The Vodafone Junior Warriors will field two sets of brothers in their starting line-up in Saturday’s 22nd-round NYC encounter with Newcastle at McDonald Jones Stadium (12.45pm kick-off local time; 2.45pm NZT).
Northland siblings Lee and Paul Turner – Hikurangi Stags juniors – are both named with Lee at fullback and Paul on the wing.
And Marist Saints juniors Chris Sio is joined by younger brother Lewis, Chris again starting at loose forward and Lewis at hooker.
The Vodafone Junior Warriors will be without two of their more senior players in prop Kenese Kenese and utility Eiden Ackland when they face seventh-placed Newcastle.
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS v NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
12.45pm, Saturday, August 5
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 LEE TURNER
2 PAUL TURNER
3 MELINO FINEANGANOFO
4 DEAN KOUKA-SMITH
5 GIBSON POPOALII
6 KANE TELEA
7 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
8 TROY PULUPAKI
9 LEWIS SIO
10 TAYHLER PAORA
11 TYLER SLADE
12 JOE VUNA
13 CHRIS SIO (c)
Interchange:
14 DYLAN TAVITA
15 KELEPI LUI
16 SOANE HUFUNGA
17 JEROME MAMEA
18 HAVI TUPOUNIUA
20 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
21 ELIJAH SUFIA
22 SHELDON ROGERS
23 EDWARD MULITALO-VAEAU
24 MAFOA’AEATA HINGANO
COACH | GRANT POCKLINGTON
