The Vodafone Warriors’ Canterbury Cup NSW and Jersey Flegg teams will both be on the same bill against their St George Illawarra counterparts at Jubilee Stadium in Sydney on Saturday.
The Canterbury Cup side, which slipped back to ninth following last Sunday’s loss to the North Sydney Bears, faces another stern challenge from the second-placed Dragons.
However, with injured players returning for the club’s NRL team, the Nathan Cayless-coached outfit is set to benefit with the experienced Blake Ayshford and Ligi Sao both named while centre Taane Milne returns and Adam Keighran and Adam Pompey have also been listed.
The Vodafone Junior Warriors pushed top side the Roosters all the way in their Flegg encounter last Sunday but their 28-30 loss and other results meant they also dropped out of the top eight to sit 10th on 18 points, one point behind the Dragons (eighth) while the Wests Tigers (ninth) are also on 19 points.
CANTERBURY CUP NSW
VODAFONE WARRIORS v ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
5.15pm, Saturday, August 24
Jubilee Stadium, Sydney
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ADAM POMPEY
2 LEWIS SOOSEMEA
3 TAANE MILNE
4 BLAKE AYSHFORD
5 SETU TU
6 HAYZE PERHAM
7 ADAM KEIGHRAN
8 JOSH CURRAN
9 TYLER SLADE
10 JACKSON FREI
11 ADAM TUIMAVAVE-GERRARD
12 LEIVAHA PULU
13 LIGI SAO
Interchange:
14 SEAN MULLANY
15 PRESTON RIKI
16 KING VUNIYAYAWA
17 PHILLIP MAKATOA
COACH | NATHAN CAYLESS
JERSEY FLEGG CUP
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS v ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
3.30pm, Saturday, August 24
Jubilee Stadium, Sydney
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 EMANUEL TUIMAVAVE-GERRARD
2 SELESTINO RAVUTAUMADA
3 KAYAL IRO
4 CASEY SMITH
5 EDWARD KOSI
6 PAUL TURNER
7 SIONE MOALA
8 JUNIOR PUA
9 TANIELA KALEPO
10 WESLEY VEIKOSO
11 BRODY TAMARUA (c)
12 ISAIAH VAGANA
13 TOM ALE
Interchange:
14 TONI TUPOUNIUA
15 ELIESA KATOA
16 JYRIS GLAMUZINA
17 CALEB PESE
18 MICHAEL LEMAFA
COACH | GREG BOULOUS
