Warriors NRLW forward banned for two games
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Interchange front rower Ivana Lauitiiti will miss the last two matches of the One New Zealand Warriors’ NRLW regular season following a dangerous contact charge..
In her absence a slight reshuffle has been made to the bench with Metanoia Fetalaiga called
onto the bench for Saturday’s round 10 encounter with the Cronulla.
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Head coach Ron Griffiths has made one adjustment to the starting pack with captain Kaiyah
Atai reverting to loose forward and Maarire Puketapu switched back to the second row.
The remainder of the lineup is unchanged from the one which fell to a heartbreaking last-minute 14-18 loss to St George Illawarra last Sunday.
Starting again at fullback after her debut last week is Anastasia Sekene while left winger
Lavinia Taukalaliku takes hot try-scoring form into her fourth game of the season coming off
a double against the Dragons which lifted her tally to eight tries in three games.
The Warriors slipped out of the top six with Sunday’s loss and now face a must-win clash
against the Sharks who fell to the bottom of the ladder with their ninth-round defeat by the
Roosters.
One New Zealand Warriors v Cronulla Sutherland Sharks, 2.45pm, Saturday, September 5, Go Media Stadium, Auckland.
1 Anastasia Sekene, 2 Lavinia Tauhalaliku, 3 Mele Hufanga, 4 Stacey Waaka, 5 Tysha Ikenasio, 6 Gayle Broughton, 7 Patricia Maliepo, 8 Annetta Nuuausala, 9 Jay Huriwai
10 Matekino Gray, 11 Maarire Puketapu, 12 Shakira Baker, 13 Kaiyah Atai (c), Interchange:
14 Capri Paekau, 15 Harata Butler, 16 Ashlee Matapo, 17 Metanoia Fetalaiga, 18 Payton Takimoana, 19 Natalia Hickling, 20 Apii Nicholls, 21 Mya Hill-Moana, 22 Laishon Albert-Jones
