Pick Your Team Warriors v Broncos - [Round 7, 2025]

[mt.wellington]

Warriors v Broncos - [Round 7, 2025]
PICK YOUR TEAM
Saturday 19th April 7:30pm NZST
Go Media Stadium, Auckland


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Here's your chance to select your dream team for the next rounds match so don your coaches cap on and lets hear it.

This thread will be closed without notice once the TEAM LIST thread opens for this game...

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Taine at the back. Kosi in on the wing. Bunty to start and Laban on the bench.

 

[Tohu’s_Knees]

Another exposure incoming.

1. Taine
2. Kosi
3. Berry
4. Leiataua
5. Pompey
6. CHT
7. Metcalf

8. Bunty
9. Egan
10. Barnett
11. Capewell
12. Niukore
13. Vaimauga/Ford

14. Clark
15. Ford/Vaimauga
16. Halasima
17. Healy/Laban

I know it’s coming so….
First off, I don’t hate Clark. As a matter of fact I like him as a player. I’m PROMOTING him to 14.

Finally, sacrifice Niukore against the Broncos then replace him with Leka against the Knights. (Happy for Leka to start now tbh)

We just need to stick with CHT and Metcalf, with an eye on the future.

Brisbane will want a bounce back.

 

[Inruin]

A few things that go in our favour with this game. It's at home, Broncos will give up a number of errors which hopefully we can build pressure off, Walsh is playing well below his best and the Broncos haven't left Brisbane for 4 weeks.

Not expecting any changes unless injury enforced.

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

Fullback needs another looking at, CNK isn't helping the halves at all, could they just swap him and Taine?

Leka starting could give us a shot in the arm assuming Fish is out. Would just start Bunty, he will work hard. Then Niukore can middle sub and Laban can be the edge sub.

Walsh is playing like he lost his Ritalin at the moment, all over the place, and ben hunt is just collecting a pay check, so the broncos aren't as good as their team list suggests, not ideal they are coming off a soft loss though.

1. TT
2. CNK
rest of backs the same
8. Bunty
12. Halasima
rest of forwards the same

14. Niukore
15. Ford
16. Demetric
17. Laban

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

Fullback needs another looking at, CNK isn't helping the halves at all, could they just swap him and Taine?

Leka starting could give us a shot in the arm assuming Fish is out. Would just start Bunty, he will work hard. Then Niukore can middle sub and Laban can be the edge sub.

Walsh is playing like he lost his Ritalin at the moment, all over the place, and ben hunt is just collecting a pay check, so the broncos aren't as good as their team list suggests, not ideal they are coming off a soft loss though.

1. TT
2. CNK
rest of backs the same
8. Bunty
12. Halasima
rest of forwards the same

14. Niukore
15. Ford
16. Demetric
17. Laban

CNK is out, cat 1 concussion.

 

[BlackToko88]

I dont see too many changes tbh. Charnze out with mandatory HIA so taine goes FB. Kosi goes to one wing.

would prefer to keep berry and ali in centers.

Not sure on fish injury/severity but he probz out. Wouldn’t mind having Halasima starting and Niukore middle sub bench.

juzt need to make sure broncos dont get off to a fast start like raiders and storm

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

CNK is out, cat 1 concussion.

Big Kos it is then - literally no one else to pick - you could do some weird TMM fullback thing .... actually they might really help us

 

[CWC]

Taine FB Kosi right wing
Bunty start for Fish, Laban bench

Fish’s defense is a huge loss, might need Taine to help out the sweep attacks to counter the point leaks

Is pecs gonna be 6 or 12 weeks?

 

[tajhay]

Does Kosi have it in him to do 2 decent games in a row? 1 game itself was a surprise.

 

[BlackToko88]

Taine FB Kosi right wing
Bunty start for Fish, Laban bench

Fish’s defense is a huge loss, might need Taine to help out the sweep attacks to counter the point leaks

Is pecs gonna be 6 or 12 weeks?

Depends on strain or torn.

Strain will range bur could be 3-6 weeks (usually month though).

Torn then would require surgery and that be 3-6 months i think

 

[Inruin]

Can Kosi have it in him to do 2 decent games in a row? 1 game itself was a surprise.

What's the alternative though?

 

[BlackToko88]

Can Kosi have it in him to do 2 decent games in a row? 1 game itself was a surprise..

Id say he does. Would probably mark up against Mariner so be a good battle.

Plus off contract so every game for him is cruicial

 

[Dlenai]

Love a short turnaround after a poor loss - plays in our favour

absolutely critical that we win this one on Saturday to get that winning momentum back

 

[Noitall]

Tuaupiki said at the end of the game that fullback felt foreign, so perhaps you leave him on the wing where he’s been adjusting to rather than swap him around over multiple weeks when CNK returns? TMM hasn’t been playing fullback in nsw cup, but perhaps he might be worth coming in at fullback for this one?

 

[Worried2Death]

Tuaupiki said at the end of the game that fullback felt foreign, so perhaps you leave him on the wing where he’s been adjusting to rather than swap him around over multiple weeks when CNK returns? TMM hasn’t been playing fullback in nsw cup, but perhaps he might be worth coming in at fullback for this one?

Still worry about Taine's defence, he looked like Taine Toothpicki one on one with Coates. TMM at the back could add something different.

 

[Noitall]

Still worry about Taine's defence, he looked like Taine Toothpicki one on one with Coates. TMM at the back could add something different.

I take my hat off to him for putting in a decent effort on trying to take a much bigger Coates down one on one, but Coates probably beats most fullbacks too to score that? Very different in a trial game, but TMM totally brought another aspect when he played there as a ball playing fullback and attacking threat

 

[jumpman5xl]

Tuaupiki
Kosi
Berry
Ali
Kali**
CHT
Metcalf
Afoa
Egan
Barnett
Laban
Leka
Clark

Boyd/TMM
Niukore
Capewell
Vaimauga

Ford

 

[WahsaurusRex]

1

Martin

2

Tuaupiki

3

Berry

4

Leiataua

5

Pompey

6

Metcalf

7

Harris-Tavita

8

Vaimauga

9

Egan

10

Barnett

11

Capewell

12

Halasima

13

Clark

14

Afoa

15

Niukore

16

Stowers-Smith

17

Laban

Create your own team formation

Leave Taine on the wing, he has got the spot until DWZ returns so better to not flip that around for a week for now imo, especially when Harper or Kosi are the alternative.

Just trying to jam in youth/speed with Tanner and Laban on the bench + Leka and Demitric starting, I just don’t know how else we can get close to matching what the Broncos have got

 

[Damo]

TMM at FB would be asking for trouble, especially if it means we also have Tuapiki on the wing.