Team Update: On track for 1-17

NZ Warriors head coach Andrew Webster has shown faith in his players for tomorrow night's first home game of the 2025 NRL season against Manly Warringah at Go Media Stadium (8.00pm kick-off).

In updating the squad 24 hours before kick-off, he has confirmed the same 19 players used in the round one match against Canberra at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on March 1.

There are no changes to the starting combination and interchange with Eddie Ieremia-Toeava again named as 18th man and halfback Te Maire Martin as 19th man.

The three players to drop out of the extended squad are hooker Sam Healey, front rower Bunty Afoa and winger Edward Kosi.

Tomorrow night'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, Webster indicated more than 24 hours before naming the lineup that he would be staying with the same combination - and he did.