Confirmed Lineup: Taking on Sea Eagles as selected

The NZ Warriors will take on Manly Warringah as selected in tonight's first home game of the 2025 NRL season at Go Media o Media Stadium (8.00pm kick-off).

Eddie Ieremia-Toeava is confirmed named as 18th man.

Te Maire Martin was freed up to play for the club's New South Wales Cup side in today's curtain raiser where he joined hooker Sam Healey, front rower Bunty Afoa and winger Edward Kosi, who were all omitted from the extended squad last night.

Tonight's match is the first of two back-to-back Friday night home games with the Sydney Roosters in Auckland a week later on March 21.

With the clash against Manly coming 12 days after the Warriors' disappointment in Las Vegas, head coach Andrew Webster indicated more than 24 hours before naming the lineup that he would be staying with the same combination - and he did.

When the two sides met in Auckland last April they drew 22-22 after extra time while in 2023 the Warriors prevailed 29-22.