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Lino links with Newcastle
Long-time New Zealand Warriors back-up half Mason Lino has agreed to join the Newcastle Knights from 2019. Lino has signed a two-year-deal with the Club which sees him in the red and blue until at least the end of 2020. Knights player list manager Troy Pezet said the addition of Lino provides... -
Warriors secure coach through 2022
New Zealand Warriors head coach Stephen Kearney has signed a contract extension keeping him at Mount Smart Stadium until the end of the 2022 NRL season. The deal will see the 46-year-old Kearney remain in the role for six seasons, joining Ivan Cleary (2006-2011) as the longest-serving head...
Each week fans on our social media accounts vote for their NZ Player of the Round, with a running leaderboard which decides the 2018 kiwileaguecentral.com NZ Player of the Year.
Round 10 NZ Player of Week points:
Addin Fonua-Blake – 4 points
Ben Matulino – 3 points
Leeson Ah Mau – 2 points...
Check out kiwileaguecentral.com’s Team of the Week from Rd 7 of Auckland’s Fox Memorial Premiership.
Fullback: Dillion Rota (Mt Albert)
Wing: Saula Solomona (Pt Chevalier)
Centre: Wallace Teaurima (Marist)
Five-eighth: Jordan Tuarae (Glenora)
Halfback: Kyle Neal (Richmond)
Prop: Trent...
NRL Premiership winning coach Michael Maguire has been appointed to coach the Kiwis.
Maguire, who coached South Sydney to the NRL title in 2014, said he was excited by the opportunity.
“New Zealand already supplies a lot of the top talent in the National Rugby League and English Super League...
David Kidwell will not re-apply for the Kiwis’ head coaching job.
“The tough lessons are the ones you learn the most from – and I’ve had a lifetime’s worth of tough
lessons over the past year or so,” Kidwell said.
“With the shakeup of the Kiwis’ set up, that is bound to follow from the review...
While their strong opening round performance dominated the headlines, much of the talk following the Warriors’ victory over the Rabbitohs focussed on their unique post-try huddle.
The huddle, and the unified breathing routine which took place inside it, was caught on television cameras on a...
Kiwileaguecentral.com is celebrating the 50 best New Zealand league players on the planet right now, with the release of our annual NZ Top 50.
* Note this list is based on Kiwi-eligible players who haven’t represented another tier-one nation, not who a player last played for at Test level...
Kieran Foran has announced he will leave the New Zealand Warriors at the end of the 2017 season to be closer to his two children in Sydney.
“It has been an incredibly tough decision to make but it has reached the point where I had to make a call and I’ve done that today,” said the 26-year-old...
Soane Hufanga made his National Youth Competition debut in Round 1, putting in a strong effort to run for 110 metres in a 48-10 loss to the Newcastle Knights. Kiwileaguecentral.com shared a few minutes with the powerful forward in the minutes after his U-20 debut for the Junior Warriors.
KLC...
The Warriors came back twice to secure a 26-22 victory over the Knights in Round 1, here’s how we rated each player’s performance.
1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (C)
The Warriors’ best to open the season, just as he had been through the two pre-season trials as well. Ran the ball 21 times for over...
Warriors prop Sam Lisone has told kiwileaguecentral.com details of happened in the lead-up to the scuffle between himself and former Junior Kiwis teammate Danny Levi, which erupted in the closing minutes of Sunday’s match between the Warriors and Knights on Sunday.
An initial push and shove...