General Siuatonga Likiliki

[2big2strong_old]

Siuatonga Likiliki

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An exerpt from todays Herald...

Promising centre Siuatonga Likiliki will make his first-grade debut against the Eels tonight. The 19-year-old is set to replace Jerome Ropati, who withdrew from the side with injury.PARRAMATTA v WARRIORS
Parramatta
Jarryd Hayne
Luke Burt
Krisnan Inu
Joel Reddy
Eric Grothe
Daniel Mortimer
Jeff Robson
Tim Mannah
Matthew Keating
Fuifui Moimoi
N. Hindmarsh (c)
Joe Galuvao
Todd Lowrie
Interchange: Kevin Kingston, Broderick Wright, Ben Smith, Jeremy Latimore.
Warriors
Wade McKinnon
Kevin Locke
Siuatonga Likiliki
Joel Moon
Manu Vatuvei
Aaron Heremaia
Stacey Jones
Sam Rapira
Ian Henderson
Evarn Tuimavave
Simon Mannering
Ukuma Ta'ai
Micheal Luck (c)
Interchange: Lance Hohaia, Russell Packer, Jacob Lillyman, Lewis Brown.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/article.cfm?c_id=79&objectid=10590918&ref=rss

 

[2big2strong_old]

He's gonna be setting up K-Lo all night.

 

[Fazz_old]

finally some good news!

 

[Spence_old]

Good luck to the young man, I hope he rips it up.

 

[sebastian_old]

Sweet, on both accounts, Likiliki's debuting & Jerome's gone (If Only For A Week), I hope Likiliki's the bold & brash type, not the shy guy type. I wanna see another 2 try debut like Mr. Locke managed.

 

[Fazz_old]

Personally I'm just hoping Hayne doesn't maul him and ruin his confidence. Anything on top of that will be a bonus!

 

[Iafeta_old]

Well done Suiatonga. How far has he come? Seriously, round 1 last NYC, he has a couple of "WTF" moments with some offloads that weren't on that cost the Warriors badly, and he hardly appeared after that. Now look at him, dominating NYC and now in first grade. Well done!

 

[Magic Stick_old]

Finally Likiliki gets a crack....Good bye Ropati,may aswell ask for your release

 

[mrblonde_old]

Good on the young lad.

He - like Locke was - would be on a casual glance be the highest on the list of "u20s who deserve a shot in First Grade" on this site. Hope he has a good one.

How many newbies is this now, though?
Likiliki, Locke, Heremeia, Brown, Ah Mau, John, Ta'ai...7 by my count. And 5 of those are in the 17 for tonight. Wonder how many will kick on next year and beyond - Ah Mau might but not with us...

Can't say Ivan doesn't give the young folk a shot.

BTW Huge call to suggest Ropo ask for his release now....

You do know there's such a thing as Fan's Curse, don't ya?

 

[bigstuboy_old]

Personally I'm just hoping Hayne doesn't maul him and ruin his confidence. Anything on top of that will be a bonus!

maul Siuatonga Likiliki? haha i'd like to see him try . i don't think he will be scared of anything after what he had to do on onetribe the other night lol . if he gets decent ball he will tear it up this guy is another manu .

 

[KeepingTheFaith_old]

Good on the young lad.

He - like Locke was - would be on a casual glance be the highest on the list of "u20s who deserve a shot in First Grade" on this site. Hope he has a good one.

How many newbies is this now, though?
Likiliki, Locke, Heremeia, Brown, Ah Mau, John, Ta'ai...7 by my count. And 5 of those are in the 17 for tonight. Wonder how many will kick on next year and beyond - Ah Mau might but not with us...

Can't say Ivan doesn't give the young folk a shot.

BTW Huge call to suggest Ropo ask for his release now....

You do know there's such a thing as Fan's Curse, don't ya?

O'Regan would be another one, and injury was the only thing keeping Taylor out. On top of that Packer and Matulino are both young enough for NYC.

 

[a.c.e_old]

GOOD JOB!! Breaking into 1st grade. I hope he goes well. Is he up against Hayne? SHOW HIM NO RESPECT and put your mark on the game young fella!!

 

[Spence_old]

GOOD JOB!! Breaking into 1st grade. I hope he goes well. Is he up against Hayne? SHOW HIM NO RESPECT and put your mark on the game young fella!!

Haynes fullback, so hopefully Hayne will have to try tackle him a few times throughout the match

He is being marked by Inu, assuming Moon stays on the left.

 

[DanKokoro_old]

GOOD JOB!! Breaking into 1st grade. I hope he goes well. Is he up against Hayne? SHOW HIM NO RESPECT and put your mark on the game young fella!!

haha.. maybe do show him respect... but just be better than him

 

[Spence_old]

haha.. maybe do show him respect... but just be better than him

Yeah... don't get over excited and spit on him or something.

 

[edguy_old]

as one of the major likiliki backers for first grade , im so happy for him to finally get a crack...
so much for all you " hes not ready types" lol
hope he has a wow of a game .....good luck to yuh fella .....


Now ill start my Alehana Mara campaign for first grade before the end of the year !!!!!

 

[warriors4life_old]

Likiliki getting named has made tonight's game much more anticipating.

An O'Regan/Lillyman swap would seal the deal.

 

[Spence_old]

as one of the major likiliki backers for first grade , im so happy for him to finally get a crack...
so much for all you " hes not ready types" lol
hope he has a wow of a game .....good luck to yuh fella .....


Now ill start my Alehana Mara campaign for first grade before the end of the year !!!!!

And if he has a bad game are you going to bow down, and admit being wrong, to all the people who had his long-term welfare in mind?

 

[Spence_old]

Likiliki getting named has made tonight's game much more anticipating.

An O'Regan/Lillyman swap would seal the deal.

I'd be nothing less than stoked. Although Lillyman has been playing well of late, O'Regan playing, as well as Likiliki, would make me a very happy man.

 

[edguy_old]

And if he has a bad game are you going to bow down, and admit being wrong, to all the people who had his long-term welfare in mind?

nope never back down , never say sorry ..its a sign of weakness : John Wayne ....

he wont fail because i believe in his ability and he cant do any worse than ropo or krusty ah van have done for us this year ..

i honestly believe he has the x factor that locke has and that he will win alot more games for us than he will lose for us. ive watched almost every nyc game this year and he has been without a doubt the the most improved warrior by far , and most probably the form centre in the entire comp in my opinion ....