Two players will make their first grade NRL debuts for NZ Warriors on Saturday, as the final 18 to face the Dolphins in Brisbane was confirmed.
As coach Andrew Webster opted to rest his stars for the final week of the regular season, so a new-look side will take to the field at Suncorp Stadium.
Among those will be the pair of Kalani Going and Paul Roache, both confirmed on the interchange bench for the first time.
Going, 26, has been named in the No.18 jersey, and comes onto the bench for Jackson Ford.
The back-rower has been a regular for the Warriors in the New South Wales Cup, playing 22 games, scoring nine tries and making 667 tackles while averaging 116 running metres per game.
Meanwhile, Roache, 24, should be a familiar face to Warriors fans, as the younger brother of former hooker Nathaniel.
Utility Roache has made 15 appearances in the New South Wales Cup this season, scoring once, creating six try assists, and making 388 tackles, covering hooker and halfback.
Roache takes the place of Brayden Wiliame on the bench, with the centre having not played since the round two defeat to Sydney Roosters before a calf injury.
The final line-up sees a break for first grade regulars Shaun Johnson, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Addin Fonua-Blake - all given a week off before the Warriors return to the NRL playoffs for the first time since 2018.
NZ Warriors: 1-Taine Tuaupiki, 2-Ed Kosi, 3-Rocco Berry, 4-Adam Pompey, 5-Marcelo Montoya, 6-Te Maire Martin, 7-Ronald Volkman, 8-Bunty Afoa, 9-Freddy Lussick, 10-Mitchell Barnett, 11-Josh Curran, 12-Marata Niukore, 13-Dylan Walker (c)
Interchange: 16-Bayley Sironen, 17-Tom Ale, 18-Kalani Going, 23-Paul Roache
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