The Warriors get the chance to soothe a week of hurt and frustration when they run out on home turf against Newcastle on Sunday.

The Auckland-based club are backing up from the worst defeat in their 19 seasons in the NRL – a 62-6 thrashing at the hands of Penrith.

Skipper Simon Mannering says there’s a determination among the players that there’s no repeat.

“It was pretty much a kick in the teeth,” he said.

“There’s nothing too much you can take from it except the hurt and frustration, and making sure what happened against Penrith never happens again.”

The Warriors will go in against the Knights having dropped to the bottom of the table, after Wests Tigers climbed above them by sneaking home 22-20 against North Queensland on Friday night.

They also have injury issues, with two players initially named in their side confirmed as being ruled out.

Young centre Ben Henry’s season was ended by a knee injury in training, while lock Todd Lowrie hasn’t recovered from the rib damage suffered against the Panthers.

However, Warriors fans can perhaps take heart from some other big pendulum swings in the NRL in recent times.

The Tigers’ victory over the Cowboys came after they had been thumped 54-10 by South Sydney.

Newcastle themselves bounced back from a 44-14 defeat to Canberra to down Canterbury-Bankstown 44-8 and finish last weekend in fifth place.

Mannering said the Warriors were focusing on themselves rather than what happened elsewhere.

“It’s all within ourselves,” he said.

“We’ve got to perform like a team and a team that we know can play good football.”

He admitted he still couldn’t put his finger on why the effort against the Panthers had been so poor.

While the Warriors had fallen to four defeats in their previous six matches, they had all come in hard-fought contests.

“It felt like we were building towards a good performance,” Mannering said.

“We were close and it still wasn’t good enough, but to take plenty of steps back against Penrith was frustrating and we have to get back on the horse.”

Newcastle welcome back winger Akuila Uate, who will bring up 100 games for the club.

Uate was sidelined with an ankle injury last weekend and comes in for Kevin Naiqama, who has been named on an extended bench.

The Knights won the corresponding fixture at Mt Smart Stadium last July 24-19, with Uate and Naiqama both scoring tries as the visitors came back from 18-0 down.