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Stephen Kearney: Warriors lineup unchanged despite Tigers loss

Stephen Kearney: Warriors lineup unchanged despite Tigers loss
Mar 26, 2019 · 12m 4s

Issac Luke has been named at hooker while Karl Lawton has been included on an extended bench for the Warriors ahead of Saturday's clash with the Sea Eagles at AMI...

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Issac Luke has been named at hooker while Karl Lawton has been included on an extended bench for the Warriors ahead of Saturday's clash with the Sea Eagles at AMI Stadium in Christchurch.
The Warriors will head into the "away" game looking to bounce back after an awful 34-6 loss to the Wests Tigers last Sunday.
All 17 players who took the field at Campbelltown have been named in this week's line up with Lawton's inclusion in the place of Nate Roache the only change to the squad named by coach Stephen Kearney last Tuesday.
Roache was a late withdrawal from the Tigers game after suffering from calf tightness at the captains' run.
"Last week's performance against the Tigers was disappointing," said Kearney.
"I'm expecting our players to respond accordingly and Saturday's game against Manly gives us a good chance to do that.
"Nate's still got a bit of tightness in his calf so we won't be risking him this week."
Although he has been charged by the NRL judiciary for dangerous contact on Tigers forward Mikaele Thomas, prop Sam Lisone has been included on the Warriors' bench.
He is pleading not guilty and his hearing will take place at NRL headquarters in Sydney at 9pm (NZT) on Tuesday evening.
If he fails to overturn the charge, Lisone will be sidelined for two games.
Likewise, Lawton, who played for the club's Canterbury Cup NSW team last weekend, has been charged with tripping. After also pleading not guilty, his hearing will take place on Wednesday night.
If found guilty, Lawton will miss one game.
Should either player be ruled out, the Warriors will be able to replace them in the 21-man squad for Saturday's game against the Sea Eagles.
Manly, who are officially the home team this weekend, will head into the game having yet to record a win this season after losses to the Tigers and Roosters.
Warriors team to face the Sea Eagles:
1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (C)2 David Fusitu'a3 Peta Hiku4 Solomone Kata5 Ken Maumalo6 Adam Keighran7 Blake Green8 Agnatius Paasi9 Issac Luke10 Bunty Afoa11 Adam Blair12 Tohu Harris13 Lachlan Burr
Interchange:
14 Jazz Tevaga15 Sam Lisone16 Leeson Ah Mau17 Isaiah Papali'i18 Gerard Beale20 Ligi Sao21 Karl Lawton22 Chanel Harris-Tavita(Four to be omitted)
 
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