Kiwi international Gerard Beale will start in the centres for an injured Patrick Herbert in the Vodafone Warriors’ 13th-round NRL clash against Melbourne at Mount Smart Stadium today (5.00pm kick-off).
Herbert was one of the two players omitted 24 hours out from the match, ruled out with quadriceps tightness following the final field session yesterday.
Beale returns for his fifth appearance of the season after last playing against Newcastle in the eighth round.
The rest of the playing 17 is as selected.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v MELBOURNE STORM
5.00pm, Saturday, June 8, 2019
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
2 DAVID FUSITU’A
3 PETA HIKU
18 GERARD BEALE
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 KODI NIKORIMA
7 BLAKE GREEN
8 AGNASTIUS PAASI
9 ISSAC LUKE
10 LEESON AH MAU
11 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
12 TOHU HARRIS
13 ADAM BLAIR
Interchange:
14 LACHLAN BURR
15 BUNTY AFOA
16 CHRIS SATAE
17 KARL LAWTON
HEAD COACH | STEPHEN KEARNEY
