At a glance

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c), David Fusitu’a, Blake Ayshford, Solomone Kata, Ken Maumalo, Kieran Foran, Mason Lino, Jacob Lillyman, Issac Luke, Ben Matulino, Bodene Thompson, Bunty Afoa, Simon Mannering. Interchange: Ata Hingano, Sam Lisone, Chris Satae, Ligi Sao, Jazz Tevaga, James Bell, Isaiah Papalii, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad. with a broken arm, is retained on the interchange.

Playing his first NRL game in almost two years, Lino impressed with his shortkicking game and combined well with Foran, who returned to form with a hand in two tries and running for a team-high 176m.

Kearney was generally happy with their control but wants to see his halves as well as hooker Issac Luke and fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck maintain it for the whole game.

‘‘They thought they could’ve been a lot better and I thought they lost their connection at certain stages of the match,’’ he said.

‘‘So that’s a focus for them this week, to make sure that connection is there for 80 minutes.’’

Wing David Fusitu’a and back-rower Bodene Thompson are poised to extend their sequences of appearing in every match this season while Jacob Lillyman, Sam Lisone, Issac Luke, Ken Maumalo, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and the injured Shaun Johnson have missed just one game.

The Warriors have enjoyed reasonable success over Cronulla during their history with a 16-20 win-loss record in 36 encounters.

In 16 matches at Mt Smart they have a 9-7 edge, although the Sharks have won seven of the last nine matches between the two sides.