Vulcans as named for season opener

New Vodafone Warriors centre Dominique Peyroux is lining up for the Vulcans in the New South Wales Cup today. Photo: Photosport.


The Auckland Vulcans will take the field as named for their season-opening New South Wales Cup encounter with the Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale today (3.00pm kick-off; 5.00pm NZ time).


The line-up features 11 players from the squad the Vodafone Warriors used during the 2012-13 offseason, another who played in the clubs NRL trial against Gold Coast and two others who are former Vodafone Junior Warriors.


Among the 11 from the NRL squad are experienced 2010-12 first-grade winger Bill Tupou, 16-game NRL hooker Alehana Mara and new signings Dominique Peyroux and Harry Siejka, who have both played NRL matches for Gold Coast and Penrith.


AUCKLAND VULCANS v MANLY SEA EAGLES

Brookvale Oval, Manly

3.00pm, Saturday, March 09

Referee: Liam Nicholls


AUCKLAND VULCANS


1 ZORAM WATENE

2 BILL TUPOU

3 DOMINIQUE PEYROUX

4 MALAKAI WATENE-ZELEZNIAK

5 NGANI LAUMAPE

6 AARON NOOTAI

7 HARRY SIEJKA

8 SUAIA MATAGI

9 ALEHANA MARA

10 DANIEL PALAVI

11 JOHN PALAVI

12 SIO SIUA TAUKEIAHO

13 MURRAY ITI

Interchange:

14 SILIVA HAVILI

15 AGNATIUS PAASI

16 ATELEA NAFETALAI

17 STEVE WAETFORD


HEAD COACH: WILLIE SWANN