The Vodafone Junior Warriors take a rearranged line-up into their 12th-round NYC clash against Brisbane at Mount Smart Stadium today (3.15pm kick-off).
Regulars Kane Telea and Erin Clark are both out of the side with Lewis Soosemea moving off the right wing to start in Telea’s spot in the centres and Eiden Ackland coming off the bench to fill Clark’s role at hooker.
Starting on the wing instead of Soosemea is Israel Ogden.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v BRISBANE BRONCOS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
3.15pm, Saturday, May 27
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 LEE TURNER
14 ISRAEL OGDEN
3 MELINO FINEANGANOFO
2 LEWIS SOOSEMEA
5 GIBSON POPOALII
6 PAUL TURNER
7 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
8 KENESE KENESE (c)
9 EIDEN ACKLAND
10 TAYHLER PAORA
11 TYLER SLADE
12 JOE VUNA
13 CHRIS SIO (c)
Interchange:
15 KELEPI LUI
16 KEANU LAUMATIA-PAKI
17 JAVVIER PITOVAO
24 TROY PULUPAKI
COACH | GRANT POCKLINGTON