Player Tohu Harris

[JustLikeStartingOver]

If we’re being honest star players at the back end of their careers, the team wants to squeeze every last drop out of that lemon before it’s chucked aside. the players also probably push for it as your a long time retired and you won’t see that amount of money again but as we saw with SJ how much good does rolling them out there actually do.

If Tohus playing more than 50 minutes a game next year that’s poor. Mannering spent a lot of his last season off the bench.

 

[Worried2Death]

Tohu not retiring.

Stuff

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Reserving judgment on this until we see if he's back to 2023 form after his surgeries. Might have had chronic foot or leg injuries restricting his mobility as well as a fractured wrist later on. Here's hoping he does come back to his best.

 

[Juno]

Not sure if the Storm are the best example. Munster was being needled up until he finally broke down. If theres a stats person out there I'm sure he was having more groin touches per game than passing receipts in the end.

Yeah I know

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Mannering spent a lot of his last season off the bench.

How did we go that season?

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

How did we go that season?

That was Kearney’s one good season, I had forgotten but it was Tohu (prime), Blair (old) and Papalii (young) as the first choice with Mannering coming in as required.

We have the old and young spots covered next year but we don’t have a dominant back rower / loose forward in his prime years.

 

[run_it_str8_again]

Really I don't care who we have or don't have. But how we manufacture form and confidence and apply that under pressure consistently throughout the entire season is what I want. So if Tohu's that. Sweet

 

[CWC]

Thing is, Apart from Metcalf. That speed doesn't exist.
Look at our probable lineup next year with current squad & webbys favs.
JFH
Egan
Barney
Nuikore
Capewell
Harris
TMM
Metcalf
DWZ
Berry
Pompey - Leiataua
Montoya - Rts
CNK
Depressing aye? Lol.

Taine and Halasima needs to be in there

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Taine and Halasima needs to be in there

Oh, I hear you. This team is a Webbys favourites tho lol.

 

[tajhay]

Id be interested to know if Tohu remains as captain next year.

 

[Juno]

Id be interested to know if Tohu remains as captain next year.

If he wanted it, maybe. Don't think he'll want it.
Got Barney & JFH, surely the 2 of them can do what he's done on and off the field (we generally don't get to see the 2nd part but its huge).
No doubt I'm a huge fan of the big fella and honestly don't think there's been a captain of the warriors before thats had to do the job like he has - lead through a pandemic away from home and all the dramas that unfolded & still get up for 2023, like they all did, is no small thing.
Let him focus on his footy, pretty sure thats what he will want to do, potentially for his last year.
He's not an ego-driven personality so I reckon he'll give 100% towards whoever has the role & 100% to his own role in the team.
Thats my take anyway

 

[BabylonPink]

So does anyone know what's happening with Tohu?
Is he coming back? Is he injured badly?
Can he even play lock anymore?
Or are we just running Walker and Clarke there?

 

[Inruin]

Warriors captain Tohu Harris announces his immediate retirement​

Stuff sports reporters
January 09, 2025 •10:20am

Warriors captain Tohu Harris has called it quits.Brett Phibbs/photosport
Warriors captain Tohu Harris has reportedly announced his retirement, effective immediately.
Having shut down suggestions he might follow Shaun Johnson into retirement last September, Harris’ decision, reported by the The Daily Telegraph, is a hefty blow to the Auckland-based NRL club.
Harris was only able to manage 14 games during a disappointing season for the club and, back in July, underwent surgery for a chronic wrist injury.
The Daily Telegraph reported Harris told people close to him he could not play on as he struggled to recover from the injury.

Even before his early finish, the injury saw him miss five games and it was impacting him both on and off the field.
“I'd had the injury for over a year, and it was affecting everyday life and and I wasn't able to train pretty much all week, and getting injections for games, and it broke me down,” Harris told Stuff’s League of Our Own podcast.


Following his standout season in 2023, Harris committed to play on in 2025.

But in a revealing chat with League of Our Own, which made it clear Harris wasn’t planning to play on long, Harris said what happens following the 2025 season was up in the air.

“It’s probably a year-by-year thing but a lot of that’s not my decision, it’s up to other people whether they want me there.
“Obviously dealing with the amount of injuries I’ve had, I’ve got to make sure my body is right.
“With a growing son I want to be there for him and be able to do things with him and that’s important to,” Harris said. “I don’t want to be limping around after I’ve finished (playing) and not be able to give him everything that I can.”
MORE TO COME

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[Makasene]

If true, nothing but love and respect.

A Warriors legend

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Loved Tohu and his approach to the game. Giant of a man who put his body on the line for the good of the team.

Skilful, big bodied player that could do it all. Despite his recent years at lock, I regard his time in the second row as his peak performance.

Warriors legend that would make my all time best Warriors 13.

Enjoy retirement, you earned it!

 

[roguei]

That's a really rough way to go. I wish he got a stadium goodbye like he deserves, all the bells and whistles.

A great captain, a great player, will be missed.
Him going out after obviously trying to get back into form over preseason just shows his commitment to the team.

 

[BlackToko88]

An absolute workhorse on the field, but sadly injuries prevented him to continue. None the less a terrific career in rugby league.

Hopefully the club can have him do was pathways work, having someone like Harris around to mentor the young guys is cruicial

 

[Canonball]

ahh damn, that sucks... but always a possibility and the timing makes sense. Unique player, and clearly a good dude

 

[Zarjaz]

Really would have loved to see a fully fit n healthy Tohu carve up this season and relive some of his 23 season form (pre-burnout).
But think a lot of us got the feeling this was coming though. Dude literally put his body on the line for the club.

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

From the Warriors

Harris draws curtain on career

One New Zealand Warriors captain Tohu Harris announces end of his 234-game NRL career.

www.warriors.kiwi

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

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What a fucken legend!