MELBOURNE :Two years after Australia's Rugby World Cup disaster in France, Mark Nawaqanitawase will be back in the international spotlight at Wembley on Saturday but this time as a rugby league phenomenon in a Kangaroos jersey.

Coach Kevin Walters included Nawaqanitawase in his match-day squad for the 'Ashes' series-opener against England, confirming the dashing 25-year-old as a dual code international.

Even for the most rusted-on fans of rugby union, Nawaqanitawase's rise to the peak of the 13-man game has been grudgingly celebrated.

Few players make it to the highest level in both codes, and even fewer do it the way "Marky Mark" has.

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