Hometown hero Anthony Laffranchi has been named in a strong 21-man squad for Saturday night’s pre-season hit-out against the New Zealand Warriors at Oakes Oval, Lismore.
Laffranchi missed last weekend’s trial match win over Cronulla in Darwin due to a minor hamstring complaint but has declared himself a certain starter for the club’s final lead-up match before the opening round of the NRL season.
“I probably could have played last Saturday, I think it was more precautionary,’’ said Laffranchi.
“Initially getting named last week and sitting it out has made me that more hungrier now, so it’s good – it’s the last hit-out before the comp starts and the body is feeling good and I’m ready to go.
Laffranchi, who grew up in the town of Murwillumbah located just 80km north of Lismore, said he was excited by the prospect of returning to where it all began to play in front of family and friends.
“I’ve got a few car loads of family and friends getting down there so I’ll have to see about a few more tickets,’’ he joked.
“It’s going to be good playing in the Northern Rivers close to home and there will be a lot of support hopefully for the Jetstar Titans.’’
The Jetstar Titans will clash with the Warriors at 7.30pm (NSW time) while the club’s younger stars will do battle in the NYC under-20s curtain raiser at 3.50pm.
Queensland Cup feeder clubs Tweed Heads and Ipswich go head-to-head in the other curtain raiser from 5.30pm.
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