Warriors fan favourite Konrad Hurrell received a huge cheer when he came off the bench to make his first NRL appearance of 2016.
The blockbusting centre was introduced early in the second half of the 40-18 win over Newcastle in Auckland on Monday as replacement for forward Albert Vete.
He went off when he was hurt in a tackle, then came back on in his more familiar position in the backs after Solomone Kata was substituted because of a minor knee complaint.
"It was good man," Hurrell said after his 18 minutes of game time.
"I'll take every minute and every second of time I get to play with these boys."
Until this season, the 24-year-old Hurrell had played 68 matches for the Warriors and scored 41 tries after making his debut in early 2012.
He appeared in the NRL All Stars match in February - scoring a try - but has since had to bide his time in reserve grade.
"I'm just working on the stuff I have to work on so when I get back up there I don't get dropped again," he said.
"It's just the same things - defence and securing the ball. Obviously I can run, but it's just holding on to the ball and doing effort after effort."
Hurrell's first spell against the Knights ended after he had his arm caught awkwardly in a tackle that led to opposition winger Nathan Ross being put on report.
Ross was the second Knights player put on report after hooker Danny Levi for a similar incident in a tackle on prop Sam Lisone late in the first half.
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