Coach Rohan Smith has been able to call on some reinforcements for the Vodafone Warriors’ 10th-round New South Wales Cup encounter with Manly at Brookvale Oval on Saturday (3.00pm kick-off local time; 5.00pm NZT).
Toa Samoa and Cook Islands international Dominique Peyroux, a 30-game NRL player, returns in the second row and winger Jarred Wilson, who scored four tries in the first two games of the season is back from an ankle injury.
Promoted from the club’s NYC side for the third time this season is prop Sam Lisone while his team-mate and back rower Michael Ki comes into the side for the first time.
The Vodafone Warriors have lost their last two matches to Penrith (8-36) and the Mounties (22-42) but remain in eighth spot on the table with 11 points.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v MANLY SEA EAGLES
Brookvale Oval, Manly
3.00pm, Saturday, May 17
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 STEVE WAETFORD (c)
2 JARRED WILSON
3 SOLOMONE KATA
4 CARLOS TUIMAVAVE
5 BRAXTON STANLEY
6 TUIMOALA LOLOHEA
7 MASON LINO
8 NATHANIEL PETERU
9 SILIVA HAVILI
10 UPU POCHING
11 RAYMOND FAITALA-MARINER
12 DOMINIQUE PEYROUX
13 JOHN PALAVI
Interchange:
14 AGNATIUS PAASI
15 SAM LISONE
16 ABRAHAM PAPALII
17 MICHAEL KI
COACH: ROHAN SMITH
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