

NRL players Tuimoala Lolohea, Albert Vete and Bunty Afoa have all been named to start for the unbeaten Vodafone Warriors in their fifth-round Intrust Super Premiership clash against the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles at Mount Smart Stadium on Sunday (1.45pm kick-off).
Vete played 58 minutes for the Ricky Henry-coached side last week, making 138 metres from 15 runs plus 28 tackles in the 21-14 comeback victory over the Illawarra Steelers.
Lolohea was named to start on the wing for the NRL team against St George Illawarra but finished up at standoff following Kieran Foran’s withdrawal in the warm-up.
Now he is listed to start on the wing for the ISP side, which leads the competition after four straight wins.
Afoa has been used at NRL level in the first four rounds of the season, both as a starting second rower and off the bench. He’s down to start in the second row in the ISP line-up this week.
The Vodafone Warriors face a Blacktown Workers side which is winless so far this year.
Meanwhile, 2017 NRL rookies Isaiah Papali’i and Erin Clark have been named to turn out for the Vodafone Junior Warriors in their NYC match against Gold Coast on Sunday.
INTRUST SUPER PREMIERSHIP
VODAFONE WARRIORS v BLACKTOWN WORKERS SEA EAGLES
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
1.45pm, Sunday, April 2
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD
2 JUNIOR PAUGA
3 MATT ALLWOOD
4 SEMISI FOTU
5 TUIMOALA LOLOHEA
6 TEVIN ARONA
7 MASON LINO (c)
8 PATRICK SIPLEY
9 SAM COOK
10 ALBERT VETE
11 OFAHIKI OGDEN
12 BUNTY AFOA
13 JAZZ TEVAGA
Interchange:
14 REECE CHARLIE
15 CHRIS SATAE
16 DANIEL PALAVI
17 PAULOS LATU
18 KING VUNIYAYAWA
20 MATTHEW SAUNI
COACH | RICKY HENRY
NYC
VODAFONE WARRIORS v GOLD COAST TITANS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
11.45am, Sunday, April 2
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 LEE TURNER
2 LEWIS SOOSEMEA
3 MELINO FINEANGANOFO
4 KANE TELEA
5 EDWARD VAEAU-MULITALO
6 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
7 DYLAN TAVITA
8 KENESE KENESE (c)
9 ERIN CLARK
10 SOANE HUFANGA
11 JOE VUNA
12 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
13 CHRIS SIO (c)
Interchange:
14 KEANU LAUMATIA-PAKI
15 TYLER SLADE
16 JEROME MAMEA
17 NATHAN NEWTON
18 PRESTON RIKI
20 GIBSON POPOALII
21 SHANE HANNAM
22 EIDEN ACKLAND
23 TAYHLER PAORA
24 MATHEW FAITOTOA
COACH | GRANT POCKLINGTON