Internationals World Cup 9s 2019

[1995Warriorsfan]

World Cup 9s 2019

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Downer Rugby League World Cup Nines
Sky Sport 4

Day 1 Friday 18th – 8.00p
Day 2 Saturday 19th – 11.30am

Men’s squads

Australia
Josh Addo-Carr (Melbourne Storm)
Jai Arrow (Gold Coast Titans)
AJ Brimson (Gold Coast Titans)
Nathan Brown (Parramatta Eels)
Kyle Feldt (North Queensland Cowboys)
David Fifita (Brisbane Broncos)
Tyson Frizell (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Reuben Garrick (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
Wade Graham (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)
Clint Gutherson (Parramatta Eels)
Ben Hunt (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Mitchell Moses (Parramatta Eels)
Ryan Papenhuyzen (Melbourne Storm)
Kalyn Ponga (Newcastle Knights)
Curtis Scott (Melbourne Storm)
Cody Walker (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

Cook Islands
Tevin Arona (Canterbury Bulls)
Anthony Gelling (Widnes Vikings)
Alex Glenn (Brisbane Broncos)
Kayal Iro (NZ Warriors)
Steven Marsters (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Sam Mataora (Belconnen United Sharks)
Tepai Moeroa (Parramatta Eels)
Moses Noovao-Mcgreal (Norths Devils)
Junior Pua (NZ Warriors)
John Puna (Easts Tigers)
Reuben Rennie (Mounties)
Vincent Rennie (Mounties)
Brad Takairangi (Parramatta Eels)
Brodie Tamarua (NZ Warriors)
Aaron Teroi (Central Queensland Capras)
Paul Ulberg (Norths Devils)

England
James Graham (captain - St George Illawarra)
Liam Watts (Castleford)
Reece Lyne (Wakefield)
Sam Tomkins (Catalans)
Jake Connor (Hull FC)
George Williams (Wigan)
Daryl Clark (Warrington)
Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield)
Jake Trueman (Castleford)
Tom Burgess (South Sydney)
Ryan Hall (Sydney Roosters)
Ash Handley (Leeds)
Blake Austin (Warrington)
Ryan Sutton (Canberra)
Elliott Whitehead (Canberra)
Gareth Widdop (St George Illawarra)

Fiji
Kevin Naiqama (c) (St Helens)
Suliasi Vunivalu (Melbourne Storm)
Waqa Blake (Parramatta Eels)
Brayden Villiame (Catalans Dragons)
Maika Sivo (Parramatta Eels)
Mikaele Ravalawa (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Penioni Tagituimua (Nadera Panthers)
Luuke Nadrotalo (Nadera Panthers)
Apisai Koroisau (Manly Sea Eagles)
Silistino Ravutaumada (NZ Warriors
Viliame Kikau (Penrith Panthers)
Taane Milne (NZ Warriors)
Isaac Lumelume (Melbourne Storm)
Penaia Leveleve (Nabua Broncos)
Maika Tudravu (Army Bears)
Joseva Lawalawa (Ravoravo Rabbitohs)

France
Lucas Albert (Catalan Dragons)
Jason Baitieri (Catalan Dragons)
Jordan Dezria (Toulouse)
Bastien Canet (Carcassonne)
Alrix Da Costa (Catalan Dragons)
Charles Bouzinac (Lezignan)
Lambert Belmas (Catalan Dragons)
Arthur Romano (Catalan Dragons)
Thomas Lasvesnes (Villeneuve)
Paul Macron (Toulouse)
Gavin Marguerite (Toulouse)
Hakim Miloudi (Toronto Wolfpack)
Louis Jouffret (Featherstone Rovers)
Lilian Albert (Lezignan)
Arthur Mourgues (St Esteve XIII Catalans)
Justin Sangare (Toulouse)
Mathieu Jusseaume (Toulouse)

Lebanon
Kayne Kalache (Canterbury Bulldogs)
James Roumanos (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Elie El-Zakhem (Canbterbury Bulldogs)
Reece Robinson (Queanbeyan Kangaroos)
Travis Robinson (Newtown Jets)
Jacob Kiraz (North Queensland Cowboys)
Jalal Bazzaz (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Anthony Layoun (Mounties)
Bilal Maarbani (Wests Tigers)
Jayden El-Jalkh (Wests Magpies)
Adam Rizk (Ryde-Eastwood Hawks)
Josh Rizk (Balmain Tigers)
John Paul Nohra (Parramatta Eels)
Johnny-Lee Gabriel (Balmain Tigers)
Charbel Tasipale (Parramatta Eels)
Ahmad Harajly (New England Free Jacks)

