Each week fans on our social media accounts vote for their NZ Player of the Round, with a running leaderboard which decides the 2018 kiwileaguecentral.com NZ Player of the Year. (Photo: warriors.kiwi). Round 7 NZ Player of Week points: Issac Luke – 4 points Manu Ma’u – 3 points Jason Taumalolo – 2 points Alex Glenn […]
Top 50 NZ players of 2017: 30-21
Kiwileaguecentral.com is celebrating the 50 best New Zealand league players on the planet right now, with the release of our annual NZ Top 50. Spots 30-21 contain a couple of New Zealand’s best backs, bookend beasts and arguably the most underrated Kiwi in the game. * Note this list is based on Kiwi-eligible players who […]
NZ Player of the Week – Rd 24
Each week fans on our social media accounts vote for their NZ Player of the Round, with a running leaderboard which decides the 2017 kiwileaguecentral.com NZ Player of the Year. Round 24 NZ Player of Week points: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck – 4 points Simon Mannering – 3 points Alex Glenn – 2 points Jared Waerea-Hargreaves – […]
Who could the Warriors target for 2018?
Kieran Foran is probably gone and Ben Matulino looks like he won’t be in Auckland next year either. Those two are likely to be the start of a high player turnover for the Warriors this year. With that in mind kiwileaguecentral.com takes a look at a few players coach Stephen Kearney could target for 2018. […]
Eight added to NZ train-on squad
(Main photo: Suaia Matagi played for the Kiwis in the 2014 Four Nations campaign. Credit: photosport.nz). Junior Kiwi James Fisher-Harris has earned a spot on the NZ Kiwis training squad for next month’s Test against Australia in Perth and the subsequent Four Nations Tournament in England. The Penrith Panthers forward was named to the national […]
NRL Rd 6 through black and white eyes
kiwileaguecentral.com takes a look at the latest round of NRL action from a New Zealand point of view. Kiwis were responsible for 14 tries in Round 6, with Manly’s Steve Matai and Penrith flyer Dallin Watene-Zelezniak leading the way with doubles on Saturday night. Matai was instrumental in his return to Auckland, as the Sea Eagles […]
Five local players make Rd 4 NRL Team of the Week
Original story by Jack Brady – NRL.com Flyers Solomone Kata and Shaun Kenny-Dowall, plus forwards Alex Glenn, Jason Taumalolo and Ben Matulino add some Kiwi flavour to the NRL team of the Week for Round 4. 1. Josh Dugan (Dragons) He scored the match-winning try against Penrith, but even before that Dugan’s 210 metres and […]
