Pick Your Team Warriors v Roosters - [Round 3, 2025]

[mt.wellington]

Warriors v Roosters - [Round 3, 2025]
PICK YOUR TEAM
Friday 21st March 8pm 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...

 

[CWC]

Same team lol

Maybe Healey for someone on bench if he’s ready, Egan did 160min already

Laban for Capewell if he’s sore?

 

[Dannevegas]

Martin
Tuivasa-scheck
Leiataua
Berry
Tauapiki
Harris-tavita
Metcalf
Fisher-Harris
Egan
Barnett
Laban
Niukore
Clark

Healey
Walker
Vaimauga
Halasima

 

[Funky Ed Koosie]

Same lineup, but Berry for Pompey, and Hala for Niukore. Niukore to the bench.

 

[CWC]

Roosters belting Panthers, what a weird night

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Charnz looked a bit lethargic out there imo.
I feel that with him offering up so little in the last 2 weeks, we would probably be better off shifting him to the wing and having Tuaupiki or TMM roaming from the back would make us more dangerous.

Cleaned up his errors this week and ran for 170m so wasn't terrible by any stretch, he just seemed to struggle to get involved, especially in any back line set plays

 

[CWC]

Interesting was Charnz not roaming on the right anymore? Ali is such a weapon. Taine was lively could be more electric as fullback. CHT was high tempo on attack

 

[Teets]

Interesting was Charnz not roaming on the right anymore? Ali is such a weapon. Taine was lively could be more electric as fullback. CHT was high tempo on attack

Be tempted to at least swap him and Taine around in good ball sets like Roosters used to do with Mini and RTS a bit.

 

[CWC]

Taine kinda tamed Goliath, can he take on the rooster wingers lol

 

[Dannevegas]

Roosters are full of young guns this year like Steep, Toia, Wong, Whyte, Foketi and co, therefore high energy. hope Webster unleashes ours, fight fire with fire. Laban and Ale are playing too good imo to be left out. We had a good win tonight, but the same team last year was real inconsistent, we need to keep evolving would like to see Laban, Ale, Martin and Berry come in

 

[Kestrel84]

Martin
Tuivasa-scheck
Leiataua
Berry
Tauapiki
Harris-tavita
Metcalf
Fisher-Harris
Egan
Barnett
Laban
Niukore
Clark

Healey
Walker
Vaimauga
Halasima

This is the team

 

[Five&Last]

1. Taine Tuaupiki
2. Adam Pompey
3. Rocco Berry
4. Ali Leiataua
5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
6. Chanel Harris-Tavita
7. Luke Metcalf
8. James Fisher-Harris
9. Wayde Egan
10. Mitch Barnett
11. Leka Halasima
12. Marata Niukore
13. Erin Clark

14. Sam Healey
15. Demetric Vaimauga
16. Dylan Walker
17. Jacob Laban

I think Taine's outplayed Charnze and deserves his shot at fullback (i also think he gets exposed badly against the height that the Roosters have on the wings). Rocco straight in, Pompey to wing and Charnze out.

Laban was fantastic for NSW cup and gets a shot on the bench - even though I think Eddie was probably next in line so is probably hard done by. Good problem to have and no excuse for playing Capewell and Ford imo.

Marata did enough this week to save the axe.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

would it be bold to switch Taine and CNK for this game? CNK just seems off as others have commented. Taine is the spark of energy/enthusiasm we need. I'm also a bit worried his lack of height will be exploited in this game against the behemoth Roosters wingers.

 

[Playdaball]

I can’t see any changes from the coach after that win .
Berry did look slick , whilst Healey and Boyd pushed their claims for first grade spots.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

1 C N Klokstad
2 T Tuaupiki
3 R Berry
4 A Leiataua
5 R T Sheck
6 C H Tavita
7 L Metcalf
8 J F Harris
9 W Egan
10 M Barnett
11 K Capewell
12 J Laban
13 E Clark

14 D Walker
15 T Ale
16 D Vaimauga
17 L Halasima

 

[Completion Rate]

Webby just needs to sub Marata at the 30th or 50th minute mark to give Leka some time to wind up and get going. He's far more deliberate and impactful with footwork and acceleration into contact than Niukore who just uses his size to trundle into a halfback to no effect.

 

[John Nick]

1 C N Klokstad
2 T Tuaupiki
3 R Berry
4 A Leiataua
5 R T Sheck
6 C H Tavita
7 L Metcalf
8 J F Harris
9 W Egan
10 M Barnett
11 K Capewell
12 J Laban
13 E Clark

14 D Walker
15 T Ale
16 D Vaimauga
17 L Halasima

Yeah Berry & Jacob kicking the FG door down.Gotta be considered at least.

 

[SJ2k]

Webby just needs to sub Marata at the 30th or 50th minute mark to give Leka some time to wind up and get going. He's far more deliberate and impactful with footwork and acceleration into contact than Niukore who just uses his size to trundle into a halfback to no effect.

Loved seeing the sets in the second half where it was Halasima then Vaimauga on direct ru ns. Sign of the future right there.

 

[SJ2k]

I doubt Webby makes any changes, but the two positions that stand out are Pomps and CNK. It's clear CNK is our 3rd best FB (maybe lower if TMM got a chance). We're a bit stuck because number 1a and 1b are on the wings, but FB is more important and both showed they can create some magic that CNK just isn't showing.

Otherwise same team just use the bench more Webby. Could easily take Ford out and bring Healey in, spread those minutes to the young boys.

 

[Muddogz]

Berry will most likely start if they think he’s ready otherwise no other changes. It was a very good win and you give the players another opportunity to build on that.

I think Halasima will definitely be a starter by the end of the season but I think twenty minutes a game is a good way to blood in a guy who could be a cornerstone for the next 15 years.