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WARRIORS
1 Kevin Locke
2 Bill Tupou
3 Ngani Laumape
4 Konrad Hurrell
5 Glen Fisiiahi
6 Thomas Leuluai
7 Shaun Johnson
8 Sam Rapira
9 Nathan Friend
10 Russell Packer
11 Feleti Mateo
12 Ben Henry
13 Todd Lowrie
Interchange:
14 Elijah Taylor
15 Ben Matulino
16 Jacob Lillyman
17 Pita Godinet
18 Jerome Ropati
NRL: Boost for Warriors as key members return
Glen Fisiiahi, Jacob Lillyman, Elijah Taylor, Pita Godinet and Jerome Ropati have all been selected for the Warriors' traditional Anzac Day NRL match against Melbourne at AAMI Park on Thursday.
After appearing for the Auckland Vulcans in their last two New South Wales Cup matches, Fisiiahi comes into the NRL line-up replacing the injured Manu Vatuvei. Earlier in the season, Fisiiahi was on the wing for the opening to rounds against Parramatta and the Sydney Roosters.
Also back from injury are prop Lillyman and utilities Taylor and Godinet while long-serving centre Ropati is a chance of making his first NRL appearance of the season after being included on a five-man bench. Ropati has been making his comeback from knee surgery with the Vulcans over the past month.
Lillyman's return ensures the Warriors will have their experienced front row rotation at work for the first time in 18 matches stretching back to the home clash against the Storm in Auckland on June 3.
It was hoped Lillyman, Sam Rapira, Russell Packer and Ben Matulino would be reunited against the Raiders but Lillyman hadn't fully recovered from an ankle injury.
While Fisiiahi, Lillyman, Taylor and Ropati are all named in the squad, Vatuvei is out for up to three weeks after aggravating his sternum injury in the warm-up for the club's last clash against Canberra on April 13. Despite being in some discomfort, Vatuvei scored two tries and played the full 80 minutes in a display which saw his peers named him the players' player of the day.
Also ruled out for the trip to Melbourne are captain Simon Mannering and former Storm centre Dane Nielsen. Mannering hasn't recovered from the calf injury which forced him to miss leading the Kiwis for the first time in last Friday night's Anzac Test against Australia while Nielsen is still troubled by the rib complaint which forced him off the field early in the Canberra encounter.
"We have obviously lost significant experience with Simon, Manu and Dane out of the side but that's just something you have to deal with in this competition," said Warriors head coach Matthew Elliott.
"While we lose them we've been able to bring back Glen, Jake, Elijah, Pita and Jerome so there's a definite upside as well."
With Mannering missing, Ben Henry is named to start in the second row while rookie Ngani Laumape returns to the centres in Nielsen's absence and Bill Tupou, on the bench against the Raiders, is the other starting winger. Godinet, a late defection with a back injury in Canberra, is on the bench with Taylor, Lillyman, Ben Matulino and Ropati.
The game will have special significance for loose forward Todd Lowrie, who'll line up against his old club for the first time since being part of the grand final-winning side last season.
