Six of kind equal record: CNK, DWZ, RTS, CHT, JFH and TSS

Author: Richard Becht & photosport.nz
Timestamp: Fri 23 May 2025, 01:41 PM

For those with a keen eye for sporting trivia, the One New Zealand Warriors provided a special slice of it last week.

It was to do with the make-up of the 22-man squad named on Tuesday for the round 11 match against the Dolphins.

Not so much exactly which players were selected, rather a small but nonetheless key feature eight of them boasted.

The bookends of the list – Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad in jersey #1 to Moala Graham-Taufa in #23 – provided the answer. Hyphenated names.

In this instance no few than eight players selected – more than a third of the extended squad, had double-banger names with the other six being Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Chanel Harris-Tavita, James Fisher-Harris, Eddie Ieremia-Toeava, Tanner Stowers-Smith and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck.

When the group was trimmed to the playing 17 six hyphens remained with Ieremia-Toeava and Graham-Taufa omitted.

Round 11 - Round 11 - Saturday 17 May

Full Time

Dolphins

Warriors

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Dolphins is number 1 Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow

Fullback for Warriors is number 1 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
Winger for Dolphins is number 2 Jamayne Isaako

Winger for Warriors is number 2 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
Centre for Dolphins is number 3 Jake Averillo

Centre for Warriors is number 3 Adam Pompey
Centre for Dolphins is number 4 Herbie Farnworth

Centre for Warriors is number 4 Kurt Capewell
Winger for Dolphins is number 5 Jack Bostock

Winger for Warriors is number 22 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Five-Eighth for Dolphins is number 6 Kodi Nikorima

Five-Eighth for Warriors is number 6 Chanel Harris-Tavita
Halfback for Dolphins is number 7 Isaiya Katoa

Halfback for Warriors is number 7 Luke Metcalf

Forwards

Prop for Dolphins is number 8 Francis Molo

Prop for Warriors is number 8 James Fisher-Harris
Hooker for Dolphins is number 9 Kurt Donoghoe

Hooker for Warriors is number 9 Wayde Egan
Prop for Dolphins is number 10 Felise Kaufusi

Prop for Warriors is number 10 Mitchell Barnett
2nd Row for Dolphins is number 11 Kulikefu Finefeuiaki

2nd Row for Warriors is number 11 Leka Halasima
2nd Row for Dolphins is number 12 Tom Gilbert

2nd Row for Warriors is number 12 Marata Niukore
Lock for Dolphins is number 13 Ray Stone

Lock for Warriors is number 13 Erin Clark

Interchange

Interchange for Dolphins is number 14 Harrison Graham

Interchange for Warriors is number 14 Te Maire Martin
Interchange for Dolphins is number 15 Mark Nicholls

Interchange for Warriors is number 15 Jacob Laban
Interchange for Dolphins is number 16 Josh Kerr

Interchange for Warriors is number 16 Demitric Vaimauga
Interchange for Dolphins is number 17 Connelly Lemuelu

Interchange for Warriors is number 20 Tanner Stowers-Smith

Reserves

Replacement for Dolphins is number 18 Sean O'Sullivan

Replacement for Warriors is number 18 Eddie Ieremia-Toeava

Match Officials

Referee: Peter Gough
Touch Judge: Belinda Sharpe
Senior Review Official: Kasey Badger

Last updated: 5/18/2025 10:54:18 PM

It prompted the thought that this might be a record for an NRL side. It is, equal anyway.

The Warriors also had six players with hyphenated times in last year’s round 24 match against the Eels – Nicoll-Klokstad, Watene-Zelezniak, Graham-Taufa, Tuivasa-Sheck, Harris-Tavita and Addin Fonua-Blake.

In that match and last week against the Dolphins there was an opposition player with a hyphenated name – Eels prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Dolphins fullback Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow.

Of the Warriors’ first 199 players from 1995 to 2014 there wasn’t one player in the hyphen category.

The first would be Raymond Faitala-Mariner when he became Warrior #200 in round eight in 2015.

Since then there have been 10 more, Tanner-Stowers the latest last week.

Middleton confirms the first hyphenated name in the competition was Jack Gray-Spence for Eastern Suburbs in 1932. The next was Jack’s brother Jim, who played one game for St George in 1936, which caused some confusion for statisticians dealing with more than one J Gray-Spence.

Not until 1986 was there a third hyphenated player in Chris Macklin-Shaw at Illawarra.

Middleton says all up there have been 46 players with hyphenated names – 18 born in New Zealand – while there are currently 20 hyphenators in the NRL this season.

Hyphenated Warriors
#200	Raymond Faitala-Mariner
#203	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
#218	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
#233	Chanel Harris-Tavita
#241	Jamayne Taunoa-Brown
#252	Addin Fonua-Blake
#254	Ben Murdoch-Masila
#262	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
#288	Moala Graham-Taufa
#290	James Fisher-Harris
#292	Tanner Stowers-Smith