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Fien in halves, Crockett back for Warriors against Knights
Tue May 27, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Source: www.warriors.co.nz

Hooker Nathan Fien will start at standoff and Michael Crockett is back on the wing for the Vodafone Warriors' 12th round NRL clash against Newcastle at EnergyAustralia Stadium on Saturday night.

With Micheal Witt still troubled by a hip flexor problem, coach Ivan Cleary has moved Fien (28) out of his regular dummy half role to run in the No 6 jersey in his 171st NRL appearance.

That means Jerome Ropati (24) reverts to the centres after filling the standoff's spot in the last two matches against Penrith and the Sydney Roosters.

The 25-year-old Crockett missed last Sunday's outing but returns after scoring three tries for the Auckland Vulcans in last Friday night's New South Wales Cup encounter with Manly.

"We still see Jerome as an option at No 6 but he has missed a lot of football through injury recently and is working back to full match fitness," said Cleary.

"Nathan has a background in the halves and he'll be able to help us in that role this weekend. At the same time, Ian Henderson has been in really good form and deserves the chance to start at hooker."

The backline changes see Simon Mannering back in his preferred spot in the second row after being used in the centres against the Roosters. He'll have 20-year-old Sonny Fai as his starting partner this week with Epalahame Lauaki swapping roles to come off the bench.

Regular winger Patrick Ah Van is set to turn out for the Vodafone Junior Warriors in their NYC under-20 clash against the Knights on Saturday night while Manu Vatuvei (leg), Wade McKinnon (knee), Malo Solomona (leg) and Witt were not considered due to injury.

Veteran prop Ruben Wiki will make his return from injury with the Auckland Vulcans in their New South Wales Cup match against the Western Suburbs Magpies on Mt Smart Stadium's No 2 ground on Saturday. Also joining him will be back rower Wairangi Koopu, centre Ryan Shortland and prop Herman Retzlaff.

"With Steve (Price) back and Russell (Packer) on the way up, we have a lot of choices at prop at the moment," said Cleary.

"Ruben has had a couple of niggles. We want him in peak form and he'll be back in the NRL side soon if he does that."

Ben Matulino (19), who has been impressive for the Vodafone Junior Warriors, has been named as 18th man for the trip to Newcastle.

New Zealand Warriors v Newcastle Knights
Energyaustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday, May 31
7:30pm

Warriors (NRL):
1 Lance Hohaia
2 Michael Crockett
3 Brent Tate
4 Jerome Ropati
5 Aidan Kirk
6 Nathan Fien
7 Grant Rovelli
8 Sam Rapira
9 Ian Henderson
10 Steve Price (c)
11 Simon Mannering
12 Sonny Fai
13 Micheal Luck

Subs:
15 Evarn Tuimavave
16 Epalahame Lauaki
17 Logan Swann
18 Russell Packer

18th Man: Ben Matulino

Coach: Ivan Cleary

News Source: www.warriors.co.nz


Fien amongst 11 new additions to Kiwi train-on squad
Mon September 17, 2007
by Matthew O'Neill
Controversial Warriors hooker Nathan Fien was today added to the New Zealand Kiwis train-on squad despite being part of the 'granny-gate' scandal last year.

Fien 'qualified' for the Kiwis last year under the grand parent rule and it was revealed during the Tri Nations tournament that it was in fact his great grand mother that was a Kiwi and not his grand mother. Fien was withdrawn from the Tri Nations and New Zealand was stripped of their victory against Great Britain.

This year Fien has qualified for New Zealand under the three year residency rule having spent the last three years in Auckland.

New Zealand coach Gary Kemble did not expect any negative reaction to the Queensland-born Fien's inclusion in the squad.

"At the end of the day, the rules and regulations are set in place by the International Rugby League Federation and we abide by those rules," Kemble said.

In total there were seven players from the Warriors that made the train-on squad following their omission from the NRL competition at the hand of the Johnathan Thurston led Cowboys yesterday.

Bulldogs trio Ben Roberts, Matt Utai and Sonny Bill Williams made the train-on squad, although Williams has been ruled out for eight weeks after sustaining a spiral fracture in his right arm during the early exchanges in the Bulldogs disappointing and lacklustre 25-6 loss against Parramatta on Saturday night. Utai was by far the Bulldogs best player on the weekend and showed the class that made him a big match performer of recent seasons whereas Roberts selection exposes the lack of depth in the New Zealand halves.

Warrington's Vinnie Anderson is the only UK based player to be included in the Kiwis train-on squad from clubs that failed to qualify for the Super League finals.

The Kiwis play Australia in the Centenary Test in Wellington on October 14 before three Tests against Great Britain on October 27, November 3 and 10 and a one-off Test against France in Paris on November 17.

Player additions: Louis Anderson, Nathan Fien, Lance Hohaia, Epalahame Lauaki, Simon Mannering, Sam Rapira, Evarn Tuimavave (all NZ Warriors); Ben Roberts, Matt Utai, Sonny Bill Williams (Canterbury Bulldogs); Vinnie Anderson (Warrington).

New Zealand's original train-on squad: Roy Asotasi (South Sydney), Rangi Chase (St George Illawarra), Luke Covell (Cronulla), Greg Eastwood (Brisbane), Dene Halatau (Wests Tigers), Bronson Harrison (Wests Tigers), Issac Luke (South Sydney), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Sydney Roosters), David Kidwell (South Sydney), Sam Perrett (Sydney Roosters), Frank Pritchard (Penrith), Jeremy Smith (South Sydney), Chase Stanley (St George Illawarra), Ben Teo'o (Wests Tigers), Taniela Tuiaki (Wests Tigers), Cooper Vuna (Newcastle), Jake Webster (Gold Coast), Paul Whatuira (Wests Tigers).

