Round 22: Newcastle Knights vs New Zealand Warriors

What is your prediction for this game ??

  • Knights 13+

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Knights 1-12

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • Draw

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Warriors 1-12

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • Warriors 13+

    Votes: 11 61.1%

  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .
Saulo debuting is great for him and his family. His good mates with my youngest brother so I've seen him around a fair bit. Very switched on and focussed for a kid. I'll be cheering him on regardless of how he goes.
 
https://www.theherald.com.au/story/...he-warriors-as-he-prepares-for-knights-debut/

Article on Saulo.
As it said in the article, he barely got on the field in under 16s.
Brodie Jones played prop at that level and would play the whole 65 minutes, Kurtis Dark would play 65 at lock, and 3 other guys including Pasami would share the other prop position and barely get to touch the ball. By his second year of under 18s he played long minutes, made all the rep sides including NSW and Australian schoolboys and won all the club awards. Growing about 6 inches taller in a couple of years had a fair bit to do with it.
 
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That is a terrible injury list for a developing team. At least both clubs have shut up the experts putting us as wooden spooners.

We should make the 8. How far we get will be down to keeping our players on the park. Key men are RTS and Issac Luke.
For us, also compounded by a real lack of depth this year to back fill...for you blokes, consistency has always been the challenge - if you can get them to 'turn up' you can worry a few if you make the finals series.
 
For us, also compounded by a real lack of depth this year to back fill...for you blokes, consistency has always been the challenge - if you can get them to 'turn up' you can worry a few if you make the finals series.

The only one of the top four they havent besten is the Storm and pushed them big time. Good news today for us is Tohu Harris back in two weeks. You are spot on about consistency. Getting better but must improve more.
 
I don't even care about this game - season is over - but i'm nervous as hell about under 20s.
 
I don't even care about this game - season is over - but i'm nervous as hell about under 20s.

Our season is over, but the race for the spoon isn’t. We can still mathematically get it and I sure as hell care about finishing as high as possible.
 
Just cheer for who ever plays the Eels, mathematically it's possible to get the spoon but realistically it a far stretch, if we win one we are ok if the loose one we are ok, but they are looking good, best result we win one or two.
 
Ill be going to tomorrow nights game, me and my other mate who also a knights fan. Me and him versus thousands of Warrior princess haha!. Hope to see other kiwi knights supporters there.

Im very nervous about tomorrow game, i just can't see us winning. Our record at mt smart stadium speaks for itself, i was there the last time we won on year 2012. One of the best night ever!!.

I hoping for some miracle we can win. Go Knights!!
 
Hi guys something I saw today. Papalii our 2nd rowers Mum is in the Warriors Womens team. She grew up in Newcastle and an Uncle was in the Knights system till an injury put him in a wheelchair. No name given sorry.

Both said a special night for the family.
 
KNIGHTS

1. Kalyn Ponga
2. Ken Sio
3. Sione Mata’utia
4. Cory Denniss
5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
6. Jack Cogger
7. Mitchell Pearce (c)
8. Herman Ese’ese
9. Danny Levi
10. Daniel Saifiti
11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon
12. Mitch Barnett
13. Aidan Guerra

14. Jamie Buhrer (c)
15. Chris Heighington
16. Pasami Saulo
17. JJ Felise

WARRIORS

1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c)
2. David Fusitu’a
3. Gerard Beale
4. Solomone Kata
5. Ken Maumalo
6. Blake Green
7. Shaun Johnson
8. James Gavet
9. Issac Luke
10. Agnatius Paasi
11. Isaiah Papali’i
12. Adam Blair
13. Simon Mannering

14. Jazz Tevaga
15. Leivaha Pulu
16. Bunty Afoa
17. Peta Hiku


https://www.newcastleknights.com.au...il-pearce-ponga-primed-as-final-17-confirmed/

https://www.warriors.kiwi/news/2018/08/10/vodafone-warriors-line-up-as-selected/
 
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