Ben Matulino will start in his 200th NRL appearance and Charlie Gubb makes a return on the bench for the Vodafone Warriors’ 11th-round clash against St George Illawarra at FMG Stadium Waikato tonight (8.00pm kick-off).
In his milestone outing – his fourth game this year – Matulino is in the starting line-up for the first time in 2017.
He comes in for James Gavet, who moves to the interchange, while Gubb replaces Ligi Sao on the bench.
Gubb played the first seven NRL matches this year before having a stint in the Intrust Super Premiership.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
8.00pm, Friday, May 19
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
2 CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD
3 BLAKE AYSHFORD
4 DAVID FUSITU’A
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 KIERAN FORAN
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
17 BEN MATULINO
9 ISSAC LUKE
10 JACOB LILLYMAN
11 BODENE THOMPSON
12 RYAN HOFFMAN
13 BUNTY AFOA
Interchange:
8 JAMES GAVET
14 NATHANIEL ROACHE
15 SAM LISONE
18 CHARLIE GUBB
HEAD COACH | STEPHEN KEARNEY
