The strangest thing about Shaun Johnson's Facebook post regarding his contract situation with New Zealand Warriors is that it didn't really clarify anything. In fact, here we are even more confused than we were 24 hours ago.
I hate to bore you with these beautiful Aotearoa Warriors staff recruitment moves, but Aotearoa Warriors have made yet another slick play in luring Greg Boulous across the ditch to take up a role as head coach of the Future Warriors Programme.
One of the strangest and laziest ideas we have all heard about the Aotearoa Warriors is that they have a big forward pack.
Throughout the 2018 season, even going back to this time last year, Aotearoa Warriors had an abundance of outside backs or more specifically those of the centre variety.
Aotearoa Kiwis put up 34 points and conceded nada in their third Test vs England, capping off a weird ol' tour that should be considered just another few steps forward.
Over the past week, New Zealand Warriors have doubled the number of Australians in their wider NRL squad with Bulldogs forward Lachlan Burr the latest to make the move to Aotearoa.
Previewing these Kiwis vs England games is fairly difficult when coach Michael Maguire doesn't want to name his team until the last minute, then Maguire comes out and names a 20-man squad for this third and final Test.
All the young bucks with a point to prove have started training at Mt Smart and the New Zealand Warriors veterans aren't too far behind, as the ripples of player movement between NRL clubs hold low key influence underneath the surface water.
Over the weekend, news out of Australia came through that Taane Milne had signed with New Zealand Warriors.
Having had a week to sit with this Shaun Johnson yarn and meditate on what it all means for Johnson and New Zealand Warriors, I've come to a fairly nice place where the outcome of this situation will have a huge impact on the perception on SJ7.
Aotearoa Kiwis coach is keeping his squad selections super simple so far on their tour of England as he has named the same squad of 19 for the second Test.
Honey Hireme was a superstar for St George Illawara Dragons in the first ever NRL Women’s competition and has an impressive history in both league and union, so who better to answer some questions for El Niche Cache?