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Evarn Tuimavave has replaced the injured Louis Anderson on the bench in the only change to the Warriors side to face Brisbane Broncos at Mt Smart on Sunday.
Coach Ivan Cleary named the same starting 13 that demolished Parramatta in a ruthless first-half display in Saturday's season-opener.
Kiwis international Anderson came off the bench in that match but is to undergo a second scan on his injured ankle and could be missing for several weeks.
Tuimavave, who impressed in the Auckland Lions' debut victory over Parramatta in the New South Wales Premier League, will be making his 50th appearance for the club.
The ball-playing second rower was a natural replacement, Cleary said.
"He was probably the odd man out for that first round. But he went back [to the Lions] and did what we asked and I'm sure he'll be up for a big one."
Having a de facto reserve grade side in the shape of the Lions was already providing benefits, he said.
"That's the great thing about the Lions, guys can keep themselves nice and ready so when they get their opportunity they are in a better frame of mind and physically more ready to take it."
With skipper Darren Lockyer (ankle) and prop Corey Parker (wrist) ruled out with injuries suffered in the Broncos' 23-16 round one defeat by the Cowboys, the defending premiers haven't enjoyed a pain-free build-up.
"It probably means ... that they become more dangerous ... that the whole team will have to pull their weight a bit more. With their main playmaker gone, what you get is a lot of other points of attack," Cleary said.
Broncos lock Tonie Carroll should play after being cleared of eye-gouging. NRL match review committee chairman Greg McCallum chose not to take any action over an alleged attack on Cowboys utility Sione Faumuina after the former Warrior failed to make an official complaint.
McCallum said that eye-gouging was difficult to prove when there was no victim.
"I would prefer the players don't claim things on the field and then not back them up, but he (Faumuina) has his reasons," McCallum said.
"The video evidence is quite inconclusive, it shows plenty of fingers around the face but it doesn't show any fingers in the eyes."
* Bulldogs' Kiwis star Sonny Bill Williams has accepted a two-match ban after choosing not to contest a grade two reckless tackle charge over a tackle that left Newcastle halfback Andrew Johns heavily concussed in the first round match between the clubs on Sunday.
Williams will return for the Bulldogs' Good Friday match against South Sydney. Johns has been cleared of a fractured cheekbone.
