ROUND 12
BYE
ROUND 13
NYC LATE MAIL | v Brisbane Broncos
Sat 4th June, 12:00PM
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The Vodafone Junior Warriors will take the field as selected for their 13th-round NYC match against Brisbane at Mount Smart Stadium today (12.40pm kick-off).
The Vodafone Junior Warriors and the Broncos go into the match on 10 points each, the home side 12th on points for and against, the Broncos ninth.
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS v BRISBANE BRONCOS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
12.40pm, Saturday, June 4
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 KANE TELEA
2 LEWIS SOOSEMEA
3 JUNIOR PAUGA
4 MARATA NIUKORE
5 MATT FAITOTOA
6 ERIN CLARK
7
CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
8
BUNTY AFOA
9 SHELDON PITAMA (c)
10 KENESE KENESE
11 OFAHIKI OGDEN
12 JOSEPH PRICE
13 CHRIS SIO
14 KEANU DAWSON
15 JOSEPH VUNA
16 JEROME MAMEA
17 CYRUS TIMO-LATU
COACH | KELVIN WRIGHT
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Final score: Vodafone Warriors 22, Brisbane 34
ROUND 14
NYC LATE MAIL | v Newcastle
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Sat 11th June, 12:34PM
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The Vodafone Junior Warriors will take the field as selected for their 14th-round NYC match against Newcastle at Hunter Stadium today (12.40pm kick-off).
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS v NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
10.40am, Saturday, June 11
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 KANE TELEA
2 LEWIS SOOSEMEA
3 JUNIOR PAUGA
4 MARATA NIUKORE
5 MATT FAITOTOA
6 ERIN CLARK
7
CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
8
BUNTY AFOA
9 SHELDON PITAMA (c)
10 KENESE KENESE
11 OFAHIKI OGDEN
12 JOSEPH PRICE
13 CHRIS SIO
14 TYLER MOHI
15 JOSEPH VUNA
16 KEANU DAWSON
17 CYRUS TIMO-LATU
COACH | KELVIN WRIGHT
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Narrow loss for Vodafone Junior Warriors
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Sat 11th June, 03:39PM
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Third quarter setbacks hurt the Vodafone Junior Warriors for the second week running as they fell to a tough 18-24 loss to the higher-ranked Newcastle Knights in today’s 14th-round NYC clash at Hunter Stadium.
A week ago they started the second half just 10-12 down but conceded two tries in the third quarter to fall behind 10-24 before losing 22-34.
Much the same happened again at Hunter Stadium today.
The Vodafone Junior Warriors were 12-6 ahead after a strong first half performance only for the Knights to cross in the 45th, 56th and 60th minutes to take them out to a 24-12 advantage.
Despite the lapses, there was ample time left for the Kelvin Wright-coached side to come back. While they created plenty of openings they couldn’t quite finish their work until an Erin Clark kick was brilliantly taken by wing Lewis Soosemea for his second try.
On a day when both goal-kickers were superb, fullback Kane Telea converted from the sideline to bring his side back to 18-24 with seven minutes left.
Back came the Vodafone Junior Warriors striving to at least level the contest up but they were ultimately beaten by the clock, left to rue the three unanswered tries they yielded after halftime.
Earlier Soosemea had opened the scoring in the 11th minute, hauling in a Clark bomb to the right after a Matt Faitotoa break.
In the 34th minute centre Marata Niukore used his big frame to run through defenders, reaching out to plant the ball for the halftime lead.
Throughout the contest the Vodafone Junior Warriors were able to make metres almost at will – almost 1700 in total – with five of the backs making more than 100 metres and breaking tackles effortlessly. Up front
Bunty Afoa was again outstanding with 177 metres from 15 tackles as well as an astounding 46 tackles.
Match details | Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Newcastle Knights 24 (Jake McNamara, Heath Gibbs, Tom Starling, Jayden Butterfield tries; Jake McNamara 4 conversions).
Vodafone Junior Warriors 18 (Lewis Soosemea 2, Marata Niukore tries; Kane Telea 3 conversions).
Halftime: 12-6 Vodafone Warriors.
Referee: Peter Gough and Drew Oultram.
