Warriors head coach Andrew McFadden has made minimal changes to the side that narrowly lost against Cronulla in Round 16 for his team's Round 17 Telstra Premiership clash with Gold Coast Titans in Auckland.
After being originally picked on the wing but then switched to fullback, the impressive David Fusitu'a is this week named in the No.1 jersey while Tuimoala Lolohea, who came off the bench last week, is named on the right wing replacing Jonathan Wright.
Nathaniel Roache is back on the interchange after turning out at hooker for the Junior Warriors in their 36-32 win over Cronulla; the rest of the bench is unchanged comprising front rowers Ben Matulino, Sam Lisone and Charlie Gubb.
The game will mark Simon Mannering's 250th NRL match and the 250th match played at Mt Smart Stadium.
Saturday's clash is the first of two against the Titans in just a few weeks with the two sides meeting again in Round 22 on Sunday, August 7.
WARRIORS
1 David Fusitu'a
2 Tuimoala Lolohea
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
