Of the 43 players used by the Vodafone Junior Warriors this year, no fewer than 25 made their under-20 debuts in what is the NYC's 10th and final season.
The vast majority of the newcomers were 17-year-olds while there were others - like Dylan Tavita, Preston Riki and Elijah Sufia - who had made only a handful of appearances in their debut campaigns in 2016.
The team's lack of experience was further emphasised by the fact just one player - co-captain Chris Sio - brought up the 50-game milestone for the Vodafone Junior Warriors during the campaign (Erin Clark went past the 50 mark with appearances he made for Canberra).
In a challenging season, Kane Telea was again the Vodafone Junior Warriors' top points- scorer, his tally of 84 points taking his NYC career total to 212 in two seasons.
Despite a season-ending injury, wing Lewis Soosemea was the top try scorer with nine followed by Telea and Melino Fineanganofo with eight each.
Chris Sio had the most matches with 23.
- The table below lists matches, tries, goals and points for the 2017 season and overall career statistics.
- Legend | M - matches; T - tries; G - goals; PTS - points.
- Asterisk denotes players who made their NYC debuts in 2017.
NYC SQUAD STATISTICS
Player |
2017 stats |
Career (all clubs) |
||||||
|
M |
T |
G |
PTS |
M |
T |
G |
PTS |
EIDEN ACKLAND |
17 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
27 |
6 |
0 |
24 |
DONOVAN BRIGGS* |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
ERIN CLARK |
7 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
53 |
16 |
0 |
64 |
KEANU DAWSON |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
MATT FAITOTOA |
7 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
24 |
9 |
0 |
36 |
MELINO FINEANGANOFO |
20 |
8 |
0 |
32 |
35 |
9 |
0 |
36 |
MARK GRAHAM* |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
LIAM HAMPSON* |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SHANE HANNAM* |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA |
21 |
6 |
17 |
58 |
39 |
7 |
17 |
72 |
SOANE HUFANGA* |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
KAYAL IRO* |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
KENESE KENESE |
21 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
44 |
5 |
0 |
20 |
DEAN KOUKA-SMITH |
11 |
4 |
0 |
16 |
17 |
8 |
0 |
32 |
KEANU LAUMATIA-PAKI* |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MICHAEL LEMAFA* |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
KELEPI LUI* |
11 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
UENUKU MALESALA* |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
JEROME MAMEA |
17 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
33 |
4 |
0 |
16 |
NATHAN NEWTON* |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
ISRAEL OGDEN* |
9 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
TAYHLER PAORA* |
17 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
ISAIAH PAPALI’I |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
6 |
0 |
24 |
JORDAN PINNOCK |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
JAVVIER PITOVAO* |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
GIBSON POPOALII* |
15 |
5 |
2 |
24 |
15 |
5 |
2 |
24 |
TROY PULUPAKI* |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
PRESTON RIKI |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
SHELDON ROGERS* |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CHRIS SIO |
23 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
58 |
7 |
0 |
28 |
LEWIS SIO* |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TYLER SLADE* |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
LEWIS SOOSEMEA |
13 |
9 |
0 |
36 |
45 |
25 |
0 |
100 |
ELIJAH SUFIA |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DYLAN TAVITA |
9 |
4 |
3 |
22 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
28 |
KANE TELEA |
22 |
8 |
26 |
84 |
45 |
18 |
70 |
212 |
SIONE TUIPULOTU* |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
HAVI TUPOUNIUA* |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
LEE TURNER* |
20 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
20 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
PAUL TURNER* |
12 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
AUSSIE TUWHANGAI* |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
EDWARD VAEAU-MULITALO* |
8 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
JOSEPH VUNA |
21 |
6 |
0 |
24 |
43 |
6 |
0 |
24 |
