

Second place is on the line when the Vodafone Warriors wind up their regular season campaign with Sunday’s 25th-round Intrust Super Premiership match against Wests Tigers at Mount Smart Stadium (1.45pm kick-off).
They go into the match against the bottom-placed side on 34 points, just one ahead of third-placed Penrith with Canterbury-Bankstown a further point behind in fourth.
Should the Vodafone Warriors pick up their 13th win of the season and the Panthers beat Wentworthville in their last game, it would be a Vodafone Warriors-Penrith match-up in week one of the finals.
The Vodafone Warriors are coming off a last gasp 26-26 away draw with top-placed Wyong while the Tigers were crushed 48-4 by the Bulldogs.
Mason Lino has been named at halfback to team up with Sam Cook with the rest of the backline settled.
Meanwhile, the Vodafone Junior Warriors have their last home game of a challenging season when they face Manly in the first match of the day (11.45am kick-off).
INTRUST SUPER PREMIERSHIP
VODAFONE WARRIORS v WESTS TIGERS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
1.45pm, Sunday, August 27
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ZAC SANTO
2 CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD
3 MATTHEW ALLWOOD
4 JUNIOR PAUGA
5 BURETA FARAIMO
6 SAM COOK
7 MASON LINO (c)
8 DANIEL PALAVI
9 MANAIA CHERRINGTON
10 LIGI SAO
11 OFAHIKI OGDEN
12 JAMES BELL
13 KING VUNIYAYAWA
Interchange:
14 SEMISI FOTU
15 CHRIS SATAE
16 TOAFOFOA SIPLEY
17 PAULOS LATU
18 TRENT SCHAUMKEL
COACH | RICKY HENRY
NYC
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS v MANLY SEA EAGLES
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
11.45am, Sunday, August 27
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 LEE TURNER
2 DEAN KOUKA-SMITH
3 GIBSON POPOALII
4 KANE TELEA
5 EDWARD MULITALO-VAEAU
6 PAUL TURNER
7 MELINO FINEANGANOFO
8 CHRIS SIO (c)
9 EIDEN ACKLAND
10 KENESE KENESE
11 TYLER SLADE
12 JEROME MAMEA
13 JOE VUNA
Interchange:
14 SHELDON ROGERS
15 TAYHLER PAORA
16 HAVI TUPOUNIUA
17 DYLAN TAVITA
18 DONOVAN BRIGGS
20 SOANE HUFANGA
21 PRESTON RIKI
22 KAYAL IRO
23 KELEPI LUI
24 LEWIS SIO
COACH | GRANT POCKLINGTON
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