Vodafone Junior Warriors | Kane Telea; Lewis Soosemea, Junior Pauga, Marata Niukore, Matt Faitiotoa; Erin Clark,
Chanel Harris-Tavita;
Bunty Afoa, Sheldon Pitama (c), Kenese Kenese; Ofahiki Ogden, Joseph Price; Chris Sio. Interchange: Tyler Mohi, Joseph Vuna, Keanu Dawson, Cyrus Timo-Latu.
https://www.warriors.kiwi/news/2016/06/11/narrow_loss_for_voda.af_info_nyc-news.html
ROUND 15
NYC LATE MAIL v Sydney Roosters
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Sun 19th June, 02:39PM
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Vodafone Junior Warriors coach Kelvin Wright has been forced to shuffle his side for today’s 15th-round NYC match against the Sydney Roosters at Mount Smart Stadium (3.45pm kick-off).
Eiden Ackland has been brought in to start at standoff with Erin Clark switching to loose forward.
Chris Sio moves to start at prop, Mattais Heimuli goes to the bench and Joseph Vuna is in the second row replacing Marata Niukore, who turned out for the club’s ISP side yesterday.
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS v SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
3.45pm, Sunday, June 19
Referees: Chris Butler and Kasey Badger
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 KANE TELEA
2 LEWIS SOOSEMEA
3 JUNIOR PAUGA
4 ALFRED SMALLEY
5 MATT FAITOTOA
18 EIDEN ACKLAND
7
CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
8 KENESE KENESE
9 SHELDON PITAMA (c)
13 CHRIS SIO
16 JOSEPH VUNA
12 JOSEPH PRICE
6 ERIN CLARK
10 MATTAIS HEIMULI
14 TYLER MOHI
15 JEROME MAMEA
17 CYRUS TIMO-LATU
COACH | KELVIN WRIGHT
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Best NYC display of the season
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Sun 19th June, 06:08PM
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Spearheaded by standoff Eiden Ackland’s stunning hat-trick, the Vodafone Junior Warriors produced their best display of the year in beating the sixth-placed Sydney Roosters 40-20 in today’s 15th-round NYC encounter at Mount Smart Stadium.
Ackland was a late replacement, coming into a reshuffled side after experienced second rower-centre Marata Niukore had been called into the club’s Intrust Super Premiership side for yesterday's match against Newtown in Sydney.
Ackland, the son of former Vodafone Junior Warriors coach John Ackland, was brought into the halves with regular standoff Erin Clark moved to loose forward.
Coach Kelvin Wright was also without his two most experienced forwards prop
Bunty Afoa and second rower Ofahiki Ogden who had been selected in the ISP side earlier in the week.
It left the Vodafone Junior Warriors with a small pack compared to their massive opponents but they were anything but deterred as they delivered an up-tempo performance to race to a decisive win. The margin would have been even more clear-cut but for two late Roosters tries reducing the score-line from 40-10 to 40-20.
After conceding an early try, the Vodafone Junior Warriors struck with the first two of Ackland’s tries to take a 12-10 lead into the break.
They stepped up to another level in the second half.
In the 42nd minute left wing Matt Faitotoa spectacularly plucked a
Chanel Harris-Tavita Crossfield bomb for a superb try.
Playing with intensity and accuracy, the Vodafone Junior Warriors struck again seven minutes later through Chris Sio and then Clark in the 56th minute to jump to a 28-10 lead.
With a Junior Pauga touchdown and the enthusiastic Ackland’s third the home side charged to an impressive 40-10 advantage with more than 10 minutes still to play.
While the defence faltered to allow the Roosters two tries, the victory and the nature of it was a huge fillip for Vodafone Junior Warriors following losses in their last two outings against Brisbane and Newcastle.
MATCH DETAILS
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
Vodafone Junior Warriors 40 (Eiden Ackland 3, Matt Faitotoa, Chris Sio, Erin Clark, Junior Pauga tries; Kane Telea 6 conversions).
Sydney Roosters 20 (Kiah Cooper, Ryan King, Bernard Lewis, Bradley Mullins tries; Ryan King 2 conversions).
Halftime: 12-10 Vodafone Junior Warriors.
Referees: Chris Butler and Kasey Badger.
Vodafone Junior Warriors | Kane Telea; Lewis Soosemea, Junior Pauga, Alfred Smalley, Matt Faitiotoa; Eiden Ackland,
Chanel Harris-Tavita; Kenese Kenese, Sheldon Pitama (c), Chris Sio; Joseph Vuna, Joseph Price; Erin Clark. Interchange: Mattais Heimuli, Tyler Mohi, Jerome Mamea, Cyrus Timo-Latu.
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