The Vodafone Warriors will be without leading try-scorer Lewis Soosemea when they face the St George Illawarra Dragons in Saturday’s seventh-round Intrust Super Premiership match at Mount Smart Stadium (3.00pm kick-off).
Soosemea, who leads all scorers with seven, is suspended resulting in Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck coming into the line-up.
Also into the run-on side is new signing Karl Lawton, who starts at hooker after being on the bench last week.
The Vodafone Warriors lie seventh after their 34-4 win against the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles last week but are just two points off the lead, the Dragons being one of four teams sharing top spot on eight points.
INTRUST SUPER PREMIERSHIP
VODAFONE WARRIORS v ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
3.00pm, Saturday, April 21
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 HAYZE PERHAM
2 CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD
3 JOE VUNA
4 COLE WAAKA
5 JOHNNY TUIVASA-SHECK
6 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
7 MASON LINO (c)
8 CHRIS SATAE
9 KARL LAWTON
10 LIGI SAO
11 MATIU LOVE-HENRY
12 KING VUNIYAYAWA
13 JAMES BELL (c)
Interchange:
14 SAM COOK
15 SIONE AFEMUI
16 PATRICK SIPLEY
17 REECE CHARLIE
COACH | JOHN TEINA
JERSEY FLEGG CUP
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS v ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
1.00pm, Saturday, April 21
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 PAUL TURNER
2 UENUKU MALESALA
3 TOM ALE
4 CARLOS HENRY
5 KAYAL IRO
6 DAKOHTA TAIMANI
7 EIDEN ACKLAND
8 SOANE HUFANGA (c)
9 LEWIS SIO
10 WESLEY VEIKOSO
11 SIONE TUIPULOTU
12 HAVI TUPOUNIUA
13 TYLER SLADE (c)
Interchange:
14 EDWARD VAEAU-MULITALO
15 PRESTON RIKI
16 LOTU INISI
17 BRODY TAMARUA
18 CHRISTIAN TUIPULOTU
COACH | RICKY HENRY
