NRLWahine Spotlight: Winning Start For Bulldogs With Almost Half Their Team From Aotearoa
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have started their first NRLW season with two wins and almost half of their team coming from Aotearoa.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have started their first NRLW season with two wins and almost half of their team coming from Aotearoa.
New Zealand Warriors return to Mt Smart this weekend after three consecutive losses across NRL and NRLW, having not scored more than 20 points and conceded more than 20 points in each of these losses.
There have been 10 Kiwi-NRL debutants in 18 rounds of NRL footy and Temple Kalepo is the latest addition after playing 41 minutes for North Queensland Cowboys in their loss to Melbourne Storm.
New Zealand Warriors take a break this weekend which may shake off some of the stink from the two losses between two byes in the past month.
The 2025 NRLW season starts this week and while the return of NZ Warriors offers a hefty boost to women's rugby league in Aotearoa, Bulldogs will enter their first NRLW season with eight women from New Zealand in their team and there are plenty of new NRLWahine sprinkled among the other Australian teams.
The last game New Zealand Warriors won at Mt Smart was in round seven against Brisbane Broncos and after losing to Penrith Panthers at home, they are back on the road for a return game against Broncos.
Turangawaewae junior Aublix Tawha added himself to the list of 2025 Kiwi-NRL debutants with a hearty stint coming off the bench for Dolphins in their loss to Knights.
Kiwi-NRL juniors from Aotearoa continue to simmer their way through reserve grade footy in Queensland and New South Wales with a bunch of them on the cusp of NRL debuts.
New Zealand Warriors youngsters have been a staple of their strong start to the 2025 NRL season and with a bye this weekend, now is the perfect time to take stock of how it's all going.
Tukimihia Simpkins made his return to NRL footy with Gold Coast Titans in their win vs Manly Sea Eagles and the hearty Pikiao junior from Rotorua seems like the type of forward that coach Des Hasler would love.
As the trees release their leaves and winter sweeps across Aotearoa, we have a lovely sample size to take stock of the best emerging talent for New Zealand Warriors.
New Zealand Warriors bullied Cronulla Sharks in a 40-10 win and the NSW Cup Warriors also had a 22-16 win vs the Sharks' reserve grade outfit Newtown Jets, rolling out a combined 22-4 record this season across the top two grades.
Elijah Salesa-Leaumoana became the eighth Kiwi-NRL debutant of 2025 after coming off the bench for Newcastle Knights in their win over Manly Sea Eagles.
New Zealand Warriors had their second loss to Canberra Raiders of the NRL season last weekend and while that was a bummer, another Sunday outing against South Sydney Rabbitohs in Sydney will be a better gauge of how they are tracking through the winter grind.
Otara's Benaiah Ioelu became the seventh Kiwi-NRL debut of 2025 as he started at hooker for Sydney Roosters in their win vs Cronulla Sharks.
The New Zealand Warriors tour of Australia finished with a win over Dolphins and this gives Warriors folks a taste of something they can't have experienced too often before as they had three consecutive wins in Australia.
Tanner Stowers-Smith became the sixth Kiwi-NRL debutant in the 2025 NRL season after the Halswell junior from Christchurch got 25 minutes of action for New Zealand Warriors vs Dolphins.
New Zealand Warriors had four wins in a row without James Fisher-Harris and now they welcome the hearty Northlander back into the team to play Dolphins.
New Zealand Warriors had their fourth NRL win in a row vs Dragons and after another NSW Cup win, the NRL and NSW Cup teams have a combined record of 15-3 this season.
The 2025 NRLW season is approaching and the return of New Zealand Warriors combined with the growth of women's rugby league in Aotearoa means there is an abundance of NRLWahine talent on offer this year.