New Zealand Warriors 2009 NYC squad

[NIGHTMARE-HITTER]

Kenny Niko
Sam Limu-Franklin
Alberto Aoese
Peter Mills
Beau King
Kyle Bos
Sam Baxter
Mike Afioga
George Smith
Elijah Taylor
Daniel Palavi
Suiatonga Likiliki
Sunita Laiseni
Walter Whippy
Sione Lousi
Philip Kingi
John Palavi
Junior Afuala
Thomas Ah Van
Ben Henry
Kurt Kara
Brandon Nixon
Bill Tupou
Shaun Johnson
Simon Gibson
Gowan Duff
Trent Wallace
Elijah Niko
Kane Hannam
Luke Laban
Nafe Seluni
Rusty Bristow
Alehana Mara
Jody Henry
Jason Cook
James Tupou
Meli Koliavu
Jerome Kutia
Ryan Laurenson
Daniel Sanderson
Lance Su'a-Poe
Samiuela Lousi
Ben Dellabarca
Tawhio Makutu
Afa Veatupu

Still also eligible for the NYC

Russel Packer
Lesson Ah Mau
Liam Foran

 

[AliN]

Some good names amongst that lot, plus some I haven't heard of.

Good to see Nafe's name back. Did he get injured during last year?
I rate him quite highly.

 

[KiWi_BoI_15]

Very good squad for the Warriors.

Kyle Bos (Bossy) played for Otahuhu Prems last year, goes very well. Works hard in defence and runs great lines. Richie Blackmore used him in 3 different positions, 5/8,hooker and lock. Will be interesting to see where the Warriors slot him in.

 

[Skinner]

Some very good new boys in here. Obviously a lot will not play NYC, but will be in
the development squad.

 

[ozbash]

Is Iro still the coach, I had doubts at the begining of last season, but man i was wrong.

 

[Bay Vikings]

Some very good new boys in here. Obviously a lot will not play NYC, but will be in
the development squad.

Who would be your first choice 17?

How big is the development squad?

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

"Walter Whippy" lol for real?

 

[aqua_duck]

Kenny Niko
Sam Limu-Franklin
Alberto Aoese
Peter Mills
Beau King
Kyle Bos
Sam Baxter
Mike Afioga
George Smith
Elijah Taylor
Daniel Palavi
Suiatonga Likiliki
Sunita Laiseni
Walter Whippy
Sione Lousi
Philip Kingi
John Palavi
Junior Afuala
Thomas Ah Van
Ben Henry
Kurt Kara
Brandon Nixon
Bill Tupou
Shaun Johnson
Simon Gibson
Gowan Duff
Trent Wallace
Elijah Niko
Kane Hannam
Luke Laban
Nafe Seluni
Rusty Bristow
Alehana Mara
Jody Henry
Jason Cook
James Tupou
Meli Koliavu
Jerome Kutia
Ryan Laurenson
Daniel Sanderson
Lance Su'a-Poe
Samiuela Lousi
Ben Dellabarca
Tawhio Makutu
Afa Veatupu

Still also eligible for the NYC

Russel Packer
Lesson Ah Mau
Liam Foran

Liam Foran is too old, bnut Kevin Loicke and Ben Matulino are also still eligible

 

[Scottey]

So all these guys who played last year, etc Isaac John, Daniel Oreagan, Upu Poaching... they playing for the Vulcans or what?

 

[Skinner]

So all these guys who played last year, etc Isaac John, Daniel Oreagan, Upu Poaching... they playing for the Vulcans or what?

Vulcans or Fox Memorial.

 

[Scottey]

Vulcans or Fox Memorial.

The biggest dilemma the Warriors have is providing opportunities for these young guns. They obviously all want to crack the big time, so they're not going to hesitate should Melbourne or Brisbane or whoever offer them a nice contract to give them a shot at first-grade.

 

[isaiah]

back in december, the warriors put profiles of 20 players born 89 or after, 16 of them with nyc experience.
this lists adds 29 more names. i guess the 20 will have the core of the 2009 nyc side plus a few quality recruits among the others.
the 16 with nyc games are
ah mau
t.ah van
bristow
j.cook
henry
kara
koliavu
likiliki
locke
lousi
mara
matulino
packer
seluini
e.taylor
bill tupou

the other 4 profiles are
fa'amausili
d.palavi
sua-poe
tuimaualuga

who of the remaining 29 may make the opening squad of 17 for the first game?