Pick Your Team Titans v Warriors - [Round 25, 2025]

[mt.wellington]

Titans v Warriors - [Round 25, 2025]
PICK YOUR TEAM
Saturday 23rd August 7:30pm NZST
Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast

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Here's your chance to select your dream team for the next rounds match so don your coaches cap on and lets hear it.

This thread will be closed without notice once the TEAM LIST thread opens for this game...

 

[Inruin]

1

TT

2

RTS

3

CNK

4

Pompey

5

DWZ

6

CHT

7

TMM

8

JFH

9

Egan

10

Afoa

11

Halasima

12

Capewell

13

Clark

14

Healey

15

Demi

16

Ale

17

Niukore

Create your own team formation

This next three weeks are really important. Not so much in terms of the results but building to the finals. We had a run of great luck early in the season which swung to almost everything going wrong for us. This last win I think the luck is changing back for us. We do need more attacking threat than we have shown for the vast majority of the season though. We have done well to get in the position we are but I don't think anyone is under any illusion about our chances against most of the other top 8 sides currently. For me it's TMM at 7 CHT at 6 and TT at 1. That is our best attacking options and actually probably our best defensive options too. If the halves can get somewhere near the form they showed in the middle of last year we have a chance. Be a shame to waste it by being conservative with selections and style of play now.

 

[CWC]

1. TT
2. DWZ
3. Pompey
4. CNK
5. RTS
6. CHT
7. TMM
8. Fish
9. Egan
10. Marata/TSS
11. Cape
12. EIT
13. Clark

14. Healey
15. Ford
16. Demi
17. Leka

Berry to play cup until someone’s injured

 

[Tookey 2.0]

CNK
RTS
Ali/Pompey
Berry
DWZ
TMM
CHT
JFH
Egan
Niukore
Leka
Capewah
Clark

Healey
Demi
Ford
TSS/EIT

I think we need to roll the dice a wee bit here. The way we've been playing lately, we're not going to progress very far last the first week of finals footy
We started the year with Berry and Ali as our first choice centres, we're playing bottom 8 teams the last 3 weeks before finals, give them time to gell. I mean, the other options of CNK, Pompey and Capewell are all making mistakes too, may as well have Ali out there learning.
I think currently the spine of CHT/Boyd/Taine isn't working and imo, of you're going to have TMM direct the attack, having someone solid like CNK at the back with a bigger body is going to benefit the team big time.
Rogers been great, Dallin looked great tonight and with CNK at the back after a few quiet weeks, were gunna make heaps of meters.
Our forwards are good when they're holding on to the ball, so if we tighten up that and our dumb penalties/6 against, I think we'll have enough fire power, especially with that bench, which offers a fair bit of spark

 

[enterthewarrior]

Halasima is better coming off the bench imo. He's been making a lot of errors lately due to being burnt out doing too much on defence when starting. His best asset is his attack.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

1 C N Klokstad
2 D W Zelezniak
3 R Berry
4 A Pompey
5 R T Sheck
6 T M Martin
7 T Boyd
8 J F Harris c
9 W Egan
10 D Vaimauga
11 K Capewell
12 M Niukore
13 E Clark

14 C H Tavita
15 J Ford
16 T S Smith
17 L Halasima

 

[Te Mana-wah]

1. RTS
2. DWZ
3. CNK
4. Pompey
5. TT
6. CHT
7. TMM
8. JFH
9. Healey
10. Ford
11. Halisima
12. Capewell
13. Clark

14. Egan
15. Niukore
16. Vaimauga
17. Fatialofa

 

[timburgesstheonlyoneiknow]

1. RTS
2. DWZ
3. CNK
4. Pompey
5. TT
6. CHT
7. TMM
8. JFH
9. Healey
10. Ford
11. Halisima
12. Capewell
13. Clark

14. Egan
15. Niukore
16. Vaimauga
17. Fatialofa

Boyd will be 7 and TMM if fit 14 and RTS will be on the wing.

