Experienced centre Peta Hiku has been brought into the starting line-up for the Vodafone Warriors’ final NRL trial against Wests Tigers at the International Stadium in Rotorua today.
Hiku, making his comeback from offseason surgery, comes into the side for local product Hayze Perham.
There’s also a change in the starting pack with Josh Curran starting and Adam Blair switched to the bench.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v WESTS TIGERS
2.00pm, Sunday, March 1, 2020
International Stadium, Rotorua
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
2 PATRICK HERBERT
24 PETA HIKU
4 DAVID FUSITU’A
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 KODI NIKORIMA
7 BLAKE GREEN
8 LEESON AH MAU
9 WAYDE EGAN
10 AGNATIUS PAASI
21 JOSH CURRAN
12 TOHU HARRIS
13 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
Interchange:
3 HAYZE PERHAM
11 ADAM BLAIR
14 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
15 JAMAYNE TAUNOA-BROWN
17 KARL LAWTON
18 PAUL TURNER
20 TAANE MILNE
21 JOSH CURRAN
24 PETA HIKU
25 LACHLAN BURR
26 ELIESA KATOA
27 EDWARD KOSI
28 LEIVAHA PULU
29 KING VUNIYAYAWA
HEAD COACH | STEPHEN KEARNEY
WESTS TIGERS
1 COREY THOMPSON
2 DAVID NOFOALUMA
3 JOEY LEILUA
4 MOSES MBYE (c)
5 ROBERT JENNINGS
6 BENJI MARSHALL (c)
7 LUKE BROOKS
8 THOMAS MIKAELE
9 BILLY WALTERS
10 ALEX TWAL
11 LUKE GARNER
12 LUCIANO LEILUA
13 JOSH ALIOAI
Interchange:
14 MICHAEL CHEE KAM
15 JOSH REYNOLDS
16 ADAM DOUEIHI
17 OLIVER CLARK
18 CHRIS LAWRENCE
19 ALEX SEYFARTH
20 SAM McINTYRE
21 ZANE MUSGROVE
22 TOMMY TALAU
23 ELIJAH TAYLOR
HEAD COACH | MICHAEL MAGUIRE
