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Star midfielder Tom Rogic was the glaring omission in the Socceroos squad after Graham Arnold named seven debutants to take on New Zealand.
Rogic, 29, has recently joined West Bromwich Albion in the Championship in England.
Not being selected in the 31-man squad will only fuel speculation Rogic won't play in the World Cup in Qatar come November.
Goalkeeper Mitch Langerak has backflipped on international retirement and will join the squad ahead of the first match in Brisbane on September 22.
Langerak, 34, was named in a squad which features seven newcomers, including Central Coast Mariners teenager Garang Kuol.
Australia will also play NZ on September 25 in Auckland.
The friendlies are Australia's last games ahead of naming a 26-man squad for the World Cup in Qatar.
Japan-based Langerak, capped eight times and a member of Australia's 2014 World Cup squad, quit international football last May during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Star midfielder Tom Rogic was the glaring omission in the Socceroos squad after Graham Arnold named seven debutants to take on New Zealand
Rogic, 29, has recently joined West Bromwich Albion in the Championship in England
'When I had made the decision to retire
