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Rd 15 Confirmed Line-up: 1-17

The One New Zealand Warriors line up 1-17 for tonight’s 15th-round NRL clash against the Raiders at GIO Stadium in Canberra (6.00pm kick-off local time; 8.00pm NZT).

Fullback Taine Tuaupiki is the 18th man and halfback Ronald Volkman 19th.

Three of the Warriors’ NRL side will mark 50-game milestones tomorrow night.

Back rower Josh Curran, who made one appearance for the Roosters in 2019, will play his 50th career match and his 49th for the Warriors (his 50th for the club is set to be achieved against St George Illawarra on June 23.

Prop Addin Fonua-Blake and winger Marcelo Montoya reach their 50th milestone for the Warriors after joining the club in 2021.

Making his NRL debut as Warrior #282 tomorrow night is centre Ali Leiataua 19 years after his uncle and rugby legend Ali Lauitiiti played his last game for the club.

Team Lists

Backs

  • Fullback for Raiders is number 1 Sebastian Kris
    Fullback for Warriors is number 1 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
  • Winger for Raiders is number 2 Albert Hopoate
    Winger for Warriors is number 2 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
  • Centre for Raiders is number 3 Jarrod Croker
    Centre for Warriors is number 3 Ali Leiataua
  • Centre for Raiders is number 4 Matthew Timoko
    Centre for Warriors is number 4 Adam Pompey
  • Winger for Raiders is number 5 Jordan Rapana
    Winger for Warriors is number 5 Marcelo Montoya
  • Five-Eighth for Raiders is number 6 Jack Wighton
    Five-Eighth for Warriors is number 6 Luke Metcalf
  • Halfback for Raiders is number 7 Jamal Fogarty
    Halfback for Warriors is number 7 Shaun Johnson

Forwards

  • Prop for Raiders is number 8 Josh Papali'i
    Prop for Warriors is number 8 Addin Fonua-Blake
  • Hooker for Raiders is number 9 Zac Woolford
    Hooker for Warriors is number 9 Wayde Egan
  • Prop for Raiders is number 10 Joseph Tapine
    Prop for Warriors is number 10 Bunty Afoa
  • 2nd Row for Raiders is number 11 Hudson Young
    2nd Row for Warriors is number 11 Jackson Ford
  • 2nd Row for Raiders is number 12 Elliott Whitehead
    2nd Row for Warriors is number 12 Marata Niukore
  • Lock for Raiders is number 13 Corey Horsburgh
    Lock for Warriors is number 13 Tohu Harris

Interchange

  • Interchange for Raiders is number 14 Tom Starling
    Interchange for Warriors is number 14 Bayley Sironen
  • Interchange for Raiders is number 15 Emre Guler
    Interchange for Warriors is number 15 Josh Curran
  • Interchange for Raiders is number 16 Nick Cotric
    Interchange for Warriors is number 16 Mitchell Barnett
  • Interchange for Raiders is number 17 Pasami Saulo
    Interchange for Warriors is number 17 Tom Ale

Reserves

  • Replacement for Raiders is number 18 Matt Frawley
    Replacement for Warriors is number 20 Taine Tuaupiki

Match Officials

  • Referee: Grant Atkins
  • Touch Judge: Drew Oultram
  • Touch Judge: Dave Munro
  • Senior Review Official: Kasey Badger

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Leiataua has been brought in to replace Rocco Berry who has been ruled out after being concussed early in Saturday night’s 30-8 win over the Dolphins.

It’s the only change to the 17-man squad used on Saturday night with Dylan Walker ruled out for the third week running with a fractured toe.

The 20-year-old Leiataua has been in outstanding form for the club’s New South Wales Cup side throughout the season, scoring nine tries in 13 appearances including two superb efforts in Saturday’s 22-24 loss to South Sydney.

Averaging 136 metres a game, he has made nine line-breaks along with six try assists and 51 tackle breaks.

In the club’s system since he was 14, Leiataua was a foundation member of the One New Zealand Warriors’ first SG Ball Cup under-18 side in 2020. While based in Redcliffe with the Warriors last season, he scored 13 tries in 13 appearances for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Rugby League colts’ competition.

His sister Onjeurlina was in the Warriors’ first NRLW team in 2018 and again in 2019 while his uncle Ali (Warrior #55) played 115 times for the Warriors from 1998-2004.

The trip to Canberra will be a night for milestones with Leiataua becoming Warrior #282 on the same day Raiders centre Jarrod Croker plays his 300th match, the 48th player to do so in the competition’s history.

The Warriors and Canberra go into Friday night’s match separated by just one place and one win on the table. The Raiders sit sixth on 18 points with an 8-5 record while the Warriors are seventh on 16 points with a 7-6 return. 

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The New Zealand Warriors honour the mana of the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa, Australia and the Pacific. We acknowledge the traditional kaitiaki of the lands, elders past and present, their stories, their traditions, their mamae and their mana motuhake.

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