Siliva Havili will start at hooker in a late change to the Vodafone Warriors’ line-up for their 12th-round NRL clash against the Newcastle Knights at Mount Smart Stadium today (4.00pm kick-off; match day sponsor: TNT).
Havili was originally selected on the bench for his first NRL appearance of the season with the veteran Nathan Friend set to be the injured Thomas Leuluai’s replacement.
Havili had six NRL appearances last year and also made his Test debut for the Kiwis as well as being in New Zealand’s title-winning Four Nations squad.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
4.00pm, Sunday, May 31
Referees: Ben Cummins and David Munro
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 SAM TOMKINS
2 JONATHAN WRIGHT
3 TUIMOALA LOLOHEA
4 SOLOMONE KATA
5 MANU VATUVEI
6 CHAD TOWNSEND
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 JACOB LILLYMAN
14 SILIVA HAVILI
10 BEN MATULINO
11 BODENE THOMPSON
12 RYAN HOFFMAN
13 SIMON MANNERING (c)
Interchange:
9 NATHAN FRIEND
15 SEBASTINE IKAHIHIFO
16 SAM LISONE
17 ALBERT VETE
HEAD COACH: ANDREW McFADDEN
