2019 Roster: Gains & Losses

[JJ]

Kearney has a plan for the lads... only the lads that are drinking the same Kool Aid though

 

[ZEROMISSTACKLES]

Yes... but I am not completely buying the Aussie v Kiwi thing - what we want is players that have learned the game in Australia... and are proven winners...

If you want to discuss criminal retirement gigs, Blair is #1 - he's been f**king useless since he left Melbourne - worse than wee Todd Lowrie

We're getting second rate Kiwis too - Hiku, Beale, Blair, even Ah Mau...

RTS and Tohu are elite, and maybe we don't get elite Aussies - but surely we can do better than 3/4 above, Ah Mau is the only first grader among them, but he's a useful part of a rotation, not J Bromwich or David Klemmer

I'm just talking about Aussies, NOTHING to do with kiwis. Who brought kiwis in to this? not me. It's not a Aussie vs Kiwi thing at all. It's simply to do with why we aren't getting any great Aussie players.

All I'm saying is what's been happening. We are NOT getting any superstar Aussie players, we'll ask but they'll never come here for the reasons I've provided. We won't get a young inform Latrell Mitchell or a Cooper Cronk. We MIGHT get them when they're old and past it to which we'll pay top dollar.

Maybe a well respected top Aussie coach might choose to coach us and recruit good talent as well. All I know is we certainly ain't getting them in their prime and haven't been since we started. You can't blame them either with the way we go about our seasons.

 

[JJ]

I'm just talking about Aussies, NOTHING to do with kiwis. Who brought kiwis in to this? not me. It's not a Aussie vs Kiwi thing at all. It's simply to do with why we aren't getting any great Aussie players.

All I'm saying is what's been happening. We are NOT getting any superstar Aussie players, we'll ask but they'll never come here for the reasons I've provided. We won't get a young inform Latrell Mitchell or a Cooper Cronk. We MIGHT get them when they're old and past it to which we'll pay top dollar.

Maybe a well respected top Aussie coach might choose to coach us and recruit good talent as well. All I know is we certainly ain't getting them in their prime and haven't been since we started. You can't blame them either with the way we go about our seasons.

Calm down big fella

I’d have taken a Cronk or Smith or Gallen in a heat beat... all old but on and off field are leaders

Quite simply none would play for the potato anyway

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

"Limited NRL minutes due to competition for places"

f**k off, just go and f**k right off.

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

TBF, I were a young upcomer Aussie NRL player with bags of potential, or a world class superstar....I wouldn't even think of coming here.

a) Why move from family...if you're meaning top line NRL stars, it won't be a money issue.
b) Why move to a club who has, barring a good season here or there have given us 25 years of mediocrity
c) Why would you want to play under Kearney as oppose a Bellamy or a Bennett?
d) Is Auckland really an attractive city for an Australian who could go to a Sydney, QLD or even Melb?

If I were a rising NRL player, the Warriors would be one of the last clubs I'd want to play for. (well, not me, I'd chose the Warriors because they are my team...I'm speaking from an Australian players POV)

Let's face it, we're not an attractive option.

 

[ZEROMISSTACKLES]

TBF, I were a young upcomer Aussie NRL player with bags of potential, or a world class superstar....I wouldn't even think of coming here.

a) Why move from family...if you're meaning top line NRL stars, it won't be a money issue.
b) Why move to a club who has, barring a good season here or there have given us 25 years of mediocrity
c) Why would you want to play under Kearney as oppose a Bellamy or a Bennett?
d) Is Auckland really an attractive city for an Australian who could go to a Sydney, QLD or even Melb?

If I were a rising NRL player, the Warriors would be one of the last clubs I'd want to play for. (well, not me, I'd chose the Warriors because they are my team...I'm speaking from an Australian players POV)

Let's face it, we're not an attractive option.

Yep to all of that.

We should never stop trying to get them but its totally understandable as to why we never get any.

 

[Mr Angry]

Surely Auckland has some nice suburbs......I do not know only ever stopped at the airport.

I mean Ben Hunt did not move to Mt Druitt. Pretty sure Ponga would have a nice beach pad and not a fibro house in Cessnock.

Just saying for a player on over 1/2 million should be able to have nice surroundings.

Unsuccessful club and Potato coach, yeah no young stars coming.

 

[Campion]

There are no nice suburbs in Auckland. It is a genuine shithole. All the shortcomings of a large city and none of the perks.

 

[One Warrior]

Ligi Sao signed by Hull FC for 2020 & beyond:


Warriors forward Ligi Sao joining Super League side Hull FC at end of NRL season
13:11, Aug 16 2019

ANDREW CORNAGA/PHOTOSPORT
Ligi Sao will leave the Warriors at the end of the year to play in the Super League.
Warriors forward Ligi Sao is leaving the club at the end of the NRL season to play in the Super League.

