The New Zealand Warriors have named their line-up for Saturday night's clash against the Gold Coast Titans with centre Joel Moon back in the side.

The Warriors head off on a 10-day tour on Thursday for their next two NRL outings against Gold Coast and Brisbane.

After facing the Titans in a 5.30pm match at Skilled Park on Saturday, the team will be based on the Gold Coast next week before traveling to Brisbane on the eve of their 17th-round encounter with the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium on Friday, July 3.

The Warriors also stayed in Australia for back-to-back matches against Gold Coast and North Queensland in 2007.

Facing just a six-day turnaround between this year's two consecutive games in Queensland, New Zealand Warriors coach Ivan Cleary said staying on was the logical decision.

Both the Warriors and Gold Coast go into this match after a bye last weekend. They also both had wins going into their byes, the New Zealand Warriors a 13-0 shutout against Newcastle and the Titans a last-minute 24-20 away victory over the Sydney Roosters.

The Titans are one of three sides sharing the competition lead on 22 but are third on points differential behind St George Illawarra and the Bulldogs.

The Warriors will have former Bronco Joel Moon (21) back in their side for the Gold Coast clash. He was initially ruled out of the Newcastle game with concussion but returns in the centres, resulting in Simon Mannering switching back to the second row.

That change sees 20-year-old Ben Matulino on the bench alongside Aaron Heremaia, Jesse Royal, Jacob Lillyman and Russell Packer with one to be omitted closer to game time.

"Joel was cleared to play late in the week of our game against Newcastle so he had a run for the Vulcans that weekend," said Cleary.

"Now he's ready to come back into the NRL side for what is another really important match for us. We made some progress in our wins against Wests Tigers and the Knights, especially with our defence. That was pleasing, but we need to keep improving if we're to win consistently and that has to start now."

Mannering, one of only three players to appear in each of the club's 13 games so far this season, will be playing his 91st NRL match on Saturday while Micheal Luck, Steve Price and Manu Vatuvei are also nearing the 90-game mark for the New Zealand Warriors. Both Luck and Price are in line to play their 88th matches for the club and Vatuvei his 86th.

Warriors lineup
1 Wade McKinnon
2 Kevin Locke
3 Patrick Ah Van
4 Joel moon
5 Manu Vatuvei
6 Lance Hohaia
7 Stacey Jones
8 Sam Rapira
9 Ian Henderson
10 Steve Price (c)
11 Simon Mannering
12 Lewis Brown
13 Micheal Luck (vc)
Interchange (one to be omitted):
14 Aaron Heremaia
15 Jesse Royal
16 Ben Matulino
17 Jacob Lillyman
20 Russell Packer