He's been named on an extended bench for Sunday's NRL match against the Roosters in Sydney, but needs to go through training and tests to show he's over an ankle injury.
Coach Stephen Kearney's been asked whether he's thought about Nikorima playing hooker, based on their lack of dummy halves and Chanel Harris-Tavita's form at stand-off.
Harris-Tavita assisted in two tries against Manly, making no handling errors and kicking for 338 metres.
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