Halfback Tanah Boyd and prop Tanner Stowers-Smith have been retained in the One New Zealand Warriors’ 19-man game day squad for Saturday’s night’s round seven NRL clash against Brisbane at Go Media Stadium (7.30pm kick-off; match day sponsor: V Energy).
The three players to be omitted from the extended squad at the 24-hour deadline are hooker Sam Healey, utility forward Freddy Lussick and centre Morgan Harper. They’re all set to line up in the New South Wales Cup curtain raiser against St George Illawarra.
With fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (concussion), co-captain James Fisher-Harris (pectoral) and centre Rocco Berry (suspension) all out, head coach Andrew Webster made a number of changes in the squad announced on Tuesday.
Taine Tuaupiki was moved from the right wing to fullback, Jackson Ford replaced Fisher-Harris in the front row, second rower Kurt Capewell was moved into the centres for Berry, Edward Kosi onto the right wing and Leka Halasima into the second row to fill the vacancy created by Capewell’s shift.
Capewell has started in the centres 14 times before in his career as well as being used there at Origin level for Queensland. He was at centre for most of the second half against the Storm on Sunday after Nicoll-Klokstad was forced off the field.
Match: Warriors v Broncos
Round 7 -
home Team
Warriors
away Team
Broncos
Team Lists
Backs
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Fullback for Warriors is number 1 Taine TuaupikiFullback for Broncos is number 1 Reece Walsh
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Winger for Warriors is number 2 Edward KosiWinger for Broncos is number 2 Selwyn Cobbo
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Centre for Warriors is number 3 Kurt CapewellCentre for Broncos is number 3 Kotoni Staggs
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Centre for Warriors is number 4 Ali LeiatauaCentre for Broncos is number 4 Gehamat Shibasaki
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Winger for Warriors is number 5 Adam PompeyWinger for Broncos is number 5 Jesse Arthars
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Five-Eighth for Warriors is number 6 Chanel Harris-TavitaFive-Eighth for Broncos is number 6 Ben Hunt
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Halfback for Warriors is number 7 Luke MetcalfHalfback for Broncos is number 7 Adam Reynolds
Forwards
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Prop for Warriors is number 8 Jackson FordProp for Broncos is number 8 Patrick Carrigan
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Hooker for Warriors is number 9 Wayde EganHooker for Broncos is number 14 Billy Walters
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Prop for Warriors is number 10 Mitchell BarnettProp for Broncos is number 10 Payne Haas
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2nd Row for Warriors is number 11 Leka Halasima2nd Row for Broncos is number 12 Jordan Riki
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2nd Row for Warriors is number 12 Marata Niukore2nd Row for Broncos is number 16 Xavier Willison
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Lock for Warriors is number 13 Erin ClarkLock for Broncos is number 13 Kobe Hetherington
Interchange
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Interchange for Warriors is number 14 Bunty AfoaInterchange for Broncos is number 9 Cory Paix
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Interchange for Warriors is number 15 Jacob LabanInterchange for Broncos is number 11 Jaiyden Hunt
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Interchange for Warriors is number 16 Demitric VaimaugaInterchange for Broncos is number 15 Corey Jensen
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Interchange for Warriors is number 17 Te Maire MartinInterchange for Broncos is number 17 Tyson Smoothy
Reserves
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Replacement for Warriors is number 20 Tanner Stowers-SmithReplacement for Broncos is number 18 Deine Mariner
Match Officials
- Referee: Chris Butler
- Senior Review Official: Kasey Badger
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The promotion of Ford and Halasima from the bench saw second rower Jacob Laban and halfback Te Maire Martin named to replace them on the interchange. However, Webster
With Fisher-Harris, Nicoll-Klokstad and Berry joining Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (wrist), Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (hamstring) and Tom Ale (foot) on the unavailable list this week, the Warriors are without a total of 840 matches in NRL experience.
Now the most seasoned specialist back left standing, 26-year-old Tuakau-raised Adam Pompey plays his 100th NRL game. HE has been one of the club’s quiet achievers since making his debut in the Warriors’ 19-18 win over Cronulla Sutherland in Wellington in 2019. Becoming the 31st player to reach the 100-game mark for the club, he’ll join Simon Mannering (301), Jerome Ropati (145) and Bunty Afoa (140) as the only players on the 100 list to have played their entire first-grade careers for the Warriors.
In their first home outing in four weeks, the Warriors’ 30th anniversary encounter with their original opponents will have a strong Pasifika flavour as the club puts its own stamp on the NRL’s Multicultural Round.
To that end, the Warriors will be decked out in a distinctive Pasifika-designed jersey in a week when cultural connection has been to the fore for the club.
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Media Day: Webster, Afoa, Metcalf and Pompey
The club’s Jersey Flegg Cup and New South Wales Cup teams will also play at Go Media Stadium on Saturday as the Warriors seek to win their third straight NRL game at home after earlier successes against Manly Warringah and the Sydney Roosters.
They suffered a disappointing setback last Sunday when Melbourne’s first half blitz led to a 14-42 loss although the Warriors checked the flow of points with three of the four tries scored in the second half.
They face a Brisbane side also smarting after a 16-26 loss to the Roosters at Suncorp Stadium which leaves the Broncos on the same number of points as the Warriors (8).
