How clutch can CNK be in the Finals for Canberra Raiders? Plus, Siliva Havili’s bench role, Broncos women almost having as many Kiwi-NRL wahine as NZ Warriors and Nelson Asofa-Solomona is simmering for Melbourne Storm.
All in. Late last year, Aotearoa Warriors broke into the modern ways as one of the few NRL clubs to offer basic Youtube content. The slogan for the Warriors outlined in the video content back in late 2019 now feels rather divine.
Jordan Riki and Corey Harawira-Naera are looking at starting edge forward gigs for 2021, Sonny Bill Williams the passing big man and all the other Kiwi-NRL funk from the final round of NRL footy.
In 2015, Melbourne Storm announced that they would establish a Queensland base on the Sunshine Coast where they would have an academy and churn out teams to compete in Queensland competitions.
In 2017 Hayze Perham and Tom Ale played 1st 15 rugby union and rugby league for Rotorua Boys High School, now it’s 2020 and they will play together for Aotearoa Warriors. Plus, Steven Marsters, Roosters offloads without SBW and the loss of Dylan Brown for Parramatta.
Among all the kerfuffle of 2020, a young lad from Ngaruawahia in the Waikato made a very quiet shift from the Bulldogs to Sea Eagles.
Aotearoa Warriors face a niggly proposition in trying to defeat Cronulla Sharks tomorrow evening, while the Sharks are clinging to their top-eight spot and are without two of their key players.
There is an abundance of NRL centres from Aotearoa these days, Samoa may have a funky play-making duo and Shaun Johnson hasn’t been playing but he’s still leading the NRL in try assists.
NRL seasons can be a wee bit long, perhaps a bit too long but never mind that as a long NRL season opens up various grooves for wise NRL coaches to work through and none do this better than Sydney Roosters.
In the glorious way that chaos often does, the mayhem of 2020 has seen New Zealand Warriors stumble upon a rather nice footy formula over the past month and a bit.