- ‘I’ll play anywhere’: playmaking Ponga tipped to make impact NRL.com
- Six debutants, new halfback in Qld team Daily Telegraph Sydney
- Walsh, Ponga bomb in Slater’s Maroons team News.com.au
- Official Maroons team: Walker’s on, Walsh snubbed, six debutants The Courier Mail
- Walsh dumped from Maroons team SMH.com.au