The off-contract 26-year-old has signed a two-year deal with Hull FC, who reportedly beat off competition to sign the versatile prop/lock.

Sao is in his fourth season at the Warriors, having played 23 games for the club since joining in 2016. Prior to that he played 21 matches for the Manly Sea Eagles in 2013 and 2015. He has also played one test for Samoa, in 2018.

ANDREW CORNAGA/PHOTOSPORT
After four years at the Warriors, Ligi Sao has signed a two-year deal with Hull FC.
This year Sao has featured in just five outings, all from the bench, having returned to the side in last Friday's 24-16 win over Manly in Auckland following time with the Canterbury Cup side. He has again been named on the interchange for Sunday's clash with the Roosters in Sydney.




He will have a familiar face at Hull FC, in fellow forward Chris Satae, who was given an immediate release by the Warriors last week, while other new recruits for the club, who sit third with four rounds to play in the regular season, include fellow NRL reps Mahe Fonua and Manu Ma'u.

ANDREW CORNAGA/PHOTOSPORT
Ligi Sao has made the call to head to the UK in the prime of his career.
Sao told the Hull FC website he was excited about what his new move had in store.

"I know the club have been going pretty well over the past few years so I'm really pleased to be joining a positive environment which that success has created," he said.

"As a rugby league player in Australia, a lot of players who make the move to Super League do so at the back end of their career, but I saw this as a big opportunity for me while I'm in the prime of my career to show what I'm about.

"For me it was a chance to push myself to the next level. You can't turn down a big club and a big chance like this.

"My family are really excited to move to the UK too. We've loved our time in New Zealand but it's an exciting time for them too to see the other side of the world.

 

[One Warrior]

1. Current Squad/year contract expires
   
   David Fusitua 2023
   Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2022
   Ken Maumalo 2022
   Agnatius Paasi 2022
   Tohu Harris 2021
   Bunty Afoa 2021
   Karl Lawton 2021
2. Jazz Tevaga 2021
3. Nathaniel Roache 2020
   Leivaha Pulu 2020
   Adam Blair 2020 (PO 2021)
   Gerard Beale 2020
   Peta HIku 2020
   Blake Green 2020
   Sam Lisone 2020
   Isaish Papalii 2020
   Chanel Harris-Tavita 2020
   Ligi Sao 2019
   Blake Ayshford 2019
   Lewis Soosemea 2019
   Hayze Perham 2019 (CO 2020)
   Isaac Luke 2019
   
   
   Development Contracts
   
   Paul Turner
   Eliesa Katoa (Tamaki College)
   Selestino Ravutamada (Rotorua Boys High School)
   
   
   Losses
   
   Zac Santo (Townsville Blackhawks)
   Albert Vete (Melbourne Storm)
   Manaia Cherrington
   Anthony Gelling (Widnes Vikings)
   Simon Mannering (Retirement)
   Mason Lino (Newcastle Knights)
   Joseph Vuna (Mormon mission)
   Junior Pauga (Wynnum Manly Seagulls)
   Patrick Sipley (Wynnum Manly Seagulls)
   Matiu Love-Henry (Wynnum Manly Seagulls)
   James Gavet (Newcastle Knights)
   Shaun Johnson (Cronulla Sharks)
   James Bell - Released apparently (???)
   Charnze Nicole-Klokstad (Canberra Raiders)
   Sam Cook (Mackay Cutters/North Queensland Cowboys)
   Solomone Kata (Melbourne Storm)
4. Chris Satae (Hull FC)
   
   Gains
   
   Leeson Ah Mau 2021(St George Dragons)
   Adam Keighran 2020 (Penrith Panthers)
   Taane Milne 2020 (Wests Tigers)
   Adam Pompey 2019 (Sydney Roosters)
   Lachlan Burr 2020 (Canterbury Bulldogs)
   Patrick Herbert 2020 (St George Dragons)
   Api Pewhairangi ?? (London Broncos)
   Sean Mullaney ?? (North Queensland Cowboys)
   Jackson Frei 2020 (Sydney Roosters)
   Kodi Nikorima 2021 (Brisbane Broncos) (PO 2022)
   Josh Curran 2021 (Sydney Roosters)
   Rocco Berry 2022?
   
   Losses for 2020
   
   Solomone Kata (Melbourne Storm)
   Ligi Sao (Hull FC)
5. Blake Ayshford (Retirement)

Chris Satae (Hull FC)

1. Anybody who has any further info please advise, thanks.