After three successive wins the Warriors have made just one change to their team to take on the Sharks with Queensland Origin prop Jacob Lillyman returning to the team should be come through tomorrow night’s game.
The 32-year-old 220-game NRL veteran makes his 12th Origin appearance in the second match of the 2016 series against New South Wales at Suncorp Stadium tomorrow night.
Lillyman has been named to start in the Vodafone Warriors’ much-anticipated encounter with the Sharks three days later.
Lillyman’s inclusion in the line-up sees fellow senior prop Ben Matulino named on the bench with Albert Vete the other starting front rower, as he has been in the three consecutive wins over Brisbane, Newcastle and the Sydney Roosters.
The Warriors have named a 19-man squad, which is listed below;
VODAFONE WARRIORS v CRONULLA SHARKS
Southern Cross Group Stadium, Cronulla
5.30pm, Saturday, June 25
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 TUIMOALA LOLOHEA
2 DAVID FUSITU’A
3 BLAKE AYSHFORD
4 SOLOMONE KATA
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 THOMAS LEULUAI
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 JACOB LILLYMAN
9 ISSAC LUKE
10 ALBERT VETE
11 BODENE THOMPSON
12 RYAN HOFFMAN (c)
13 SIMON MANNERING
Interchange:
14 NATHANIEL ROACHE
15 SAM LISONE
16 BEN MATULINO
17 CHARLIE GUBB
18 ATA HINGANO
20 TOAFOFOA SIPLEY
HEAD COACH | ANDREW McFADDEN
