Team List Raiders vs Warriors - [Round 1, 2025]

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Who plays 9 if Egan is out? CHT, Clark, or walker? Neither i would like.

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

Who plays 9 if Egan is out? CHT, Clark, or walker? Neither i would like.

Clark presumably, whole bench could play lock

 

[Warriorshopeful]

Big Red starting at 8 for the Raiders.. Hope we can punish them up the middle.

 

[Warriorshopeful]

Who plays 9 if Egan is out? CHT, Clark, or walker? Neither i would like.

Healey is listed at 18 so presumably him

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Healey is listed at 18 so presumably him

Sorry i mean in game.

 

[snake77]

I hope Niukore's form last year was down to the injury. A return to similar form as 2023 would give Metcalf someone to dump the ball off to if the play isn't quite on or big body to attract defenders down the right. I thought he was a bit better in the second trial compared to the first.

It will be interesting to see where Halasima plays when he comes on. He has been discussed as a middle a lot and looked good in the trial. I can see the combination of a few others giving us leg speed in the middle. But I can also see having him replace Niukore and providing a difference out wider.

 

[snake77]

The speculation on the first page about Pompey is interesting. Not the injury more the plan to bring in TMM to 6 and place CHT at centre.

Ieremia-Toeava is in the squad. He didn't look to bad in the trial.

Surely a player better suited to centre.

Another player (Ieremia-Toeava) good to see in the squad. If we are wanting to be a development club we need to A, produce the guys and B, give them an opportunity.

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

Happy with the team. TMM unlucky but he just is not a 6. I am also very glad the field is not as wide as standard as there is some speed in the Raiders backline.

 

[Fufu]

Have to question what Ale's done wrong though....poor bloke looked great in 2023, but the back end of that season he started to see reduced minutes, and in 2024 again hardly played any minutes, only one game over 30m last year and now not picked again...

Feels like the writing is on the wall for him

We are rolling pretty deep with young forward depth hey.

Laban, Ale, TSS cant even get on the flight. Toeaiva, Healey, Afoa(not young but still good depth) cant get in the 17. Vaimuga and Halasima on the bench. Kind of makes the Zyon Maiu’u release more palatable.

Expect one of those juniors to take Capewell or Niukore's starting spot by the end of the season.

 

[Fufu]

The speculation on the first page about Pompey is interesting. Not the injury more the plan to bring in TMM to 6 and place CHT at centre.

Ieremia-Toeava is in the squad. He didn't look to bad in the trial.

Surely a player better suited to centre.

Another player (Ieremia-Toeava) good to see in the squad. If we are wanting to be a development club we need to A, produce the guys and B, give them an opportunity.

What is the kid? A prop, backrower or centre? Seems to have played all those positions quite well in the past

 

[Hitro]

Laban’s got to be the most hard done by, would’ve thought he’d make the 23

 

[Hitro]

Replace Ford with Laban and that’s a great bench

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Pleasantly surprised. Please, please no early game injury in the backs.

Do we see a Lussick release soon? Surely we do, which might make the Harper signing slightly more palatable.

 

[WarriorsForever]

I might be biased but we have the best fans in the league. That 1 news clip of SJ and all the travelling fans was awesome

 

[snake77]

What is the kid? A prop, backrower or centre? Seems to have played all those positions quite well in the past

The NSW Cup games I've seen he's mainly been a second rower / centre but I am pretty sure you are right he's been named at prop as well.

A second row / centre option would be useful on the bench.

The games I've been to I was keeping an eye on a few others. They have either moved on playing first grade. The trial he caught my interest. Quite keen to see keep an eye on him.

 

[BlackToko88]

We are rolling pretty deep with young forward depth hey.

Laban, Ale, TSS cant even get on the flight. Toeaiva, Healey, Afoa(not young but still good depth) cant get in the 17. Vaimuga and Halasima on the bench. Kind of makes the Zyon release more palatable.

Expect one of those juniors to take Capewell or Niukore's starting spot by the end of the season.

Can see Capewell losing his spot if he doesnt capture that form after origin 2 last year.

Seems like Webby is open in givjng the young guys a chance

 

[snake77]

Hopefully the boys enjoy the build up and then take care of business on the weekend.

It will be a great experience. A big match atmosphere and an amazing stadium.

But at the end of the day they have been training hard all summer to perform on the field.

 

[CWC]

Don’t rule out a last minute switcheroo of Healey on the bench (hopefully for Ford) and TMM for Pompey, they happen to be 18 and 19, Webby was obsessed with it last year

 

[Ever Hopeful]

The Raiders backline looks pretty quick. We're going to need to make sure they don't get a lot of good ball.

 

[marv.]

Don’t rule out a last minute switcheroo of Healey on the bench (hopefully for Ford) and TMM for Pompey, they happen to be 18 and 19, Webby was obsessed with it last year

im with this.
i reckon TMM goes to fullback.
charnze in for pompey. (wrist?)

plenty of goal kickers without pompey then, and strike right across the park.

best way to get that many playmakers (if you can call a couple of them that) into the backline.