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Mannering to achieve 150-50 double against Titans
Second rower Simon Mannering will mark twin milestones when he leads the Vodafone Warriors in their fourth-round NRL clash against Gold Coast at Mount Smart Stadium on Saturday night.
It will not only be the 25-year-old skipper’s 150th first-grade appearance but also his 50th match as captain since taking over the role at the start of the 2010 season.
Mannering will lead a side showing some starting line-up changes from the combination which ran on for last Sunday’s 18-32 loss to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Head coach Brian McClennan has listed Ben Henry to start in the centres with Konrad Hurrell on the bench this week while props Sione Lousi and Ben Matulino, who were injected from the interchange against the Bulldogs, have been named to start against the Titans. That results in Russell Packer and Ukuma Ta’ai moving to the interchange. As he did on Sunday, Lewis Brown is set to start in the back row with Feleti Mateo on the interchange. Also included on a five-man bench is Vodafone Junior Warriors captain John Palavi.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v GOLD COAST TITANS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
7.30pm, Saturday, March 24
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 KEVIN LOCKE
2 BILL TUPOU
3 BEN HENRY
4 JEROME ROPATI
5 MANU VATUVEI
6 JAMES MALONEY
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 SIONE LOUSI
9 NATHAN FRIEND
10 BEN MATULINO
11 LEWIS BROWN
12 SIMON MANNERING (c)
13 ELIJAH TAYLOR
Interchange:
14 RUSSELL PACKER
15 FELETI MATEO
16 KONRAD HURRELL
17 UKUMA TA’AI
20 JOHN PALAVI
COACH: BRIAN McCLENNAN
Wed, Mar 21st 2012
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Blogs
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