Dylan Tavita comes in at halfback for the unavailable Paul Turner for the Vodafone Junior Warriors’ sixth-round NYC clash against the Parramatta Eels at Mount Smart Stadium today (1.45pm kick-off).
Turner (17) was originally named to make his NYC debut but has been ruled out.
The Vodafone Junior Warriors, still hunting their first win of the season, face a Parramatta side with a 2-3 win-loss record.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v PARRAMATTA EELS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
1.45pm, Sunday, April 9
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 LEE TURNER
2 LEWIS SOOSEMEA
3 KANE TELEA
4 GIBSON POPOALII
5 MATHEW FAITOTOA
6 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
17 DYLAN TAVITA
8 KENESE KENESE (c)
9 ERIN CLARK
10 CHRIS SIO (c)
11 JOE VUNA
12 PRESTON RIKI
13 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
Interchange:
14 SOANE HUFANGA
15 TYLER SLADE
16 NATHAN NEWTON
18 JEROME MAMEA
COACH | GRANT POCKLINGTON
