Cameron Murray has admitted he is eager to get revenge for Australia during the upcoming Pacific Championships.
The South Sydney captain featured for the Kangaroos throughout last year’s tournament although he missed the historic 30-0 loss to New Zealand in the decider due to injury.
Murray was initially named to start in the backrow but was a late withdrawal from the side with Reuben Cotter promoted into the starting 13 and Nicho Hynes added to the bench.
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Cameron Murray sets sights on revenge mission for Kangaroos
"We probably added a few chapters to the book last year in going down in the fashion that we did," Murray said ahead of the tournament’s return next month.
"Obviously, there is a little bit of business there that we want to rectify."
Mal Meninga is expected to name his Kangaroos squad in the coming weeks with a number of changes touted after their heavy loss to Michael Maguire’s men.
Murray missed the final two weeks of the regular season for the Rabbitohs after copping a three-match ban for a high shot on Tyson Frizell.
The lock has served two of those matches and will reportedly appeal for the third and final match of his suspension to be served in the Australian Prime Minister’s XIII clash against Papua New Guinea.
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Murray appeared in the fixture last year before going on to play for the Kangaroos.
However, if he fails to do this, he will miss Australia’s opening fixture of the Pacific Championships against Tonga, who have been added to this year’s addition due to Samoa’s tour of England.
"With New Zealand, that rivalry has been there for decades whereas the Tongan rivalry is a reasonably new one," the eight-cap Test star said.
"It started in 2019 there in Auckland, which was actually my debut game [for the Kangaroos].
"We went down to Tonga, which was pretty disappointing, so I think there is a lot for us to prove coming up against both teams."
