Late changes have been made to the spine for the Vodafone Warriors’ final match of the Intrust Super Premiership’s regular season against Wests Tigers at Mount Smart Stadium today (1.45pm kick-off).
Hooker Manaia Cherrington is out resulting on Sam Cook replacing him, fullback Zac Santo moving into the halves and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad switching from the wing to fullback.
The Vodafone Warriors go into the match against the bottom-placed side lying second on 34 points. Should they pick up their 13th win of the season and the Panthers beat Wentworthville in their last game, it will be a Vodafone Warriors-Penrith match-up in week one of the finals.
The home side is coming off a last gasp 26-26 away draw with top-placed Wyong while the Tigers were crushed 48-4 by the Bulldogs.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v WESTS TIGERS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
1.45pm, Sunday, August 27
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD
14 SEMISI FOTU
3 MATTHEW ALLWOOD
4 JUNIOR PAUGA
5 BURETA FARAIMO
1 ZAC SANTO
7 MASON LINO (c)
8 DANIEL PALAVI
6 SAM COOK
10 LIGI SAO
11 OFAHIKI OGDEN
12 JAMES BELL
20 MAFOA’AEATA HINGANO
Interchange:
13 KING VUNIYAYAWA
15 CHRIS SATAE
16 TOAFOFOA SIPLEY
17 PAULOS LATU
COACH | RICKY HENRY
