Second rower Jacob Laban and halfback Te Maire Martin have been retained in the One New Zealand Warriors’ 19-man game day squad for Friday night’s third-round NRL clash against the Sydney Roosters at Go Media Stadium (8.00pm kick-off).
At the 24-hour deadline ahead of the game, Laban was named as 18th man and Martin 19th man.
The three players required to drop off were hooker Freddy Lussick, prop Bunty Afoa and centre Rocco Berry.
Laban and Martin were again key contributors as the Warriors fended off Manly 31-20 in last Friday night’s round two New South Wales Cup match.
Laban scored a stunning 60-metre second half try and popped a lovely off load for Tom Ale to score while running 177 metres from 12 runs with a line break, a try assist, a line break, four tackle breaks, two off loads and 41 tackles.
And Martin scored a nifty try, ran for 95 metres, had a try assist, made two line breaks and 19 tackles.
On Tuesday head coach Andrew Webster named an unchanged 17 for the third game on end.
Match: Warriors v Roosters
Round 3 -
home Team
Warriors
away Team
Roosters
Team Lists
Backs
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Fullback for Warriors is number 1 Charnze Nicoll-KlokstadFullback for Roosters is number 1 James Tedesco
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Winger for Warriors is number 2 Taine TuaupikiWinger for Roosters is number 2 Daniel Tupou
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Centre for Warriors is number 3 Ali LeiatauaCentre for Roosters is number 3 Mark Nawaqanitawase
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Centre for Warriors is number 4 Adam PompeyCentre for Roosters is number 4 Robert Toia
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Winger for Warriors is number 5 Roger Tuivasa-SheckWinger for Roosters is number 5 Dominic Young
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Five-Eighth for Warriors is number 6 Chanel Harris-TavitaFive-Eighth for Roosters is number 6 Sandon Smith
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Halfback for Warriors is number 7 Luke MetcalfHalfback for Roosters is number 7 Chad Townsend
Forwards
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Prop for Warriors is number 8 James Fisher-HarrisProp for Roosters is number 8 Spencer Leniu
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Hooker for Warriors is number 9 Wayde EganHooker for Roosters is number 9 Connor Watson
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Prop for Warriors is number 10 Mitchell BarnettProp for Roosters is number 10 Naufahu Whyte
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2nd Row for Warriors is number 11 Kurt Capewell2nd Row for Roosters is number 11 Angus Crichton
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2nd Row for Warriors is number 12 Marata Niukore2nd Row for Roosters is number 12 Siua Wong
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Lock for Warriors is number 13 Erin ClarkLock for Roosters is number 13 Victor Radley
Interchange
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Interchange for Warriors is number 14 Dylan WalkerInterchange for Roosters is number 14 Zach Dockar-Clay
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Interchange for Warriors is number 15 Jackson FordInterchange for Roosters is number 16 Blake Steep
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Interchange for Warriors is number 16 Demitric VaimaugaInterchange for Roosters is number 18 Hugo Savala
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Interchange for Warriors is number 17 Leka HalasimaInterchange for Roosters is number 21 Makahesi Makatoa
Reserves
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Replacement for Warriors is number 18 Jacob LabanReplacement for Roosters is number 22 Ethan Roberts
Match Officials
- Referee: Ashley Klein
- Touch Judge: Drew Oultram
- Senior Review Official: Liam Kennedy
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Following their setback in Las Vegas, the same 17 players rebounded to deliver one of the club’s most impressive victories last Friday night in scoring six tries to stun a Manly side coming off an emphatic display against the Cowboys.
After shuffling the originally-selected starting pack for the match against Canberra, the Warriors started as selected against the Sea Eagles.
This week’s match provides a milestone moment for fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad when he makes his 50th NRL appearance for the Warriors. He was outstanding last week making a team-high 171 metres and six tackle breaks.
Loose forward Erin Clark and centre Adam Pompey edge closer to 100-game milestones, Clark playing his 98th game while Pompey makes his 97th appearance (all for the Warriors).
There’s little between the Warriors and the Roosters in the 47 matches they’ve played since 1995, the Roosters winning 24, the Warriors 22 with one draw.
However, the ledger has been strongly in the Roosters’ favour more recently. They’ve won the last eight encounters since losing 6-30 in Sydney in 2018.