New Zealand
Leeson Ah Mau (NZ Warriors)
Dylan Brown (Parramatta Eels)
Zane Tetevano (Sydney Roosters)
Corey Harawira-Naera (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Braden Hamlin-Uele (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)
Jamayne Isaako (Brisbane Broncos)
Shaun Johnson (Cronulla Sutherland Sharks)
Jeremy Marshall-King (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Ken Maumalo (NZ Warriors)
Briton Nikora (Cronulla Sutherland Sharks)
Kodi Nikorima (NZ Warriors)
Kevin Proctor (Gold Coast Titans)
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (Canberra Raiders)
Bailey Simonsson (Canberra Raiders)
Reimis Smith (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Joseph Tapine (Canberra Raiders)

Papua New Guinea
Terry Wapi (PNG Hunters)
Edene Gebbie (Wynnum Manly)
Stargroth Amean (Barrow Raiders)
Bernard Lewis (Sydney Roosters)
Daniel Russell (Nth Qld Cowboys)
Garry Lo (PNG Hunters)
Jedidiah Simbiken (Redcliffe Dolphins)
Edwin Ipape (Wynnum Manly)
Kyle Laybutt (Townsville Blackhawks)
Watson Boas (Barrow Raiders)
Nixon Putt (North Devils)
Rhyse Martin (Leeds Rhinos)
Justin Olam (Melbourne Storm)
Stanford Talita (Hela Wigmen)
Moses Meninga (PNG Hunters)
Wartovo Puara jnr (Barrow Raiders)

Samoa
Bunty Afoa (NZ Warriors)
Dean Blore (Penrith Panthers)
Michael Chee Kam (Wests Tigers)
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui (Melbourne Storm)
Tim Lafai (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Joey Leilua (Canberra Raiders)
Luciano Leilua (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Moses Leota (Penrith Panthers)
Danny Levi (Newcastle Knights)
Jarome Luai (Penrith Panthers)
Lalotoa Mata’afa (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
David Nofoaluma (Wests Tigers)
Ligi Sao (NZ Warriors)
Marion Seve (Melbourne Storm)
Jorge Taufua (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
Brian To’o (Penrith Panthers)

Tonga
John Asiata (North Queensland Cowboys)
Andrew Fifita (Cronulla Sharks)
Tevita Funa (Manly Sea Eagles)
Delouise Hoeter (Wynnum-Manly Seagulls)
Peter Hola (North Queensland Cowboys)
Jamil Hopoate (Brisbane Broncos)
Robert Jennings (Wests Tigers)
Sione Katoa (Cronulla Sharks)
Sione Katoa (Penrith Panthers)
Tuipulotu Katoa (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Fanitesi Niu (Brisbane Broncos)
Joe Ofahengaue (Brisbane Broncos)
Tevita Pangai jnr (Brisbane Broncos)
William Sakatoumafi (NZ Warriors)
Jason Taumalolo (North Queensland Cowboys)
Malakai Watene-Zelezniak (Penrith Panthers)

USA
Conner Donehue (Brooklyn)
Eddy Pettybourne (Central Queensland)
Ronaldo Mulitalo (Cronulla)
Jay Florimo (The Entrance)
Mark Offerdahl (Goondiwindi)
Bureta Faraimo (Hull)
Charlie Jones (Jacksonville)
Khalial Harris (Jacksonville)
David Washington (Jacksonville)
Joe Eichner (Northern Pride)
Ryan Burroughs (Nova)
Corey Makelim (Sheffield)
Jerome Veve (Souths Logan)
Junior Vaivai (Toulouse)
Danny Howard (Wentworthville)
Kristian Freed (Wests Mitchelton)

Wales
Rhys Evans (Bradford Bulls)
Dalton Grant (Bradford Bulls)
Cobi Green (Bradford Bulls)
Will Evans (Burleigh Bears)
Connor Davies (Halifax)
Curtis Davies (Halifax)
Dan Fleming (Halifax)
Elliot Kear (London Broncos)
Rhys Williams (London Broncos)
Lloyd White (Mackay Cutters)
Regan Grace (St Helens)
Gavin Bennion (Swinton Lions)
Mike Butt (Swinton Lions)
Rhodri Lloyd (Swinton Lions)
Ben Evans (Toulouse Olympique)
James Olds (West Brisbane Panthers)

*Team Lists subject to change

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[Tony Martin]

A few warriors to watch out for

Afoa
Kayal Iro
Brody Tamarua
Junior Pua
Taane Milne
Selestino Ravutaumada
Ken maumalo
Kodi nikorima
Leeson Ah Mau
William fakataumafi

 

[mt.wellington]

A few warriors to watch out for

Afoa
Kayal Iro
Brody Tamarua
Junior Pua
Taane Milne
Selestino Ravutaumada
Ken maumalo
Kodi nikorima
Leeson Ah Mau
William fakataumafi

Full list of Warriors contracted players and teams...

