Te Maire Martin returns to reunite with Shaun Johnson in the halves.
Second-rower Marata Niukore is out due to a two week suspension for a dangerous contact charge during the side’s 30-32 victory away win at Cronulla over the weekend.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak returns from injury to take a seat on the bench.
Meanwhile Johnson is poised to become the first NZ Warrior’s player in history to reach 1,000 points for the club – he has currently amassed 997.
The NZ Warriors meet the Newcastle Knights on Sunday at the McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle – kick off is at 8.15pm NZ Time. Liam Kennedy has been appointed referee, with Drew Oultram and Adam Gee named touch judge and Senior Review Official respectively.
