No Latrell Mitchell as NRL All Stars squads named, with Indigenous and Māori teams missing star power

The NRL's Indigenous and Māori All Stars teams have been named and there are some big names missing, including, as previously flagged, Latrell Mitchell.

The men's and women's All Stars games are set to be played next Saturday, February 12, at Western Sydney Stadium, but not all of the stars will be there. Far from it.

Mitchell remains suspended for a high shot that saw him miss South Sydney's run to last year's grand final.

Indigenous All Stars coach Laurie Daley said he still expected Mitchell to «be doing something with the team» in the week leading up to the game.

«It certainly would have been special to have Latrell as a part of it and I know he would have wanted to be part of this game but unfortunately he won't be there,» he said.

While Mitchell's six-week suspension has rubbed him out of the exhibition match, curiously, he is still eligible for South Sydney's other pre-season games.

The 24-year-old will miss the first two rounds of the premiership season but has been given the go-ahead to play South Sydney's traditional pre-season Charity Shield game against St George Illawarra.

Mitchell can play the February 26 clash because players only miss trial games if they are banned for an offence judged grade three or higher. But all suspensions rule players out of representative matches, including the Indigenous vs Māori All Stars game.

It leaves the clash without one of its biggest stars, but he is not the only player missing from the 40 players named.

Kalyn Ponga, Jack Wighton, Cody Walker and Jarome Luai have also not been named, while the NRL is preparing for more names to drop, as has come to be the case during COVID times.

The league is ready to bring players into All Stars camps until the final minute as it pushes ahead