Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie has lost 10 players to the Wallabies and three more regulars to the Australian Under-21 World Cup squad.

Full-back Mat Rogers and scrum-half Chris Whitaker are both injured.

Former Australia international Nathan Grey will captain the side. Three of the starting line-up will be making their NSW debuts.

"We've got a number of players unavailable due to Wallaby, Under-21s and Sevens duty but I think we've assembled a pretty good team," said McKenzie.

NSW Waratahs: P Hewat, E Tuqiri, M Thaiday, N Grey (capt), S Staniforth; T Donnelly, T Clarke, G Hardy, A Freier, A Broughton-Rouse, A Campbell, W Caldwell, S Kasprowicz, T McGann, S Hoiles.

Replacements: H Edmonds, A Walsh, M Wilson, C Sproats, C O'Young, S Berne, J Hilgendorf.