Since when were our Aotearoa Warriors favourites against Brisbane Broncos? Since the winds of change swept through Mt Smart and now we get a chance to see how ruthless the Warriors are, against a desperate Broncos team.
Tuimoala Lolohea will be starting at fullback ... in reserve grade this week. There is an all kiwi-toko hooking rotation at Canberra Raiders and Corey Harawira-Naera finally gets another crack on the edge for Penrith Panthers.
The Mt Smart graveyard swallowed another victim as the Warriors were too good for North Queensland Cowboys, not an amazing performance but good enough.
Jazz Tevaga is getting big minutes off the bench for Aotearoa Warriors and at the Mt Smart graveyard, against North Queensland Cowboys, Tevaga will play a low key important role in dismantling the Cowboys.
Brandon Smith is getting in where he fits in at Melbourne Storm, James Fisher-Harris is stepping up for Penrith Panthers and we've got some changes to the Jahtearoa Premiers squad.
Lovely win for Aotearoa Warriors over the Roosters in Sydney and even with a couple new blokes getting the call up the Warriors, everyone knows their role the depth is strong.
Kieran Foran got his career back on track with Aotearoa Warriors, although those good vibes aren't enough to push the memories of a crazy 2017 season to the side.
An away trip to face Sydney Roosters presents an opportunity for everyone to take a breath and suss out what Aotearoa Warriors are really about after a crazy 3-0 start.
Ata Hingano will make his first appearance for Canberra Raiders and Wellington's Joseph Tapine will return from injury for the Raiders, plus a former Junior Kiwis captain will plug a hole for Penrith Panthers.
Aotearoa Warriors showed Canberra Raiders how to win a game of footy and whille some Warriors get the headline status, there were huge low key efforts from some unsung heroes.
Benji's little bro Jeremy Marshall-King put in a solid shift alongside Kieran Foran in our first all-kiwi halves combo, moments before Jamayne Isaako scored all 9 of Brisbane's points in their win over Wests Tigers.
Aotearoa Warriors have re-shuffled their forward pack thanks to their funky new depth to face Canberra Raiders and we may see the Warriors hit grind mode to snatch a win across the ditch.
Jeremy Marshall-King has been selected to start in the halves for the Bulldogs, joining his #KiwiNRL homie Kieran Foran and giving us an all-#KiwiNRL halves combo to admire. James Fisher-Harris has been beastly for Penrith Panthers and we've also had a broken jaw curse to start the season.
Aotearoa Warriors were too slick for Gold Coast Titans at Mt Smart and the graveyard shift has begun.
Aotearoa Warriors host Gold Coast Titans at Mt Smart and we may get to finally see a ruthless footy team make their Mt Smart a graveyard.
Nelson Asofa-Solomona and the Bromwich bros will come up against Russell Packer, Ben Matulino and Elijah Taylor in a glorious #KiwiNRL clash. Dean Whare might come back, Raymond Faitala-Mariner and Kieran Foran have a nice left edge combo brewig, plus we've got Charlie Gubb set to make his first Canberra Raiders appearance.
Aotearoa Warriors defeated South Sydney Rabbitohs in round one of their 2018 NRL campaign and here are some observations.
South Sydney Rabbitohs present an early opportunity for Aotearoa Warriors to show how they have leveled up after the winds of change swept through Mt Smart.
The #KiwiNRL Encyclopedia is here to fill your loins with all sorts of #KiwiNRL funk and it's a bumper round tahi edition led by Slade Griffin's starting gig with Newcastle Knights.
Ata Hingano gapped to Canberra Raiders and Aotearoa Warriors signed Karl Lawton from Gold Coast Titans in a crazy Warriors week.