunned everyone by naming Craig Wing in the centres, Waite pulled his own selection swifty by picking Richard Horne - a fullback, five-eighth or half with his Super League club Hull - on the wing.

Waite also stuck with 33-year-old veteran Mike Forshaw at lock and shifted Sydney Roosters forward Adrian Morley to the front row to accommodate the Bradford back rower. "He's technically one of the best forwards in the country with and without the football," Waite said today. "He brings with him an attitude and experience."

Horne made his debut with Super League club Hull at the age of 16 and was named Super League's young player of the year in 2002.

However, he has played little football on the wing.

"He's had a fantastic season and on that form he deserves to be on the starting 13," Waite told League Correspondent.

"He gives us the luxury of movement on the park without losing the intensity."

As expected, Waite named Paul Sculthorpe at five-eighth and Sean Long in the No.7 jersey, although Bradford half Paul Deacon won a place on the bench.

Waite, in the main, stuck with the tried-and-true Lions and as a result the British side will take a significant edge in experience into the opening Test.

Waite's squad has also played more than double the amount of Test matches of their opposition - 179 to 83 - with Gary Connolly, Farrell, Forshaw, McDermott, Kris Radlinski, Sculthorpe and Keith Senior all having played more than 10 Tests.

In contrast the Kangaroos have only three players in double figures - Darren Lockyer, Robbie Kearns and Shane Webcke.

Irish winger Brian Carney is the lone debutant in the Great Britain side.

Both Farrell and Sculthorpe passed fitness tests on respective knee and calf injuries to take their places in the squad.

Team: Kris Radlinski, Brian Carney, Gary Connolly, Keith Senior, Richard Horne, Paul Sculthorpe, Sean Long, Stuart Fielden, Terry Newton, Adrian Morley, Jamie Peacock, Andy Farrell, Mike Forshaw. Interchange: Paul Anderson, Barrie McDermott, Paul Deacon, Lee Gilmour.