Melbourne prop Jesse Bromwich has been retained as New Zealand skipper to face Australia and the Four Nations rugby league camp

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Melbourne prop Jesse Bromwich has been retained as New Zealand skipper to face Australia and the Four Nations rugby league campaign despite the return of Simon Mannering.Bromwich, 27, led from the front as the Storm fell short of a premiership victory last Sunday, going down to Cronulla 14-12.Choosing to keep Bromwich as captain after leading the Test side in Mays Anzac Day clash with Australia, new Kiwis boss David Kidwell said Mannering would remain an important cog in his side for the Test in Perth on October 15 and the following Four Nations tournament.He (Mannering) was really happy to keep Jesse as captain and that just shows you the person he is, Kidwell said on Tuesday.At this stage of his career, I think Simon is just as happy not having the weight of captaincy on him.Bromwich, capped 18 times, had impressed Kidwell with his leadership skills in the Anzac Test in Newcastle, which the Kiwis lost 16-0.The way he is around the group - very humble. Hes another great leader and down at the Storm they think very highly of him, Kidwell said.In other selections, in-form Raiders winger Jordan Rapana is one of five uncapped players named in the 24-man squad after a breakthrough season that netted the 27-year-old 23 tries.He is joined by club teammate Joseph Tapine along with Warriors backs David Fusitua and Solomone Kata, who has previously played for Tonga, and Panthers playmaker Te Maire Martin in the side for the first time.Roosters enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves has also made the squad for the first time since the 2013 World Cup, while Dally M joint-winner Jason Taumalolo will line up at lock.The most notable absentee from the Kiwis set-up is Warriors veteran Manu Vatuvei, who has made 28 appearances for New Zealand but struggled for form in 2016.Ive got the utmost respect for Manu and what hes done in the jersey, but I felt at this time and this stage, weve gone with other people, Kidwell said.Incumbent fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, playmaker Kieran Foran and prop Ben Matulino were unavailable for selection due to injury, as were Broncos duo Kodi Nikorima and Alex Glenn.Prodigious Panthers back-rower James Fisher-Harris, Warriors utility Tuimoala Lolohea and Cowboys back Kalyn Ponga also missed out on selection. 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(STATS) -- The Southern Conferences two best teams will beat you in different ways. The Citadels bread and butter is its death-by-a-thousand-paper-cuts triple option while Chattanooga will spread things out, equally content to run or throw.The team thats lurking as the SoCons challenger to those contenders has an entirely different idea in mind: Take to the air and get down the field -- fast.Samford has been one of the most one-dimensional offenses in the country so far, but Devlin Hodges has been so good spreading the ball around that an almost complete lack of a running game hasnt hindered Chris Hatchers team.The offense, known as the Hatch Attack, is working thanks to its sophomore signal caller.Hodges took over midway through his redshirt freshman season in 2015 after starter Michael Eubank went down, and the results were promising right away. He tossed 11 touchdowns and three interceptions while starting the Bulldogs final five games, completing 70.4 percent of his throws while averaging a whopping 44.6 pass attempts and 345.4 yards per game. Throw in 303 rushing yards and it looked like Samford had a dual-threat QB for three years to come.He hasnt had nearly that success on the ground through the first four games of his sophomore season -- the Bulldogs are 118th of 125 FCS teams in yards per carry (2.5) and 121st in yards per game (68.0), but that hasnt held them back. Twelve of Samfords 20 scoring drives have taken less than two minutes, with four coming in a minute or less.The Hatch Attack mandate is simple: Get the ball to the talented receiving trio of Emmanuel Obajimi, Kelvin McKnight and Karel Hamilton and get out of the way.This offense is built for me, Hodges said last month. My job is to get the ball to the wide receivers as fast as I can and let them make plays. As long as I can get them the ball, Im confident that they are going to make plays and get yards after the catch. We have a great chemistry.Hodges has upped his completion percentage to an FCS-best 73.3, though thats perhaps not too surprising given the quick-release nature of the Bulldogs offense. His 10.37 yards per completion rank just 93rd of 114 qualifying QBs.There might be an opportunity to take some more shots downfield against Furman (0-5, 0-2). The Paladins have seen only 66 passes hit the air so far this season -- the next-lowest total in the FCS is Columbias 86, and the Lions have playedd three games -- but those throws have yielded a subdivision-high 11.dddddddddddd32 yard per attempt.The bulk of the damage, though, has been done on the ground. Furmans opponents have averaged 46 carries per contest and 5.0 yards per tote -- maybe enough of a reason to believe theres hope yet for Samfords running game to get going. Should Hurricane Matthew dump a lot of rain on Greenville, South Carolina, prior to or during Saturdays contest, it may need to.I think we need to get better in all phases, especially in the running game, offensive coordinator Russ Callaway said Wednesday. We have to do a better job, out wide, of blocking. We have to do a better job of inside blocking. We have to do a better job with the running backs, the quarterbacks, really everybody. But, obviously, improvement in the running game would be huge for us.Furmans record looks unsightly, but the quality of the Paladins competition is hard to ignore. The were in a one-score game midway through the fourth quarter at Michigan State in the opener. They led at The Citadel until the final two minutes, lost by a touchdown to Chattanooga and were undone by turnovers and special teams at Coastal Carolina. Furmans worst performance came in last Saturdays 52-42 loss to option-heavy Kennesaw State -- the Paladins trailed 49-14 at the half -- but theyll be facing an entirely different type of offense this week.Theyve had a great deal of bad luck this season, Hatcher said.Samford lost both games against the SoCons resident powerhouses last season, and came up empty in its first test in this one, falling 41-21 at Chattanooga on Sept. 24. The Bulldogs schedule looks