Ken Maumalo makes his NRL debut at last today coming in as a late replacement on the left wing for club great Manu Vatuvei in the Vodafone Warriors' 10th-round NRL clash against Parramatta at Pirtek Stadium.
Maumalo (20) was selected to make his first NRL appearance in the Vodafone Warriors' opening round encounter with the Newcastle Knights only to be ruled out after picking up a hamstring injury in the final team run on the eve of the match.
Since recovering from the injury he has played four games for the club's New South Wales Cup side, scoring three tries. He was in the NYC premiership-winning Vodafone Junior Warriors side last year.
He was presented with his first jersey by Vatuvei today.
Vatuvei made significant progress from the sternum injury which forced him off the field against the Sharks last weekend but ultimately didn't recover sufficiently to play his 10th match of the year.
PARRAMATTA EELS v VODAFONE WARRIORS
Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta
3.00pm, Saturday, May 16
Referees: Grant Atkins and Gavin Reynolds
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 TUIMOALA LOLOHEA
2 JONATHAN WRIGHT
3 DOMINIQUE PEYROUX
4 SOLOMONE KATA
22 KEN MAUMALO
6 CHAD TOWNSEND
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 JACOB LILLYMAN
9 THOMAS LEULUAI
10 BEN MATULINO
11 BODENE THOMPSON
12 RYAN HOFFMAN
13 SIMON MANNERING (c)
Interchange:
14 NATHAN FRIEND
15 SIONE LOUSI
16 SAM LISONE
17 SAM RAPIRA
HEAD COACH: ANDREW McFADDEN
