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Team List: Potent lineup picked to face Sharks

Offseason signings James Fisher-Harris and Erin Clark have both been named to start against Cronulla Sutherland in the One New Zealand Warriors’ first Preseason Challenge clash at Sharks Stadium in Sydney on Friday night (7.30pm kick-off local time; 9.30pm NZT).

The 29-year-old four-times NRL premiership winner Fisher-Harris will make his Warriors debut after joining the club on a four-year contract from Penrith.

The Kiwi captain and 203-game veteran lines up in an experienced front row alongside his 2018-2019 Panthers teammate Wayde Egan and Mitchell Barnett.

Clark (27) will run on at loose forward for his first outing in a Warriors jersey in eight years after returning home from the Gold Coast Titans.

After making his NRL debut for the One New Zealand Warriors in 2017 he returned to the first-grade scene in 2020, amassing 94 games for the Titans in the last five seasons.

Rounding off the starting pack are second rowers Kurt Capewell and the Warriors’ 2024 NRL rookie of the year Jacob Laban.

For the first Preseason Challenge match, One New Zealand Warriors head coach Andrew Webster has paired Luke Metcalf and Te Maire Martin in the halves. Not considered for the opening trial were the club’s other two frontline halves Chanel Harris-Tavita and new signing Tanah Boyd, who both have niggles.

Team Lists

Backs

  • Fullback for Sharks is number 1 William Kennedy
    Fullback for Warriors is number 1 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
  • Winger for Sharks is number 2 Sione Katoa
    Winger for Warriors is number 2 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
  • Centre for Sharks is number 3 Mawene Hiroti
    Centre for Warriors is number 3 Ali Leiataua
  • Centre for Sharks is number 4 Kayal Iro
    Centre for Warriors is number 4 Adam Pompey
  • Winger for Sharks is number 5 Samuel Stonestreet
    Winger for Warriors is number 18 Edward Kosi
  • Five-Eighth for Sharks is number 6 Daniel Atkinson
    Five-Eighth for Warriors is number 6 Te Maire Martin
  • Halfback for Sharks is number 7 Niwhai Puru
    Halfback for Warriors is number 7 Luke Metcalf

Forwards

  • Prop for Sharks is number 8 Braden Hamlin-Uele
    Prop for Warriors is number 8 James Fisher-Harris
  • Hooker for Sharks is number 9 Jayden Berrell
    Hooker for Warriors is number 9 Wayde Egan
  • Prop for Sharks is number 10 Thomas Hazelton
    Prop for Warriors is number 10 Mitchell Barnett
  • 2nd Row for Sharks is number 11 Siosifa Talakai
    2nd Row for Warriors is number 12 Kurt Capewell
  • 2nd Row for Sharks is number 12 Billy Burns
    2nd Row for Warriors is number 15 Marata Niukore
  • Lock for Sharks is number 13 Oregon Kaufusi
    Lock for Warriors is number 13 Erin Clark

Interchange

  • Interchange for Sharks is number 14 Hohepa Puru
    Interchange for Warriors is number 11 Jacob Laban
  • Interchange for Sharks is number 15 Tuku Hau Tapuha
    Interchange for Warriors is number 14 Demitric Vaimauga
  • Interchange for Sharks is number 16 Lachlan Crouch
    Interchange for Warriors is number 16 Moala Graham-Taufa
  • Interchange for Sharks is number 17 Blake Hosking
    Interchange for Warriors is number 17 Sio Kali

Reserves

  • Reserve for Sharks is number 18 Chris Vea'ila
    Reserve for Warriors is number 20 Luke Hanson
  • Reserve for Sharks is number 19 Kyle Pickering
    Reserve for Warriors is number 21 Jett Cleary
  • Reserve for Sharks is number 20 Michael Gabrael
    Reserve for Warriors is number 22 Taine Tuaupiki
  • Reserve for Sharks is number 21 Brad Fearnley
    Reserve for Warriors is number 23 Daeon Amituanai
  • Reserve for Sharks is number 22 Taj Ford
    Reserve for Warriors is number 24 Bunty Afoa
  • Reserve for Sharks is number 23 Riley Pollard
    Reserve for Warriors is number 25 Eddie Ieremia-Toeava
  • Reserve for Sharks is number 24 Eli Clark
    Reserve for Warriors is number 26 Samuel Healey
  • Reserve for Sharks is number 25 Kristian Dixon
    Reserve for Warriors is number 27 Dylan Walker
  • Reserve for Sharks is number 26 Felix Faatili
    Reserve for Warriors is number 28 Tanner Stowers-Smith
  • Reserve for Sharks is number 27 Samuel McCulloch
    Reserve for Warriors is number 29 Freddy Lussick
  • Reserve for Warriors is number 30 Motu Pasikala

Match Officials

  • Referee: Liam Kennedy
  • Senior Review Official: Kasey Badger

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Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is at fullback, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak on the right wing and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck on the left flank with Adam Pompey and Ali Leiataua in the centres.

A further 15 players are named on an extended bench including seasoned forwards Dylan Walker, Marata Niukore and Bunty Afoa plus fullback Taine Tuaupiki, winger Edward Kosi and hooker Freddy Lussick.

Young NRL players Demitric Vaimauga and Moala Graham-Taufa are also named along with a host of the club’s promising players in outside back Sio Kali, halves Luke Hanson and new signing Jett Cleary, forwards Eddie Ieremia-Toeava and Tanner Stowers-Smith, hooker Sam Healey – signed from Cronulla Sutherland – and former Penrith winger Daeon Amituanai. Amituanai, who scored 28 tries in 48 New South Wales Cup games for the Panthers in the last three seasons, is back with the Warriors after being in the club’s first SG Ball Cup side in 2020.

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