NRL Team List: Tanah Boyd at halfback

NRL Team List: Boyd at half, Tuaupiki, DWZ come in

Author: Richard Becht & photosport.nz
Timestamp: Tue 8 Jul 2025, 03:59 PM

Halfback Tanah Boyd will make his club debut, Taine Tuaupiki starts at fullback and winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak returns from injury for the One New Zealand Warriors’ sold-out round 19 NRL clash against the Wests Tigers at Go Media Stadium on Sunday (4.00pm kick-off).

At the same time, Queensland second rower Kurt Capewell has been named on the extended bench and could be a late inclusion depending on how he comes through tomorrow night’s State of Origin series decider in Sydney.

With halfback Luke Metcalf’s season ended by an ACL injury in the loss to the Broncos, One New Zealand Warriors head coach Andrew Webster has called up the seasoned Boyd who has been outstanding for the club’s table-topping New South Wales Cup side.

The 24-year-old, who will become Warrior #293, arrived this season after 69 NRL games for Gold Coast. Noted for his general kicking game, he’s also a top-flight goal-kicker with an 80 per cent success rate at first-grade level.

Round 19 - Sunday 13th July

Full Time

Warriors

Wests Tigers

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Warriors is number 1 Taine Tuaupiki

Fullback for Wests Tigers is number 1 Sunia Turuva
Winger for Warriors is number 2 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

Winger for Wests Tigers is number 2 Charlie Staines
Centre for Warriors is number 3 Adam Pompey

Centre for Wests Tigers is number 3 Adam Doueihi
Centre for Warriors is number 4 Rocco Berry

Centre for Wests Tigers is number 4 Starford To'a
Winger for Warriors is number 5 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

Winger for Wests Tigers is number 5 Jeral Skelton
Five-Eighth for Warriors is number 6 Chanel Harris-Tavita

Five-Eighth for Wests Tigers is number 6 Jarome Luai
Halfback for Warriors is number 7 Tanah Boyd

Halfback for Wests Tigers is number 7 Latu Fainu

Forwards

Prop for Warriors is number 8 James Fisher-Harris

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 8 Terrell May
Hooker for Warriors is number 9 Wayde Egan

Hooker for Wests Tigers is number 9 Apisai Koroisau
Prop for Warriors is number 10 Jackson Ford

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 10 Fonua Pole
2nd Row for Warriors is number 11 Leka Halasima

2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 11 Samuela Fainu
2nd Row for Warriors is number 12 Marata Niukore

2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 12 Tony Sukkar
Lock for Warriors is number 13 Erin Clark

Lock for Wests Tigers is number 13 Alex Twal

Interchange

Interchange for Warriors is number 14 Te Maire Martin

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 14 Tristan Hope
Interchange for Warriors is number 15 Jacob Laban

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 15 Alex Seyfarth
Interchange for Warriors is number 16 Demitric Vaimauga

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 16 Sione Fainu
Interchange for Warriors is number 17 Tanner Stowers-Smith

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 17 Jack Bird

Reserves

Replacement for Warriors is number 18 Eddie Ieremia-Toeava

Replacement for Wests Tigers is number 18 Heath Mason

Match Officials

Referee: Gerard Sutton
Senior Review Official: Ashley Klein

Last updated: 12:40 am Monday 14th July 2025

In 13 outings for the Warriors’ NSW Cup side this year – all wins – he has scored 137 points with an 80.49 per cent goal-kicking strike rate while he has 16 try assists, an average 300 kicking metres a game, nine tackle breaks and an average 68 running metres a game.

With first-choice fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad sidelined with a knee injury, Tuaupiki returns for his 21st career appearance and his 10th this season; he started at fullback in the round seven win over the Broncos while he was used on the wing in his other eight outings.

Watene-Zelezniak is back from an ankle injury suffered in the round 16 loss to Penrith, his sixth match back following a delayed start to the campaign from wrist surgery.

Apart from the backline changes, Webster has named Jackson Ford to start in the front row with Marata Niukore – used as a starting prop in four of the last five games – listed in the second row with Leka Halasima.

As it stands now, the interchange comprises utility Te Maire Martin and three of the club’s young brigade in Jacob Laban, Demitric Vaimauga and Tanner Stowers-Smith.

The Warriors come into the match off their third and final bye after suffering back-to-back losses for the first time this season against the Panthers and the Broncos.

They remain in fourth place on 26 points with a 10-5 record, four points ahead of fifth-placed Brisbane and five ahead of sixth-placed Penrith.

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Match Highlights: Leka lights up in pulsating contest

The Tigers will be buoyant after snapping a six-match losing streak with a 30-28 win over the Roosters on Sunday which moved them to 14th on the ladder, four points off eighth spot.

When the two teams met at Campbelltown Sports Stadium in round four, the Warriors grabbed a dramatic 26-24 win, their ninth victory in their last 10 games against the Tigers.

The NRL match is the main event of an historic tripleheader at home with the NRLW side facing Parramatta in the curtain raiser kicking off at 1.50pm and the New South Wales Cup team playing Western Suburbs at 11.40am.

It’s the first time the club’s NRL and NRLW sides have shared the same game day at Go Media Stadium and only the second time the Warriors have had an NRLW home game (the first being a stand-alone against the Dragons in 2019).