Everything is moving super-duper fast with the Warriors, so fast that Kieran Foran has gone from being ruled out with a bung hammy one week to being named to start the next week. Not only has Foran been named to partner Shaun Johnson, but coach Stephen Kearney has continued with the changes in the forward pack that has me wondering if we are starting to see Kearney's Warriors take shape.

There are numerous angles we can take with Foran, led by the apparently strong possibility that Foran will start. That would obviously be lovely and the quicker we can get Foran in there, the better as this will give him more time to settle into his role as well as how Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Johnson do their work around Foran. We're all a bit dubious about Foran at the moment, but as he's been named to start, we simply have to get excited because Kearney appears to reckon Foran is good to go.

If they were playing it safe when Foran tweaked that hammy last week, then it must surely be wise to play it safe again, right? This is probably why Mason Lino and Ata Hingano have been named in the squad and while we have every right to get excited about Foran running out on to Mount Smart's turf, the thing about these big ol' Tuesday squads is that we just won't know until Sunday morning.

Note that Lino and Hingano are named in that squad and not Tuimoala Lolohea. Not as halves cover, not as a utility and not as an outside back. Instead, Lolohea has been named to start on the wing in reserve grade, along with the likes of Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (fullback), Junior Pauga (wing) and Matt Allwood (centre) who continue to provide competition for those outside back spots.

You could make a case that Nicoll-Klokstad, Pauga or Lolohea would be better wingers than Blake Ayshford and it's a bit weird that he's been given a wing spot. There's no outside back cover in the squad either, however I wouldn't overlook a cheeky shift during Sunday's game where Ayshford and David Fusitua swap between wing and centre.

Also named to play reserve grade are Albert Vete and Bunty Afoa, both of whom are in the NRL squad but being named in ressies means they'll likely drop off that bench. This reflects tremendously well on Charlie Gubb as he's still holding down a starting spot, as well as Ligi Sao and James Gavet who snapped up their opportunity last week.

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This was why I struggled to get too judgemental about the Warriors in the first few weeks as Kearney was always going to take some time to really suss out what players were capable of and which players he could trust to do their job. I don't know if Kearney's super high on Sao and Gavet or if this is just a blip for Vete, but Gavet and Sao have obviously impressed Kearney enough that they have demanded selection over Vete and Afoa.

And Afoa; Afoa was the only edge forward on the Warriors' bench and without him, there are three middle forwards and Nathaniel Roache. This also leads me to think that Kearney was taking some time to let the leaves fall in the opening weeks as Bodene Thompson and Ryan Hoffman will now be tasked with playing their usual 80 minutes.

Roache's selection follows suit as he was out injured for the first few weeks and now slots straight into that bench utility spot. Kearney isn't short on possible bench utility options and started the season with Erin Clark not exactly playing, but there on the bench. The speed of Roache around the ruck will allow Kearney to bring Issac Luke off, without taking anything away from what I believe is a key aspect of their attack.

It remains to be seen what Kearney's strongest team actually looks like and we won't know that until later in the season. Guys like Vete and Afoa could definitely feature in that team, however Kearney has laid his cards down on the table after the opening four rounds and we're now graced with a different Warriors team. You'd be silly to think that it brings immediate success, however it's cool to see that Kearney is tinkering to find what he likes.