It's interesting that Stuart has kept Zac Hoskings on the bench in place of Elliot Whitehead who is completely out of form. Hoskings for me has been one of the buys of the season.
It's interesting that Stuart has kept Zac Hoskings on the bench in place of Elliot Whitehead who is completely out of form. Hoskings for me has been one of the buys of the season.
It's interesting that Stuart has kept Zac Hoskings on the bench in place of Elliot Whitehead who is completely out of form. Hoskings for me has been one of the buys of the season.
It’s hard to be in good form when you’ve been injured and not played the last two weeks. Whitehead that is.
Hosking has been in career best form though last two weeks.
So the question is should Smithies have dropped to the bench or are Hosking, Whitehead and Hudson Young all considered edge forwards who wouldn’t go to 13.
Back rower Marata Niukore is scheduled to return to team training soon as he continues his recovery from a minor foot fracture.
He picked up the injury in the club’s second Preseason Challenge match against the Dolphins on February 24.
One New Zealand Warriors head of performance Balin Cupples said Niukore is now into the early running phase of his recovery.
He is building into change of direction and skill involvement as he works towards returning to team training in the coming weeks.
Cupples said fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is “progressing well in his final stage of high intensity running”. He continues to lift his involvement in both part team drills and full team skills.
Promising young back rower Leka Halasima is into the “early phase return to run” stage of his recovery programme following a moderate ankle sprain. He is building his running volumes as he looks to return to some team integration from next week.
What do we reckon of the other sides named ? In comparison we're very stable, a lot of movement in and out due to form, injury and suspension elsewhere