Veteran hooker Issac Luke and middle forward Lachlan Burr return to the bench for the Warriors’ 16th-round NRL clash against the in-form Newcastle Knights at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday. (Photo credit: Lex Wright). The 32-year-old Luke comes in for Nate Roache, whose season has been tragically ended by an anterior cruciate ligament injury in […]
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Bad news for Harris but Roache named for Warriors
Captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Blake Green will both achieve their 150-game milestones while Nate Roache, Sam Lisone and Leivaha Pulu have been recalled for the New Zealand Warriors’ NRL Heritage Round encounter with the Penrith Panthers at Mount Smart Stadium on Sunday. (Photo: Lex Wright). Hooker Roache replaces veteran Issac Luke on the bench for […]
Kiwis name extended squad for Tonga match
Veteran halves Benji Marshall and Kieran Foran are among 27 players named in a wider Kiwi squad for the inaugural Oceania Cup Test against Mate Ma’a Tonga at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on Saturday, June 22. (Evan Semón Photography). The last of the 34-year-old Marshall’s 27 Tests was in 2012 when he captained the […]
Paasi back to face Storm
Agnatius Paasi returns from a one-match suspension and fellow prop Chris Satae has been brought onto the interchange for the Vodafone Warriors’ 13th-round NRL encounter with the Melbourne Storm at Mount Smart Stadium on Saturday. (Photo: warriors.kiwi). Paasi missed the 2-8 loss to Brisbane but comes straight back into the starting line-up following the club’s bye […]
Pack changes for Broncos clash
Bunty Afoa comes into the starting line-up and veteran Adam Blair returns on the bench for the New Zealand Warriors’ NRL Indigenous Round clash against the Brisbane Broncos at the temporarily renamed Rarotonga Mount Smart Stadium on Saturday night (7.30 kick-off). Afoa has been called in from the interchange to replace suspended Agnatius Paasi (out […]
Warriors unchanged despite injury concerns
New Zealand Warriors head coach Stephen Kearney has retained an unchanged playing squad for Friday night’s 10th-round NRL match against Penrith at Panthers Stadium in Sydney (6.00pm kick-off local time; 8.00pm NZT). Of the top 17 named, hooker Nate Roache (back), second rower Tohu Harris (knee) and utility forward Jazz Tevaga (foot) weren’t on the […]
Nikorima set for Warriors debut
New signing Kodi Nikorima is all set to make his New Zealand Warriors debut at his old home ground Suncorp Stadium after being named today at standoff for Saturday’s NRL Magic Round encounter with St George Illawarra in Brisbane (5.30pm kick-off local time; 7.30pm NZT). The 25-year-old Palmerston North-born Kiwi international will become Warrior #236 […]
Beale replaces Fusitu’a for Anzac Day
Kiwi international Gerard Beale replaces David Fusitu’a on the right wing while Blake Green has again been listed at halfback for the New Zealand Warriors’ traditional Anzac Day encounter with Melbourne at AMII Park on Thursday (7.50pm kick-off local time; 9.50pm NZT). Beale was used in the centres in last Saturday night’s 10-17 loss to […]
Green named for Warriors
Blake Green has been listed to return at halfback for the New Zealand Warriors’ sixth-round NRL clash against North Queensland at Mount Smart Stadium on Saturday (7.30pm kick-off). The veteran 32-year-old missed last Saturday’s narrow 24-28 loss to South Sydney after going down with a leg injury in the warm-up ahead of the Sunshine Coast […]
