The only regular season meeting between the seventh-placed Warriors and Manly offers a smorgasbord of mouth-watering match-ups.
"It's exciting for us as a club, for our members and for our fans to have the Sea Eagles here at this time of the season," said McFadden.
"They've been the form team in the competition and bring so much quality with them. It's a massive challenge for us and a great opportunity to see where we measure up.
"There were aspects of our performance which were disappointing last weekend. In the first half much of the detail which has been good for us wasn't at the level we expect."
The Sea Eagles have been one of the Warriors' most difficult opponents with just eight wins in 25 encounters and only two victories in the last 12 games.
The last time the two sides had a Mount Smart Stadium contest in June last year the Warriors won a thriller 18-16, ending a run of six straight losses to Manly stretching back to the 26-24 success at Brookvale Oval when Stacey Jones made his comeback in 2009.
Warriors
1 Sam Tomkins
2 Ngani Laumape
3 Konrad Hurrell
4 Dane Nielsen
5 Manu Vatuvei
6 Chad Townsend
7 Shaun Johnson
8 Jacob Lillyman
9 Nathan Friend
10 Suaia Matagi
11 Ben Henry
12 Simon Mannering (c)
13 Sebastine Ikahihifo
Interchange:
14 Feleti Mateo
15 Ben Matulino
16 Jayson Bukuya
17 Thomas Leuluai
20 Sam Rapira
