Team vs Sharks.

[Rich102]

An unchanged Vodafone Warriors side has been named to face defending premier Cronulla in Friday night’s 21st-round NRL clash at Mount Smart Stadium (8.00pm kick-off).

With second rower Ryan Hoffman (foot) and hooker Nathaniel Roache (hamstring) still sidelined, head coach Stephen Kearney has stayed with the same line-up which went all the way with North Queensland before losing 12-24 last Saturday night.

It means halfback Mason Lino, who had his first NRL outing in almost two years last week, will again be teamed in the halves with Kieran Foran while big front rower Chris Satae is retained on the interchange after his cameo role on debut against the Cowboys.

“Mason brought a lot of energy to the team and Chris did exactly what we expected of him,” said Kearney.

Besides directing the team, Lino (23) ran the ball nine times for 90 metres, was the dominant kicker making 249 metres from 12 kicks, made 15 tackles and had the team’s most supports with 25.

Used off the bench for 10 minutes, Satae (24) marked his appearance as Vodafone Warrior #219 with four strong carries for 50 metres and made eight tackles without a miss and no errors.

Kearney was full of admiration for the effort the Vodafone Warriors delivered against the Cowboys while disappointed with some of the execution.

Among those who excelled was Foran who had the most runs (24) and made the most metres (176) as well as having a vital hand in each of the side’s tries scored by Bunty Afoa and Simon Mannering.

Back rowers Mannering, Afoa and Bodene Thompson all played the full 80 minutes with Mannering again making a colossal contribution. He finished with 54 tackles lifting his tally to 221 tackles in the last four games (an average of 55.25 a game); his total for the season is 719, fifth highest among all players so far. He also made 133 metres as well as scoring his 62ndcareer try.

Wing David Fusitu’a and Thompson will this week extend their sequences of appearing in every match this season while Jacob Lillyman, Sam Lisone, Issac Luke, Ken Maumalo, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and the now-injured Shaun Johnson have missed just one game.

The Vodafone Warriors have enjoyed reasonable success over Cronulla during their history with a 16-20 win-loss record in 36 encounters. In 16 matches at Mount Smart Stadium they have a 9-7 edge but the Sharks have won seven of the last nine matches between the two sides.



VODAFONE WARRIORS v CRONULLA SHARKS

Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland

8.00pm, Friday, July 28



VODAFONE WARRIORS

1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)

2 DAVID FUSITU’A

3 BLAKE AYSHFORD

4 SOLOMONE KATA

5 KEN MAUMALO

6 KIERAN FORAN

7 MASON LINO

8 JACOB LILLYMAN

9 ISSAC LUKE

10 BEN MATULINO

11 BODENE THOMPSON

12 BUNTY AFOA

13 SIMON MANNERING

Interchange:

14 MAFOA’AEATA HINGANO

15 SAM LISONE

16 LIGI SAO

17 CHRIS SATAE

18 CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD

20 JAMES BELL

21 JAZZ TEVAGA

22 ISAIAH PAPALI’I

HEAD COACH | STEPHEN KEARNEY

http://www.warriors.kiwi/news/2017/07/25/_team_unchanged_side.html

 

[Rich102]

Is Kearney indecisive or just taking the piss naming 22 players?

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Is Kearney indecisive or just taking the piss naming 22 players?

Part of the process/education or what ever this week's catch phrase is?

He is taking the piss in general.

Hoping someone is talking to Des behind the scenes.

 

[Cold Roses]

Is Kearney indecisive or just taking the piss naming 22 players?

21 Players. There is no one in the no.19 Jersey.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Drop Kata, move Fus to centre and bring in CNK.
6 more rounds to give some young guys a taste, drop Brodene.
God still 2 more losses till we are no longer a mathematical chance!

 

[JJ]

The process is a "back to the future" one, all season he's been "keeping the faith" - what do they say about blind faith again?

 

[JJ]

Drop Kata, move Fus to centre and bring in CNK.
6 more rounds to give some young guys a taste, drop Brodene.
God still 2 more losses till we are no longer a mathematical chance!

How dare you - you take that back!! LOL

 

[Cold Roses]

Only positive is Satae gets to retain his spot. I'd like to see his minutes build up over the next 6 games. If they can't get him playing a 20 - 25 minute spell by the end of the season then they seriously need to sack their whole strength and conditioning department.

With the uncertainty over our propping stocks for next year, there is no excuse not to try and get him first grade ready.

 

[Cold Roses]

move Fus to centre

Only problem is Fus was looking just as bad as Kata is defensively when he was playing there. These young guys don't have any decision making nous. It's like they just panic and everything goes out the window.

