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The One New Zealand Warriors will line up as selected for today’s 16th-round NRL encounter with Gold Coast at Cbus Super Stadium in Robina (3.00pm kick-off local time; 5.00pm NZT).

Prop Bunty Afoa has been confirmed as 18th man with hooker Freddy Lussick 19th man.

Omitted from the extended bench at the 24-hour deadline ahead of the game yesterday were fullback Taine Tuaupiki, centre Moala Graham-Taufa and back rower Demitric Sifakula. They all lined up for club’s New South Wales Cup side today.

The clash against the Titans sees Roger Tuivasa-Sheck making his comeback from injury while four NRL regulars are unavailable.

Experienced back rowers Kurt Capewell (Queensland) and Mitchell Barnett (New South Wales) are unavailable following their selection for the second State of Origin contest on June 26.

Centre Rocco Berry is sidelined with a shoulder injury which forced him off after just 37 minutes of last Saturday night’s clash against the Melbourne Storm and winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak is serving a one-game suspension after taking an early guilty plea for a high tackle on his Storm opposite Grant Anderson.

Tuivasa-Sheck replaces Berry in the centres as he returns from a hamstring injury which kept him out of the club’s last five matches against the Roosters, Panthers, Dolphins, Cowboys and Storm.

Edward Kosi makes his 30th NRL appearance with Watene-Zelezniak suspended for just the second time in his 203-game career.

With Barnett out, Dylan Walker moves from loose forward to the second row and captain Tohu Harris returns to the starting lineup after being used from the bench in his first two matches back from his hand injury.

Capewell’s place on the interchange is taken by 36-game prop Tom Ale who joins utility Chanel Harris-Tavita, middle forward Jazz Tevaga and back rower Jacob Laban.