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💙 Mighty NSW Cup Team List: Settled side to face North Sydney - warriors.kiwi
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<p>A settled side has initially been named for the One New Zealand Warriors’ round nine New South Wales Cup clash against the Bears at North Sydney Oval on Sunday (1.00pm kick-off local time; 3.00pm NZT).</p>
<p>The only change listed from the side used in last Saturday’s victory over Newcastle sees Luke Hanson back from Jersey Flegg duty to replace Te Maire Martin at #6 (with Martin named on the interchange for the NRL team).</p>
<p>There’s also one change on the bench with Makaia Tafua brought in after playing for the under-21s last week.</p>
<p>The match will be the Warriors’ first away trip for a month after playing Newtown, St George Illawarra and Newcastle in Auckland in the last three rounds.</p>
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<p>They followed up their only loss of the season against the Jets (20-28) at the Trusts Arena in Waitakere with wins against the Dragons (40-12) and the Knights (30-18) to hold top spot on the ladder with a 6-1 record.</p>
<p>Their performance against Newcastle produced two halves of vastly contrasting quality; they conceded three tries to trail 0-18 after a poor first 40 minutes but then slipped into top gear after the break with five tries and 30 unanswered points.</p>
<p>Martin was the orchestrator with a try, a game-high 191 metres from 20 runs, a line break, two line break assists, two try assists and five tackle breaks.</p>
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<p>Hooker Sam Healey was also influential with a try, 155 metres from 11 runs (nine from dummy half), three line breaks, a try assist, eight tackle breaks and 24 tackles.</p>
<p>In all 13 players topped 100 metres as the Warriors bounced back from their first half effort to dominate all statistics.</p>
<p>They face a North Sydney side lying eighth which had a run of three wins on end halted by a 26-36 loss to Canberra last weekend.</p>
<p>The Bears have named a side including as many as five players who have been with the Warriors at some stage of their career.</p>
<p>Centre Compton Fuatimau made his 💙 Mighty NSW Cup debut last season while his centre partner Israel Ogden is a former junior Warrior.</p>
<p>Hooker Nathaniel Roache, who played for the Warriors at NRL, 💙 Mighty NSW Cup and under-20 level, is on the bench along with middle forwards Ofahiki Ogden and Phillip Makatoa. They both played for the Warriors in the 💙 Mighty NSW Cup and at under-20 level.</p>
<p>Ofahiki Ogden has played 113 💙 Mighty NSW Cup games for a number of clubs while Makatoa has 78 to his name, Israel Ogden 61 and Roache 53.</p> </div>
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<p>A settled side has initially been named for the One New Zealand Warriors’ round nine New South Wales Cup clash against the Bears at North Sydney Oval on Sunday (1.00pm kick-off local time; 3.00pm NZT).</p>
<p>The only change listed from the side used in last Saturday’s victory over Newcastle sees Luke Hanson back from Jersey Flegg duty to replace Te Maire Martin at #6 (with Martin named on the interchange for the NRL team).</p>
<p>There’s also one change on the bench with Makaia Tafua brought in after playing for the under-21s last week.</p>
<p>The match will be the Warriors’ first away trip for a month after playing Newtown, St George Illawarra and Newcastle in Auckland in the last three rounds.</p>
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<p>They followed up their only loss of the season against the Jets (20-28) at the Trusts Arena in Waitakere with wins against the Dragons (40-12) and the Knights (30-18) to hold top spot on the ladder with a 6-1 record.</p>
<p>Their performance against Newcastle produced two halves of vastly contrasting quality; they conceded three tries to trail 0-18 after a poor first 40 minutes but then slipped into top gear after the break with five tries and 30 unanswered points.</p>
<p>Martin was the orchestrator with a try, a game-high 191 metres from 20 runs, a line break, two line break assists, two try assists and five tackle breaks.</p>
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<p>Hooker Sam Healey was also influential with a try, 155 metres from 11 runs (nine from dummy half), three line breaks, a try assist, eight tackle breaks and 24 tackles.</p>
<p>In all 13 players topped 100 metres as the Warriors bounced back from their first half effort to dominate all statistics.</p>
<p>They face a North Sydney side lying eighth which had a run of three wins on end halted by a 26-36 loss to Canberra last weekend.</p>
<p>The Bears have named a side including as many as five players who have been with the Warriors at some stage of their career.</p>
<p>Centre Compton Fuatimau made his 💙 Mighty NSW Cup debut last season while his centre partner Israel Ogden is a former junior Warrior.</p>
<p>Hooker Nathaniel Roache, who played for the Warriors at NRL, 💙 Mighty NSW Cup and under-20 level, is on the bench along with middle forwards Ofahiki Ogden and Phillip Makatoa. They both played for the Warriors in the 💙 Mighty NSW Cup and at under-20 level.</p>
<p>Ofahiki Ogden has played 113 💙 Mighty NSW Cup games for a number of clubs while Makatoa has 78 to his name, Israel Ogden 61 and Roache 53.</p> </div>