 

[Mr Angry]

The rest of the NRLs team fans love Kearney as coach.

Well everyone but Jarrod McCracken.

Poor Simon deserves so much better.

 

[jaseg]

Is Kearney indecisive or just taking the piss naming 22 players?

Every team names 21 players every week... it's part of the new thing they started this season, the team can only consist of players from the 21 you name on Tuesday (it's to do with betting...).

 

[Warriorsoul]

Drop Kata, move Fus to centre and bring in CNK.
6 more rounds to give some young guys a taste, drop Brodene.
God still 2 more losses till we are no longer a mathematical chance!

Yes yes yes 1000 times yes.

 

[vvvrulz]

Drop Kata, move Fus to centre and bring in CNK.
6 more rounds to give some young guys a taste, drop Brodene.
God still 2 more losses till we are no longer a mathematical chance!

Get out of here with your logic.

Process!

 

[Scott]

Only problem is Fus was looking just as bad as Kata is defensively when he was playing there. These young guys don't have any decision making nous. It's like they just panic and everything goes out the window.

Do you have any thoughts as to why this is the case?

Listening to Kearney talking on radio about the team on Tuesday, he hasn't got a clue. He can barely form a sentence, couldn't answer questions & kept going on about 'executing our processes'.

Again, y'know, the lads are as thick as the coach.

 

[Cold Roses]

Do you have any thoughts as to why this is the case?

Listening to Kearney talking on radio about the team on Tuesday, he hasn't got a clue. He can barely form a sentence, couldn't answer questions & kept going on about 'executing our processes'.

Again, y'know, the lads are as thick as the coach.

It's a symptom of the under 20's comp. all attack no defence. Guys like Lisone have suffered hugely from it. And for all of his talent, Fus has some major flaws as well. As good a talent scout as Ackland was, he wasn't much of a coach. It was all about having the biggest team and scoring more points than the opposition.

Elliot, to his credit, recognised this and realised that it wasn't a great model for preparing young players for the weekly grind of first grade.

The NRL have come to this conclusion as well.

Unfortunately we are still feeling the effects of it now. It seems as if Kearney might be trying to rectify this with his purchase of guys like Santo and Fairimu. I think there's more to it than just filling in squad spots. He's actively trying to get more guys in the system who have come up through junior Australian systems because there is a need to increase the professionalism of the playing group overall.

There's no quick fix to correcting the problems that guys like Kata, Fus, Lisone, Vete and others have. They just never learned basic and necessary skills when they were developing. It's a problem of the Club as a whole. Not just the current coach.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

PROCESSSSSSSS.

If anyone working for the Warriors reads this, tell the coach to stop saying process. In the media, you are talking to the fans. And we are sick to f**king death of it. Good coaches never use the word. It's an inane, meaningless term that is only used to ward off criticism (although it's not effective in that either). Winning is the only way to ward it off.

 

[Miller was a legend]

PROCESSSSSSSS.

If anyone working for the Warriors reads this, tell the coach to stop saying process. In the media, you are talking to the fans. And we are sick to f**king death of it. Good coaches never use the word. It's an inane, meaningless term that is only used to ward off criticism (although it's not effective in that either). Winning is the only way to ward it off.

You know it's going to take a process to stop using the term process.

You just know it

 

[Izz]

Seems more like brocess most of the time...

 

[Cold Roses]

PROCESSSSSSSS.

If anyone working for the Warriors reads this, tell the coach to stop saying process. In the media, you are talking to the fans. And we are sick to f**king death of it. Good coaches never use the word. It's an inane, meaningless term that is only used to ward off criticism (although it's not effective in that either). Winning is the only way to ward it off.

I'm pretty sick to death of hearing about the word process as well. It's not from Kearneys pressers though. I know that much. (No offence to you PW)

I understand being frustrated. I'm questioning my commitment as a fan for the first time in 22 years. But I think it's time everyone just got over it tbh. Our club has much bigger problems than just how the Coach happens to speak to the media.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

I hear what you're saying, yeah there's bigger problems...but just because it's not the biggest problem doesn't mean it's not annoying.

I don't think charm and eloquence wins football games but our coach talks absolute shit and is about as uninspiring as they come (read 'it's not a problem if we don't talk about it' and 'process'). As I said in another thread, I can't think of another successful coach in any sport who was as uninspiring. You kinda get a sense of why these guys again aren't responding. These guys are wandering sheep who need a strong sheep dog to kick their arse, who has long experience on the farm. Four coaches in a row who just don't have it - and we've blown off at least one coach who did/does.