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Player Bunty Afoa

Full Name
Iulio Afoa
Date of Birth
Aug 20, 1996
Birth Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality
  1. 🇳🇿 New Zealand
  2. 🇼🇸 Samoa
Height (cm)
188 cm
Weight (kg)
110 kg
Position/s
  1. Prop
  2. Lock
Nickname
Bunts
Warrior #
213
NRL Debut Date
Jul 2, 2016
NRL Debut Details
NRL 2016, Round 17, NZ Warriors Vs Gold Coast Titans
Warriors Debut Date
Jul 2, 2016
Warriors Debut Details
NRL 2016, Round 17, Gold Coast Titans
Warriors Years Active
  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
Signed From
Point Chevalier Pirates
Junior Club/s
Point Chevalier Pirates, Mount Albert Lions
Rep Honours
  1. Samoa
Status
Active
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunty_Afoa
Rugby League Project
https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bunty-afoa/summary.html
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NameIulio "Bunty" Afoa
Born20 August 1996 (Auckland, New Zealand)
Height188cm
Weight113kg
PositionProp, Second Row, Lock
Warriors Player Number#213
Warriors DebutRound 17 vs. Gold Coast Titans, 02 July 2016
Warriors Career2016-
RepresentativeSamoa
Junior ClubPoint Chevalier Pirates, Mount Albert Lions
 

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I've shared elsewhere that my inner nerd worked out Bunty's +/- this season & in terms of solely his minutes the team conceded 27 tries & scored 18. Someone challenged this to say that if I would isolate Bunty's first stint, in matches he started, I'd see a reverse in these numbers. Turns out that didn't push his case at all with 14 tries conceded & 12 scored. An overall points total of 64-84 in those combined opening minutes.
By comparison (regular season only), when he played off the bench or didn't play at all, we were 50 points for & 50 points against in the minutes leading up to the first Interchange of a middle forward.
It goes against the commonly held belief that we start better with him & he helps soften up the opposition
 
Cces said:
I've shared elsewhere that my inner nerd worked out Bunty's +/- this season & in terms of solely his minutes the team conceded 27 tries & scored 18. Someone challenged this to say that if I would isolate Bunty's first stint, in matches he started, I'd see a reverse in these numbers. Turns out that didn't push his case at all with 14 tries conceded & 12 scored. An overall points total of 64-84 in those combined opening minutes.
By comparison (regular season only), when he played off the bench or didn't play at all, we were 50 points for & 50 points against in the minutes leading up to the first Interchange of a middle forward.
It goes against the commonly held belief that we start better with him & he helps soften up the opposition
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unless of course we only start him when we're up against the better packs
 
Should he be looking elsewhere? Don't feel Webster rates him with the minutes he got and there are upcoming peeps from NSW cup team right?
 
Cces said:
I've shared elsewhere that my inner nerd worked out Bunty's +/- this season & in terms of solely his minutes the team conceded 27 tries & scored 18. Someone challenged this to say that if I would isolate Bunty's first stint, in matches he started, I'd see a reverse in these numbers. Turns out that didn't push his case at all with 14 tries conceded & 12 scored. An overall points total of 64-84 in those combined opening minutes.
By comparison (regular season only), when he played off the bench or didn't play at all, we were 50 points for & 50 points against in the minutes leading up to the first Interchange of a middle forward.
It goes against the commonly held belief that we start better with him & he helps soften up the opposition
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Not contradicting your stats at all here, but at the start of games, especially in the first half of the year, the whole side looked clueless for the opening minutes, throw in uncharacteristic errors from CNK (not singling him out) we seem to come in cold.

I can accept Bunty is not going to make an ideal 17, which still probably leaves him as a handy depth player for injury cover and to bridge the looming arrival of the NSW cup noobs.
 
