Jonathan Smith
A junior from the Mangere East Hawks, Smith was a Junior Kiwi in 1998. He was then signed by the Auckland Warriors in 2000. While at the Warriors he played in the Queensland Cup for Wynnum Manly Seagulls and Brisbane Souths due to a feeder agreement between the clubs and also...
One I always liked was Doc Murray, I thought he was good for ISP or whatever it was called then and think he had a few 1st grade games. I thought he would make the step up to NRL but didnt seem to.
Tragic
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1996
auckland vulcans
doc murray
fullback
lancashire lynz
new zealand maoris
nz maori
south sydney rabbitohs
warrington wolves
wiganwigan warriors
Frano Botica
Former All Black (7 Tests) was an ace goal-kicking winger/fullback during Wigan’s championship reign in the early 1990s. Botica returned to NZ with Wigan coach John Monie in 1995 for the Warriors’ debut season but left only one season and saw out his professional career with...
mt.wellington
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1995
all blacks
castleford tigers
croatia
frano botica
new zealand kiwis
nz kiwis
waikato chiefs
wiganwigan warriors
England Tour
October 23NZ Kiwis v Leeds Rhinos
Headingley Carnegie, Leeds
November 1
First test
KC Stadium, Hull
November 7
Second test
Olympic Stadium, London
November 14
Third test
DW Stadium, Wigan
Hey guys
I thought I'd start up this thread to create discussion over the next few...
Brother Faisal
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2015
ali lauitiiti
england
hull
international
kiwis
leeds rhinos
london
new zealand
test match
wigan
In 1996 he made his ARL debut for the Auckland Warriors. He was a key part of the 1996 team that made the Reserve Grade Grand Final. He was also named Development Player of the Year. He went on to play 55 games for the Warriors, both from the bench and starting at prop. In 1997, during the Super...
Ryan Hoffman
https://nz.sports.yahoo.com/league/news/article/-/23303553/warriors-sign-hoffman-report/?
Surprised this should be posted on the Wigan forum with no mention on here. He had a great season with us in 2011 and I'd have loved to have had him for longer!
Kittwazzer
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soo
st gregory college
state of origin
storm
wiganwigan warriors
The son of James Leuluai and part of the famous Leuluai Rugby League family he was the youngest player to ever debut for the Warriors. He became the second youngest Kiwi Test player (barely 18) when he debuted against Australia in July 2003. He had limited first team experience at New Zealand...
fanrrior
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Epalahame Lauaki
05/04/2006
XtraMSN
Warriors head coach Ivan Cleary has had a good news-bad news week.
The good came on Sunday as Steve Price and his players came away from Newcastle's EnergyAustralia Stadium with a second successive NRL win there against the Knights.
It was also the...