 

[enterthewarrior]

If TMM is 14 then it would mean Healey misses out.

 

[CWC]

Our kick chase sucked by the way, too bad CNK is on the left side and Berry breaks down after 50 minutes, maybe CHT to do most kicking for CNK and Cape to chase if TMM is 7

 

[Dannevegas]

Rts- X factor out the back
Kali
Fatialofa
Pompey/berry if fit
Cnk-250 metres from the wing
Martin- Have a game plan that allows him to get involved at 6
Boyd
Fisher-Harris
Healey
Clark
Capewell
Niukore
Vaimauga

Harris-Tavita
Ale
Ford/Stowers-Smith
Halasima

This the team I’d go with, we need a freshen up. We plateaued with Webbys team 2 months ago, time to move foward

 

[BlackToko88]

Should be a relatively dry track, so mesns taine wont slip over much!

With all that, dont see manh changes. Beery could come in but the bloke too injury prone. Last thing we need is him to start and last 20min etc

 

[Sammyw]

1. CNK (we really miss his work rate and kick returns
2. DWZ
3. Pompey
4. Fatialofa
5. RTS
6. CHT
7. Boyd
8. Ford
9. Egan
10. JFH
11. Capewell
12. Niukore
13. Clarke

14. TT/Healey/TMM (meh, webby doesn’t use this spot well so idc who)
15. Vaimauga
16. TSS
17. Halasima

 

[mrblonde]

Largely keep the same team but for a start, CNK back to fullback, TT to centre. Neither particularly shone yesterday, I see no harm in switching things around there.

Obviously, it's closer to Finals Time in the NSW Cup, not sure who qualifies to play there versus who we need to play NRL but, honestly, we're a fair bit more likely to win the NSW Cup Premiership than the NRL Premiership, as much as that's not as "Sexy" or "What The Fans Pay Their Money For", so I think if the Warriors are looking for trophies, we pick the strongest 17 we can for the NSW Cup, even if maybe that's not best for the NRL team.

Whichever approach the club take on that, agree with the idea that Halasima needs to be on the bench as it's been I'd guess a bigger season than he'd have expected so he needs some kind of a break.

 

[Makasene]

Alright all..

Can't be assed digging into the barrell this week to name a team. We all know who will be there.

What's the plan? We all expect to get licked by the dead last Tits.

(Who are fucking dire vs anyone else lol)

Can we win? I think we can.

But the wood they have over us is frustrating. Need to sort the edge defence or she's all over.

 

[timburgesstheonlyoneiknow]

They will be minimal changes to the team. TMM if fit will come on to the bench and Capewell will return to the back row. Pushing Eddie to 18th Man.

Berry may come straight back in to centre abd CNK to full back and TT out od the squad. Although a run in NSW Cup will benefit him.

The Wahs to win on a dry pitch by 8 points.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

I really hope Halasima can drop to the bench, webby is asking way too much of him and its starting to show.

Capewell could slot back in, this is crazy but I would even consider giving him a week off and play Toeava.

 

[Cces]

Obviously, it's closer to Finals Time in the NSW Cup, not sure who qualifies to play there versus who we need to play NRL but, honestly, we're a fair bit more likely to win the NSW Cup Premiership than the NRL Premiership, as much as that's not as "Sexy" or "What The Fans Pay Their Money For", so I think if the Warriors are looking for trophies, we pick the strongest 17 we can for the NSW Cup, even if maybe that's not best for the NRL team.

From memory, if your team are still involved in the NRL playoffs then everyone is still eligible for Cup and once they're knocked out it's a minimum of 5(?) appearances in Cup to be eligible

 

[Noitall]

Will be interesting to see titans play this week and if Kini returning gives them a spark. They’ll be confident after our last outing against them

 

[MrFrankWhite]

we pick the strongest 17 we can for the NSW Cup, even if maybe that's not best for the NRL team.

You cant be serious