Round 4 of the NRL season will continue with the Knights travelling to New Zealand to take on the Warriors.
Later, the undermanned Cronulla Sharks face a tricky assignment when they welcome the Raiders to the Shire.
Follow all the news, scores and highlights below in our live blog.
28th minute: KNIGHTS ERROR
Injury update: Luke Metcalf
18th minute: WARRIORS TRY
There’s another one – from the ensuing set, Egan runs straight past Saifiti and Frizell and he has Harris-Tavita in support to score another one. Johnson converts and in the blink of an eye it’s 12-0 Warriors.
16th minute: WARRIORS TRY
After a strong carry from Montoya got the Warriors moving they earn a six again and start getting their attack together – enough so for Johnson to go short to Ford and the backrower crashes over from ten metres out. A classic Warriors try, they play to their backrowers so well. Johnson converts and it’s Warriors 6-0.
14th minute: Warriors penalty
Tuala jams in off his wing and knocks the ball down, the Warriors will get a fresh set on Newcastle’s 30.
Egan ducks out of dummy half and catches Lucas out to earn a six again but the Knights scramble for a few more tackles and manage to turn the Warriors away.
Injury: Luke Metcalf
Frizell hits Metcalf low and hard and the Warriors five-eighth stays down. He’s pretty shaken up and is being carried off by the Warriors trainers. Harris-Tavita will come on at five-eighth.
4th minute: Warriors no try
Capewell pulls of a steal around his own 40 to give the Warriors the first attacking chance of the day. Johnson puts up a kick on the last, Berry comes down with it and puts it down but the referee sends it up no try, looks like he might have knocked it on into a Knight and that’s how they rule. Newcastle will work it out.
KICK-OFF
Knights kick us off, running right to left.
When last they met
To kill the final few minutes before kick off, here’s all the action from the last time these two locked horns back in last year’s finals. Big win for the Warriors, looked like it was off the hook.
Final teams
As reported earlier this week, Dane Gagai is out with Dylan Lucas to replace him in the centres for the Knights.
For the Warriors, Dylan Walker and Freddy Lussick are out with Jazz Tevaga and Chanel Harris-Tavita coming in on the bench.
Welcome!
Hey! I’m officially declaring it to be “NRL Sunday” on this ABC live blog.
My name is Nick and I’ll be steering you through Warriors-Knights and Sharks-Raiders. Hope you took it easy on the eggs cause we’re gonna be going hard today!
We’re about 20 minutes way from kick-off in Auckland, so let’s play some footy out there. Here we go!