Cces said:
I've shared elsewhere that my inner nerd worked out Bunty's +/- this season & in terms of solely his minutes the team conceded 27 tries & scored 18. Someone challenged this to say that if I would isolate Bunty's first stint, in matches he started, I'd see a reverse in these numbers. Turns out that didn't push his case at all with 14 tries conceded & 12 scored. An overall points total of 64-84 in those combined opening minutes.
By comparison (regular season only), when he played off the bench or didn't play at all, we were 50 points for & 50 points against in the minutes leading up to the first Interchange of a middle forward.
It goes against the commonly held belief that we start better with him & he helps soften up the opposition
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Cces you are officially the ‘Deep Dive’ co-ordinator of NZ Warriors. 👍🏾
 
Cces said:
I've shared elsewhere that my inner nerd worked out Bunty's +/- this season & in terms of solely his minutes the team conceded 27 tries & scored 18. Someone challenged this to say that if I would isolate Bunty's first stint, in matches he started, I'd see a reverse in these numbers. Turns out that didn't push his case at all with 14 tries conceded & 12 scored. An overall points total of 64-84 in those combined opening minutes.
By comparison (regular season only), when he played off the bench or didn't play at all, we were 50 points for & 50 points against in the minutes leading up to the first Interchange of a middle forward.
It goes against the commonly held belief that we start better with him & he helps soften up the opposition
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Maybe we would have been worse off in those games if he didn’t start.
 
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Maybe we would have been worse off in those games if he didn’t start.
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That is a possibility too.
The 3 games we played against the Knights make for interesting reading.
Off the bench we were down 0-6 when he entered the game. When he started we were down 0-10 when he got subbed. When he wasn't picked we were up 16-0 when we first replaced a middle.
 
Honestly it did my head in when I saw posters write 'Bunty to start, so that he can soften the opposition up'....He's never been the guy to knock out powerful runs or damaging hits.
I thought it was pretty telling that he was dropped, and Webby came out and said something like 'he needs to own the moments' or get more involved, and he came out and did more of the same, which is a shame.
He seems like a great clubman and I would be more than happy for him to stay on and play that depth/4th prop option moving forward, but hes coming to the age now where he should be in his prime and if he doesn't change something up he'll get left behind
 
run_it_str8_again said:
Can someone give him some angry pills and a bit of an ego massage so he can belt his frame around like a tough guy? Time to be a leader Bunty.
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He’s another one like Jazz where an offload could be really effective in the upcoming season, Jazz has one but I think Bunty has more chance of developing an offload rather than footwork. To be fair, Bunty has had an offload in the past too and his defence is next level.
 
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Great to see Bunty make an important contribution in attack yesterday to go along with his usual decoys & tidy defensive work.

I like stats but they don't take into consideration the intangibles. Case in point is Bunty.
In the 4 games he's started we've been behind in 3 of them when he gets subbed off for a rest (only exception is a 6-4 lead vs the Rabbitohs). In these 4 games, when he's on the paddock the team has an overall negative points differential due to poor starts, but if you only isolated his second stints they're at +24.

At the end of the day it's about Wins & Loses and when Bunty has started this season we've won 3 out of 4.
 
Cces said:
Great to see Bunty make an important contribution in attack yesterday to go along with his usual decoys & tidy defensive work.

I like stats but they don't take into consideration the intangibles. Case in point is Bunty.
In the 4 games he's started we've been behind in 3 of them when he gets subbed off for a rest (only exception is a 6-4 lead vs the Rabbitohs). In these 4 games, when he's on the paddock the team has an overall negative points differential due to poor starts, but if you only isolated his second stints they're at +24.

At the end of the day it's about Wins & Loses and when Bunty has started this season we've won 3 out of 4.
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He's good for this season and next, but I am not keeping bunty beyond 2025!

Ale should be more mature and Zyon Maiu’u will be pushing hard. Then there is T S Smith.

We will be okay without bunty.

Can anyone name me one of buntys finest moments in a warriors jersey?
 
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