Team List NZ Warriors v St George Illawarra Dragons - [Round 12, 2026]

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NZ Warriors v St George Illawarra Dragons - [Round 12, 2026]
TEAM LIST
Saturday 23rd May 7:30pm NZST
WIN Stadium, Wollongong​

This is your NZWF thread for discussion on this weeks official NZ Warriors team list. Team list will be posted as soon as its released by the club.

This thread will be closed without warning once the GAME DAY thread opens 7am NZST on the day of the match...

 

[1995warriorsfan]

1. Taine Tuaupiki 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3. Ali Leiataua 4. Adam Pompey 5. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita 7. Te Maire Martin 8. James Fisher-Harris 9. Wayde Egan 10. Jackson Ford 11. Leka Halasima 12. Jacob Laban 13. Erin Clark 14. Samuel Healey 15. Tanner Stowers-Smith 16. Demitric Vaimauga 17. Eddie Ieremia-Toeava 18. Luke Hanson 20. Marata Niukore 21. Kayliss Fatialofa 22. Makaia Tafua 23. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

 

[Emerald]

Luke Hanson on the bench. Might get some minutes…

 

[Naynay]

Fair enough team list really.

Wouldn’t mind seeing fats debut tbh just to see how he goes he’s definitely to good for cup

 

[WAH MAN]

Luke Hanson on the bench. Might get some minutes…

If another knee goes, he will play.

 

[Neo]

I thought Demetric was a bit off against the Broncos so will be interesting to see if TSS keeps the pressure on him with another good performance this week

 

[WAH MAN]

1. Taine Tuaupiki 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3. Ali Leiataua 4. Adam Pompey 5. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita 7. Te Maire Martin 8. James Fisher-Harris 9. Wayde Egan 10. Jackson Ford 11. Leka Halasima 12. Jacob Laban 13. Erin Clark 14. Samuel Healey 15. Tanner Stowers-Smith 16. Demitric Vaimauga 17. Eddie Ieremia-Toeava 18. Luke Hanson 20. Marata Niukore 21. Kayliss Fatialofa 22. Makaia Tafua 23. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

The test of squad depth. Only two of the extended bench have yet to debut but gosh it's cool not being in panic mode about the naming of our team.

What's the thought on Roger's inclusion?
Close? Playing over Pompey? Bullshet, he's nowhere near?

 

[Beastmode]

Is Metcalf playing Cup???

 

[sup42]

Bit of a stunning year for team naming Tuesdays.

Roger in the extended wow.

I guess Webster is going all in on form and winning teams (yeah I know Roger might come in and be spare parts in case he proves fit later in the week, but I don't think you can bank on that anymore).

New Andrew Webster is ruthless.

 

[WAH MAN]

One more thing. For those that think that Luke Hanson is Luke Hansen, he's not the same person. I think Hansen is the young bloke who captains one of the junior teams.

 

[Emerald]

If another knee goes, he will play.

Yeah, I get that he’s reserve half, but I think if the match is going good, he’ll get some minutes. Everything that’s happened lately indicates that we need to give the most promising of those up and coming halves the best experience we can. (Although we’ve had more than our fair share of injuries to our halves.)

 

[MrFrankWhite]

RTS > Pompey. Fingers crossed

 

[CWC]

Great to see Roger in the reserves already, seems guaranteed to be fine for the panthers game

 

[WAH MAN]

I thought Demetric was a bit off against the Broncos so will be interesting to see if TSS keeps the pressure on him with another good performance this week

It's great that when say Leka or Demetric aren't firing, they can still contribute to the team winning while other players fire and shine

 

[Ryno 2.0]

It's great that when say Leka or Demetric aren't firing, they can still contribute to the team winning while other players fire and shine

I thought Leka was looking a lot more dangerous against the Broncs, and several tries on the right hand side were due to defensive lapses caused by the threat of Leka. I think hes building into the season and the best is yet to come.

 

[Neo]

It's great that when say Leka or Demetric aren't firing, they can still contribute to the team winning while other players fire and shine

Yeah I think Leka has done a great job defensively in the last month to really sure up that right edge, while others have criticised him, so it’s all subjective. I know TSS was preferred over him for one game earlier in the year so it’s obviously close between them (although they were using Barnett at lock at that time). I just thought Demetric was conceding quite a few post contact metres and let the line break through at the end. Obviously not anything major, but when there is massive competition for spots you want to be on every weekend

 

[Sammyw]

good team list, cant argue. id hold rog back one more week, pompey can get a job done against the dragons.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

I thought Leka was looking a lot more dangerous against the Broncs, and several tries on the right hand side were due to defensive lapses caused by the threat of Leka. I think hes building into the season and the best is yet to come.

I noticed he was getting his nose between tacklers and over the advantage line more often than previous weeks.

 

[RobRoyMcCoy]

Good team. I would like RTS to start instead of Pomps and Niukore to start, Laban to bench. Otherwise best team we can name apart from CNK still being out and even then he wouldn't supplant TT for me.

On further thought, big Marata usually play right edge so maybe he is on the bench with Laban starting. Or maybe he has been surpassed by EIT.

 

[Ryno 2.0]

Just a reminder, the Dragons home record against us is 14 wins to 5 losses.

They are definitely at the bottom of the pile but I really want us to destroy them in the middle and make them break. Would be nice to see a fat donut next to their team name as well.