Cook Islands

Kayal Iro
Junior Pua
Brodie Tamarua

Fiji

Silistino Ravutaumada
Taane Milne

New Zealand

Leeson Ah Mau
Ken Maumalo
Kodi Nikorima

Samoa

Bunty Afoa
Ligi Sao

Tonga

William Sakatoumafi

 

[Damo]

Looking forward to seeing Ravutamunda in action!

 

[Jwoodzy02]

It looks like Starford To'a has replaced JMK in the NZ squad

 

[Warriors4ever]

Like the look of Fiji for this one

 

[snake77]

Show my interest after the Grand Final. Besides coming here waiting for signings I've kind of tuned out looking forward to a summer of catching up on movies and TV shows instead of NRL every weekend night.

Knew this was happening and internationals would be starting soon but this has snack up on me a bit. Looking forward to it as it will be a bit different.

 

[wizards rage]

Show my interest after the Grand Final. Besides coming here waiting for signings I've kind of tuned out looking forward to a summer of catching up on movies and TV shows instead of NRL every weekend night.

Knew this was happening and internationals would be starting soon but this has snack up on me a bit. Looking forward to it as it will be a bit different.

I think the future is more variety with the nines, touch, etc being promoted to grow the game.

If the head knock issues continues to grow in importance, could the main game slowly be replaced with faster, lower impact versions?

 

[ryno]

Man super excited for the nines!

 

[Worried2Death]

Fiji are my smokey, Cookies could surprise too, should be an entertaining weekend.

 

[Billy Teets James]

Kanga-poos look deadly. So much speed.
Addo Carr - Brimson - Papenhuyzen -Ponga - Garrick....Scary. Fiji a Smokey!

 

[Jwoodzy02]

Blair flies in as replacement for Kiwis

New Zealand Kiwis head coach Michael Maguire has today confirmed veteran forward Adam Blair has been brought into the squad for the World Cup Nines at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney starting tomorrow.

www.warriors.kiwi

Yuck

 

[Miket12]

Blair flies in as replacement for Kiwis

New Zealand Kiwis head coach Michael Maguire has today confirmed veteran forward Adam Blair has been brought into the squad for the World Cup Nines at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney starting tomorrow.

www.warriors.kiwi

Yuck

bruce just gagged on his bedtime Milo.

 

[Defence]

Blair ffs- surely they could’ve given a young fella a go.
Even passi- remember when got player of the tournament at the 9s- before sk got hold of him.
Poor bugger changed allegiance to Nz and then they didn’t even play him.

 

[warriors55]

Blair ffs- surely they could’ve given a young fella a go.
Even passi- remember when got player of the tournament at the 9s- before sk got hold of him.
Poor bugger changed allegiance to Nz and then they didn’t even play him.

I can't believe he got the call up, especially for 9's!!

I can't wait until he retires because that's the only way he will stop getting selected apparently.

 

[Rizzah]

I think Blair will go alright in the 9s.
And as far as i can tell, Mag is no mug - I'm sure he knows Blair's strengths and weaknesses.

 

[Horriors2013]

Kanga-poos look deadly. So much speed.
Addo Carr - Brimson - Papenhuyzen -Ponga - Garrick....Scary. Fiji a Smokey!

Imagine if big hits and power runs become more effective than speed. Aussie will be fucked and Kiwis will win. 9s is weird though. Not played enough for anyone to work different formulas. Who knows what gameplan or player type works on the day? Aussie does look deadly though.

In union 7s, Savea/ Vito type players are successful. Maybe our tough second rowers could shine?

 

[snake77]

Imagine if big hits and power runs become more effective than speed. Aussie will be fucked and Kiwis will win. 9s is weird though. Not played enough for anyone to work different formulas. Who knows what gameplan or player type works on the day? Aussie does look deadly though.

In union 7s, Savea/ Vito type players are successful. Maybe our tough second rowers could shine?

A good point about needing to be played more. A few years ago everyone was expecting it to be like 7s but when it came to the crunch games it was closer to normal league with emphasis on defense and playing for territory. The only examples they had were from 96 and 97 from the Super League competition. The issue there is one year was played in heavy mud covered fields if I recall correctly.

It could end up like 13s where Aussie lead the way with a specific type of game, we get players to suit that but they end up changing the way they play ending up one step ahead of us. An advantage of a larger player base. I wouldn't be surprised we see speed win out this time around.

 

[matiunz]

There’s talk only 12,000 tickets sold... be interesting to see if there’s a walk up crowd

 

[Raw Power]

Should be Awesome... especially at Bankwest Stadium. Looking forward to see Bailey Simonsson... Go the KIWI