The unbeaten Vodafone Warriors face their toughest test of the season so far when they take on the Wyong Roos in Sunday’s ninth-round Intrust Super Premiership encounter at Mount Smart Stadium (11.45am kick-off).
While the Ricky Henry-coached Vodafone Warriors lead the competition with seven wins and a draw, the Roos are just one point behind them with a 7-1 record.
Henry today named a settled line-up for the contest following Sunday’s strong 24-8 win over fourth-placed North Sydney.
After losing 10-32 to Penrith in the fourth round, Wyong has won four on the trot beating Illawarra 48-14, Wentworthville 30-12, North Sydney 34-6 and Newtown 19-16.
As the Sydney Roosters’ feeder club, the Roos boast plenty of threats including Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck, Lattrell Mitchell and Jayden Nikorima.
Meanwhile, there are some changes to the Vodafone Junior Warriors' squad for their ninth-round NYC encounter with the Sydney Roosters on Sunday (1.45pm kick-off).
Among them is the return of prop Jordan Pinnock with Chris Sio switching to loose forward.
INTRUST SUPER PREMIERSHIP
VODAFONE WARRIORS v WYONG
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
11.45am, Sunday, April 30
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD
2 JUNIOR PAUGA
3 MATT ALLWOOD
4 SEMISI FOTU
5 TUIMOALA LOLOHEA
6 MAFOA’AEATA HINGANO
7 MASON LINO (c)
8 PATRICK SIPLEY
9 SAM COOK
10 ALBERT VETE
11 OFAHIKI OGDEN
12 BUNTY AFOA
13 JAZZ TEVAGA
Interchange:
14 TOAFOFOA SIPLEY
15 CHRIS SATAE
16 DANIEL PALAVI
17 PAULOS LATU
COACH | RICKY HENRY
NYC
VODAFONE WARRIORS v SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
1.45pm, Sunday, April 30
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 LEE TURNER
2 LEWIS SOOSEMEA
3 MELINO FINEANGANOFO
4 KANE TELEA
5 EDWARD VAEAU-MULITALO
6 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
7 PAUL TURNER
8 KENESE KENESE (c)
20 ERIN CLARK
10 JORDAN PINNOCK
11 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
12 JOE VUNA
13 CHRIS SIO (c)
Interchange:
9 EIDEN ACKLAND
14 DYLAN TAVITA
15 SOANE HUFANGA
16 KEANU LAUMATIA-PAKI
17 SHANE HANNAM
18 TAYHLER PAORA
21 JEROME MAMEA
22 MATHEW FAITOTOA
23 MITCHELL NEWTON
24 AUZZIE TUWHANGAI
COACH | GRANT POCKLINGTON
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