Vodafone Warriors head coach Stephen Kearney has retained a largely unchanged 21-man squad for the club’s Old Boys’ Day clash against original 1995 opponents the Brisbane Broncos at Mount Smart Stadium on Saturday (5.00pm kick-off; match day sponsor: Flava).
Already boasting an unprecedented 5-0 start to the season, the second-placed Vodafone Warriors face their third Queensland side in three games at Mount Smart Stadium having disposed of Gold Coast 20-8 on March 17 and North Queensland 22-12 in the second leg of last week’s SKYCITY Auckland Double Header in front of the biggest regular season crowd (25,600) since 1995.
Kearney has named the same starting line-up used against the Cowboys while there are two changes on the extended eight-man bench.
Second rower Isaiah Papali’i returns after missing the last three rounds with a knee injury sustained in the second-round clash against the Titans and rookie hooker Sam Cook is also listed after being used in the Intrust Super Premiership in the last three weeks.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v BRISBANE BRONCOS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
5.00pm, Saturday, April 14, 2018
Referees: Adam Gee and Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
2 DAVID FUSITU’A
3 PETA HIKU
4 SOLOMONE KATA
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 BLAKE GREEN
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 BUNTY AFOA
9 ISSAC LUKE
10 AGNATIUS PAASI
11 LEIVAHA PULU
12 TOHU HARRIS
13 ADAM BLAIR
Interchange:
14 JAZZ TEVAGA
15 SAM LISONE
16 SIMON MANNERING
17 ANTHONY GELLING
18 MASON LINO
20 CHRIS SATAE
21 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
22 SAM COOK
HEAD COACH | STEPHEN KEARNEY
