Halfway through their campaign, the One New Zealand Warriors will be hunting a rebound performance when they take on the Newtown Jets in today’s round 15 New South Wales Cup clash at Go Media Stadium (4.45pm kick-off).
After collecting two points from their bye last week they sit eighth on the ladder on 16 points, four behind the Jets who fifth and just inside the top five as it stands.
Victory is key if the defending premiers are to maintain contact with the play-off sports.
To do so they’ll need a much-improved start than the one they had against the competition-leading Panthers when they conceded a 0-30 lead before laying on 20 unanswered points in the final 25 minutes.
When they faced the Jets at Henson Park in round five, the Warriors worked their way to a gritty 26-24 victory.
Since then their form has fluctuated with a loss to the Storm followed by victory over the Sea Eagles, back-to-back defeats by the Bears and the Eels, wins over the Storm and the Dragons and then the setback against Penrith.
Like the NRL side, this will also be the New South Wales Cup team’s first time back at Go Media Stadium since April 18 when they beat the Sea Eagles 38-22.
There'll be special interest in centre Rocco Berry as he continues his comeback from injury after a 60-minute effort two weeks ago.
Match: Warriors v Jets
Round 15 -
home Team
Warriors
away Team
Jets
Team Lists
Backs
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Fullback for Warriors is number 6 Luke HansonFullback for Jets is number 1 Liam Ison
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Winger for Warriors is number 2 Daeon AmituanaiWinger for Jets is number 2 Kristian Dixon
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Centre for Warriors is number 3 Rocco BerryCentre for Jets is number 3 Riley Jones
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Centre for Warriors is number 4 Jye LinnaneCentre for Jets is number 4 Michael Gabrael
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Winger for Warriors is number 5 Sio KaliWinger for Jets is number 5 Morgan Harper
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Five-Eighth for Warriors is number 9 Jett ClearyFive-Eighth for Jets is number 6 Taj Ford
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Halfback for Warriors is number 7 Luke MetcalfHalfback for Jets is number 7 Riley Pollard
Forwards
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Prop for Warriors is number 8 Cooper Page-WilsonProp for Jets is number 8 Felix Faatili
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Hooker for Warriors is number 17 Amasio TiatiaHooker for Jets is number 9 Kobie Wilson
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Prop for Warriors is number 10 Rodney Tuipulotu-VeaProp for Jets is number 14 Sam McCulloch
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2nd Row for Warriors is number 11 Christian Sikuvea2nd Row for Jets is number 11 Jaxon Lavender
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2nd Row for Warriors is number 12 Connor Bowden2nd Row for Jets is number 12 Harrison Hassett
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Lock for Warriors is number 14 Jacob AuloaLock for Jets is number 13 Blake Hosking
Interchange
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Interchange for Warriors is number 1 Geronimo DoyleInterchange for Jets is number 10 Bradley Fearnley
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Interchange for Warriors is number 13 Jason SalaliloInterchange for Jets is number 15 Joe Nadenic
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Interchange for Warriors is number 15 Tyson HansenInterchange for Jets is number 16 Jontay-Junior Betham-Misa
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Interchange for Warriors is number 16 Emosi RavosaiInterchange for Jets is number 17 Xavier Cacciotti
Reserves
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Replacement for Warriors is number 18 Jeremiah LemanaReplacement for Jets is number 18 Khaled Rajab
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