Twin milestones are in store for captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and prop Sam Lisone while Solomone Kata returns from injury for the Warriors' encounter with the Penrith Panthers at Pepper Stadium on Saturday (5.00pm NZT).
Tuivasa-Sheck's 16th appearance for the club will be his 100th career match while Lisone will reachhis 50-game milestone after debuting for the club in 2015.
Kata was forced off in the first half of the Anzac Day match against the Melbourne Storm with a hamstring injury, forcing him to miss the last outing against the Sydney Roosters as well as ruling him out of last week's representative round.
He has been named to return at left centre with Blake Ayshford and David Fusitu'a reunited on the right edge.
Rookie Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, who had a solid debut against the Roosters, is included on the extended eight-man bench along with veteran wing Manu Vatuvei.
Nicoll-Klokstad impressed for the Cook Islands in last Saturday night's Pacific Test against Papua New Guinea while Vatuvei had a strong debut for Mate Ma'a Tonga in its win over Fiji Bati.
While Tuivasa-Sheck and Lisone eye landmark appearances this week, interchange prop Ben Matulino and second rower Bodene Thompson move within one game of milestones they're set to jointly reach next week against St George in Hamilton.
This week Matulino, again named on the bench, plays his 199th career game - all for the Warriors - while Thompson makes his 49th appearance for the club (the 134th of his NRL career).
The Warriors are 11th on the NRL table two points out of the top eight with a 4-5 win-loss record. The Panthers are 15th with a 2-7 record after losing their last five games.
The Warriors have lost their previous four away matches against the Panthers with their last win being a 30-16 victory in Penrith in 2012.
Warriors v Penrith Panthers Pepper Stadium, Penrith 5.00pm (NZT), Saturday, May 13 Warriors 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (C) 2 David Fusitu'a 3 Blake Ayshford 4 Solomone Kata 5 Ken Maumalo 6 Kieran Foran 7 Shaun Johnson 8 James Gavet 9 Issac Luke 10 Jacob Lillyman 11 Bodene Thompson 12 Ryan Hoffman 13 Simon Mannering Interchange: 14 Nathaniel Roache 15 Sam Lisone 16 Ligi Sao 17 Ben Matulino 18 Manu Vatuvei 20 Mason Lino 21 Bunty Afoa 22 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad Coach | Stephen Kearney
