Former Warrior Charlie Gubb has been ruled out with a groin injury, opening the door for Liam Knight to make his Raiders debut if Tapine is ruled out.

Michael Oldfield looms as the most likely replacement if Leilua fails to recover from his suspected ankle syndesmosis injury.

Elliott Whitehead (back) was confident he would be fit to play the Warriors at Canberra Stadium on Saturday, despite moving gingerly.

The Warriors have brought in Leivaha Pulu to replace the injured Isaiah Papali'i (knee) in the second row, while recruit Agnatius Paasi comes onto the bench along with Jazz Tevaga, who replaces Sam Cook.

More to come.

NRL ROUND THREE

Saturday: Canberra Raiders v New Zealand Warriors at Canberra Stadium, 3pm. Tickets available from Ticketek.

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Raiders team: 1. Jack Wighton, 2. Nick Cotric, 3. Jarrod Croker (C), 4. Joey Leilua, 5. Jordan Rapana, 6. Aidan Sezer, 7. Sam Williams, 8. Sia Soliola, 9. Siliva Havili, 10. Shannon Boyd, 11. Josh Papalii, 12. Elliott Whitehead, 13. Luke Bateman. Interchange from: 14. Blake Austin, 15. Junior Paulo, 16. Dunamis Lui, 17. Liam Knight, 18. Joe Tapine, 19. Ata Hingano, 20. Michael Oldfield, 21. Royce Hunt.

Warriors team: 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c), 2 David Fusitu'a, 3 Peta Hiku, 4 Solomone Kata, 5 Ken Maumalo, 6 Blake Green, 7 Shaun Johnson, 8 James Gavet, 9 Issac Luke, 10 Adam Blair, 11 Leivaha Pulu, 12 Tohu Harris, 13 Ligi Sao. Interchange from: 14 Jazz Tevaga, 15 Agnatius Paasi, 16 Sam Lisone, 17 Bunty Afoa, 18 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 20 Anthony Gelling, 21 Chris Satae, 22 Mason Lino.