Hooker Nate Roache and standoff Chanel Harris-Tavita are the two players to drop out of the Vodafone Warriors’ extended 21-man squad for tomorrow night’s 10th-round NRL match against Penrith at Panthers Stadium (6.00pm kick-off; 8.00pm NZT).
As required, squads must be trimmed to 19 players 24 hours out from kick-off.
It had been hoped Roache would come through training this week after leaving the field injured during last Saturday night’s 26-18 win over St George Illawarra.
He trained away from the other players at today’s final field session before the team flew to Sydney but was ruled out this afternoon after failing to fully recover.
The final playing 17 will be confirmed an hour before kick-off.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v PENRITH PANTHERS
6.00pm, Friday, May 17, 2019
Panthers Stadium, Penrith
VODAFONE WARRIORS
BUNTY AFOA
LEESON AH MAU
GERARD BEALE
ADAM BLAIR
LACHLAN BURR
DAVID FUSITU’A
BLAKE GREEN
TOHU HARRIS
PATRICK HERBERT
PETA HIKU
KARL LAWTON
ISSAC LUKE
KEN MAUMALO
KODI NIKORIMA
AGNATIUS PAASI
ISAIAH PAPALI’I
LIGI SAO
JAZZ TEVAGA
ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
