Manu Vatuvei is set for his return to the field after being named to line up for the Vodafone Warriors in their Intrust Super Premiership side against the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles at H E Laybutt Sports Field in Sydney on Sunday (1.00pm kick-off local time; 3.00pm NZT).
The 31-year-old 226-game NRL veteran had been slated for a first-grade comeback against Penrith last month only to be ruled out during the final run on the eve of the game when he picked up a calf injury.
Sidelined for the last four weeks, he rejoins the club's ISP side, running second in the competition after its third draw of the season on Saturday (an 18-18 result against Newcastle).
The side features some other changes as well with 2017 NRL rookie Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad switched to fullback replacing newcomer Zac Santo, who left the field with a rib injury in his club debut last weekend.
Sam Cook, a try scorer on the wing against the Knights, reverts to hooker.
Meanwhile, the Vodafone Junior Warriors will field a rearranged backline alongside a regular starting pack for their NYC match against Gold Coast on Saturday (12.40pm kick-off local time).
INTRUST SUPER PREMIERSHIP
VODAFONE WARRIORS v BLACKTOWN WORKERS SEA EAGLES
H E Laybutt Sports Field, Blacktown
1.00pm, Sunday, June 11
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD
22 PAULOS LATU
3 JUNIOR PAUGA
4 SEMISI FOTU
5 MANU VATUVEI
6 MAFOA’AEATA HINGANO
7 MASON LINO (c)
8 TOAFOFOA SIPLEY
9 SAM COOK
10 LIGI SAO
11 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
12 OFAHIKI OGDEN
13 JAMES BELL
Interchange:
14 JAZZ TEVAGA
15 CHRIS SATAE
16 CHARLIE GUBB
17 PATRICK SIPLEY
18 DANIEL PALAVI
21 KING VUNIYAYAWA
COACH | RICKY HENRY
NYC
VODAFONE WARRIORS v GOLD COAST TITANS
Cbus Super Stadium, Robina
12.40pm, Saturday, June 10
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 LEE TURNER
2 ISRAEL OGDEN
3 MELINO FINEANGANOFO
4 DEAN KOUKA-SMITH
5 GIBSON POPOALII
6 KANE TELEA
7 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
8 KENESE KENESE (c)
9 EIDEN ACKLAND
10 TAYHLER PAORA
11 TYLER SLADE
12 JOE VUNA
13 CHRIS SIO (c)
Interchange:
14 LEWIS SIO
15 KELEPI LUI
16 JEROME MAMEA
17 KEANU DAWSON
18 UENUKU MALESALA
20 TROY PULUPAKI
21 JAVVIER PITOVAO
22 SHELDON ROGERS
23 MARK GRAHAM
24 KEANU LAUMATIA-PAKI
COACH | GRANT POCKLINGTON
