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Injuries have again forced head coach Nathan Brown to reshuffle his line-up for the Vodafone Warriors’ 11th-round NRL match against the Wests Tigers at Central Coast Stadium in Gosford on Friday night (6.00pm kick-off local time; 8.00pm NZT).
Winger Rocco Berry (head) plus second rowers Josh Curran (elbow) and Bayley Sironen (knee) have all been ruled out this week but on the positive side of the ledger winger Marcelo Montoya returns from an injury break while Jack Murchie comes into the second row and Kane Evans is named at prop after being omitted against the Eels.
Berry and Curran were forced off the field reducing the Vodafone Warriors to 15 players as they mounted a second half revival before losing 18-34 to Parramatta on Sunday.
Montoya slots onto the right wing for his fifth appearance of the season while Murchie is also set for his fifth outing of the year.
Berry is undergoing HIA protocols after leaving the field just before halftime on Sunday while Curran faces between two to four weeks on the sideline after hyper-extending his right elbow. Sironen is out with a meniscus issue in his left knee; it’s not yet known when he will be fit to return.
WARRIORS v WESTS TIGERS
6.00pm, Friday, May 21, 2021
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
WARRIORS
1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
2 MARCELO MONTOYA
3 ADAM POMPEY
4 EUAN AITKEN
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 KODI NIKORIMA
7 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
8 JAMAYNE TAUNOA-BROWN
9 WAYDE EGAN
10 KANE EVANS
11 JACK MURCHIE
12 BEN MURDOCH-MASILA
13 TOHU HARRIS
Interchange:
14 JAZZ TEVAGA
15 LEESON AH MAU
16 BUNTY AFOA
17 REECE WALSH
18 ELIESA KATOA
20 TANIELA OTUKOLO
21 EDWARD KOSI
22 SEAN O’SULLIVAN
HEAD COACH | NATHAN BROWN
Categories: Team News + Stats, WARRIORS NEWS
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