Chanel Harris-Tavita to play milestone NRL match for the Warriors in Wellington

Chanel Harris-Tavita will become the 32nd Warrior to play 100 NRL games for the club this weekend.

The 27 year-old has been named at stand-off for the ANZAC Day clash with the Dolphins in front of a sold-out crowd in Wellington.

Harris-Tavita made his debut for the Warriors in 2019 against the Titans, and infamously played through a ruptured testicle in 2022, before taking a break in 2023 to travel around the world.

He joins current teammates Adam Pompey, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, and Wayde Egan in bringing up a century of games for the club.

Coach Andrew Webster’s made just one change to the team that beat the Gold Coast Titans last weekend.

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad aggravated a neck injury he suffered against the Sharks three weeks ago and is replaced at fullback by Taine Tuaupiki.

Pompey has served his two-game suspension and is included in the reserves with Tuivasa-Sheck retaining his place in the centres.

The Warriors currently sit second on the ladder after seven rounds, two points behind the Panthers, while the Dolphins are 12th with just two wins from their six games so far.

Warriors: 1. Taine Tuaupiki, 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 3. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 4. Ali Leiataua, 5. Alofiana Khan-Pereira, 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita, 7. Tanah Boyd, 8. James Fisher-Harris, 9. Wayde Egan, 10. Jackson Ford, 11. Leka Halasima, 12. Kurt Capewell, 13. Erin Clark

Interchange: 14. Same Healey, 15. Mitchell Barnett, 16. Demitric Vaimauga, 17. Jacob Laban, 18. Marata Niukore, 20. Luke Hanson

Reserves: 21. Eddie Ieremia-Toeava, 22. Adam Pompey, 23. Makaia Tafua