New signing Josh Curran has been named to make his Vodafone Warriors signing against his old club – and do so alongside former Kiwi Issac Luke – in Sunday’s Canterbury Cup NSW clash at North Sydney Oval.
The 20-year-old Curran’s signing was officially announced today and hours later he was included on the bench to play against North Sydney.
Curran has played most of the season for the Bears, the Sydney Roosters' feeder club this season, although he made his NRL debut against Melbourne in the sixth round in April.
He has joined the club’s NRL squad replacing Solomone Kata, who was released on Monday.
The Vodafone Warriors will be able to draw on ample NRL experience in the shape of 264-game veteran Luke. He drops out of the club’s NRL squad to play in the Canterbury Cup this weekend.
The Vodafone Junior Warriors, beaten 30-16 by Canterbury-Bankstown last weekend, also face the Bears on Sunday but they’re at Mount Smart Stadium still chasing their first home win of the year.
CANTERBURY CUP NSW
VODAFONE WARRIORS v NORTH SYDNEY BEARS
1.00pm, Sunday, June 30
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ADAM POMPEY
2 LEWIS SOOSEMEA
3 HAYZE PERHAM
4 BLAKE AYSHFORD
5 SETU TU
6 ADAM KEIGHRAN
7 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA
8 CHRIS SATAE
9 ISSAC LUKE
10 JACKSON FREI
11 ADAM TUIMAVAVE-GERRARD
12 TAANE MILNE
13 PHILLIP MAKATOA
Interchange:
14 CLAYTON WILLIAMS
15 JOSH CURRAN
16 PRESTON RIKI
17 TYLER SLADE
18 API PEWHAIRANGI
COACH | NATHAN CAYLESS
JERSEY FLEGG CUP
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS v NORTH SYDNEY BEARS
12.00pm, Sunday, June 30
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
VODAFONE JUNIOR WARRIORS
1 PAUL TURNER
2 SELESTINO RAVUTAUMADA
3 CASEY SMITH
4 KAYAL IRO (c)
5 EDWARD KOSI
6 WILLIAM FAKATOUMAFI
7 SIONE MOALA
8 ELIESA KATOA
9 SEAN MULLANY
10 WESLEY VEIKOSO
11 BRODY TAMARUA
12 TOM ALE
13 JYRIS GLAMUZINA
Interchange:
14 TANIELA OTUKOLO
15 ISAIAH VAGANA
16 JUNIOR PUA
17 TONI TUPOUNIUA
18 MICHAEL LEMAFA
20 EMANUEL TUIMAVAVE-GERRARD
COACH | GREG BOULOUS
