Six kiwi-born players including former Warriors Kieran Foran, Raymond Faitala-Mariner and Ofahiki Ogden, have been named in the Bulldogs’ round one line-up to face the Vodafone Warriors at Mount Smart Stadium on Saturday.
The extended 21-man squad also includes their highest profile signing in Dylan Napa who has been named to start in the front row.
The bulk of the side named for this Saturday’s match is made up of the core of last season’s squad that finished the 2018 season with four wins from their last six matches.
1 Will HOPOATE
2 Christian CRICHTON
3 Kerrod HOLLAND
4 Marcelo MONTOYA
5 Reimis SMITH
6 Kieran FORAN
7 Lachlan LEWIS
8 Aiden TOLMAN
9 Michael LICHAA
10 Dylan NAPA
11 Josh JACKSON
12 Raymond FAITALA-MARINER
13 Adam ELLIOTT
Interchange:
14 Jeremy MARSHALL-KING
15 Danny FUALALO
16 Corey HARAWIRA-NAERA
17 Sauaso SUE
19 Jack COGGER
20 Nick MEANEY
21 Chris SMITH
22 Ofahiki OGDEN
Coach - Dean PAY