Tue July 3, 2007
• Fien to make 150th NRL appearance
  
Thu April 12, 2007
• Fien a Warrior until 2009
  

====================================================================================================== 2008 NRL Telstra Premiership New Zealand Warriors 14 games; [View] Round 1 [17 Mar 08] L 18-32 v Storm (A). [DH] [View] Round 2 [23 Mar 08] W 30-16 v Eels (H). [DH] [View] Round 3 [31 Mar 08] L 6-52 v Sea Eagles (A). [DH] [View] Round 4 [06 Apr 08] W 26-20 v Knights (H). [DH] [View] Round 5 [13 Apr 08] W 36-16 v Bulldogs (H). [DH] [View] Round 6 [19 Apr 08] L 20-48 v Cowboys (A). [DH] [View] Round 7 [27 Apr 08] L 24-36 v Gold Coast (A). [DH] [View] Round 8 [04 May 08] W 14-6 v Raiders (H). [DH] [View] Round 10 [18 May 08] L 22-46 v Panthers (A). [BE] [View] Round 11 [25 May 08] L 12-38 v Roosters (H). [DH] [View] Round 12 [31 May 08] W 18-16 v Knights (A). [F8] [View] Round 13 [06 Jun 08] L 28-35 v Rabbitohs (H). [F8] [View] Round 14 [14 Jun 08] L 8-24 v Sharks (A). [F8] [View] Round 15 [22 Jun 08] L 14-20 v Sea Eagles (H). [HB] ====================================================================================================== 2007 NRL Telstra Premiership New Zealand Warriors 23 games; 3 tries, 12 points. [View] Round 1 [17 Mar 07] W 34-18 v Eels (H). [BE] [View] Round 2 [25 Mar 07] W 24-14 v Broncos (H). [BE] [View] Round 3 [01 Apr 07] L 12-30 v Storm (A). [BE] [View] Round 4 [08 Apr 07] L 10-13 v Sea Eagles (A). [DH] [View] Round 5 [15 Apr 07] W 34-14 v Cowboys (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t (72nd) [View] Round 7 [29 Apr 07] W 18-16 v Rabbitohs (A). [DH] [View] Round 8 [05 May 07] L 20-22 v Sharks (H). [DH] [View] Round 9 [12 May 07] L 18-24 v Knights (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 10 [20 May 07] L 26-30 v Tigers (H). [DH] [View] Round 11 [28 May 07] L 6-30 v Eels (A). [DH] [View] Round 12 [03 Jun 07] L 20-40 v Bulldogs (H). [DH] [View] Round 13 [10 Jun 07] L 2-4 v Storm (H). [BE] [View] Round 14 [16 Jun 07] W 12-2 v Sharks (A). [BE] [View] Round 15 [22 Jun 07] W 54-14 v Panthers (H). [BE] [View] Round 16 [30 Jun 07] W 22-6 v Gold Coast (A). [BE] [View] Round 17 [07 Jul 07] L 12-18 v Cowboys (A). [BE] [View] Round 18 [15 Jul 07] W 44-16 v Dragons (H). [BE] [View] Round 19 [22 Jul 07] W 28-16 v Tigers (A). [BE] [View] Round 20 [28 Jul 07] W 52-10 v Knights (H). [BE] [View] Round 21 [05 Aug 07] D 31-31 v Roosters (A). [BE] [View] Round 23 [18 Aug 07] L 24-26 v Raiders (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 24 [26 Aug 07] W 36-14 v Sea Eagles (H). [DH] [View] Round 25 [01 Sep 07] W 24-20 v Panthers (A). [DH] ====================================================================================================== 2006 Tri-Nations Test Series New Zealand Kiwis 1 games; [View] Tri-Nations Match 3 [28 Oct 06] W 18-14 v Great Britain (H). [DH] ====================================================================================================== 2006 NRL Telstra Premiership New Zealand Warriors 21 games; 4 tries, 16 points. [View] Round 1 [12 Mar 06] L 16-22 v Storm (H). [HB] [View] Round 2 [18 Mar 06] L 14-22 v Eels (A). [HB] [View] Round 3 [25 Mar 06] W 26-10 v Tigers (A). [HB] [View] Round 4 [02 Apr 06] W 26-22 v Knights (A). [HB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 5 [09 Apr 06] L 8-22 v Sea Eagles (H). [HB] [View] Round 6 [15 Apr 06] L 14-18 v Raiders (A). [HB] [View] Round 7 [22 Apr 06] W 46-14 v Rabbitohs (H). [HB] [View] Round 8 [30 Apr 06] L 16-30 v Bulldogs (H). [HB] [View] Round 10 [13 May 06] L 16-22 v Dragons (A). [DH] [View] Round 11 [20 May 06] W 34-12 v Tigers (H). [DH] [View] Round 12 [27 May 06] L 20-34 v Sharks (A). [DH] [View] Round 13 [04 Jun 06] L 18-23 v Broncos (H). [DH] [View] Round 14 [11 Jun 06] W 22-12 v Roosters (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 15 [18 Jun 06] W 30-18 v Knights (H). [DH] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 16 [25 Jun 06] W 66-0 v Rabbitohs (A). [DH] [View] Round 17 [01 Jul 06] W 28-22 v Panthers (H). [DH] [View] Round 18 [09 Jul 06] L 18-22 v Bulldogs (A). [DH] [View] Round 19 [15 Jul 06] L 12-20 v Eels (H). [DH] [View] Round 21 [29 Jul 06] L 6-36 v Panthers (A). [DH] [View] Round 22 [05 Aug 06] W 12-10 v Sharks (H). [DH] [View] Round 25 [27 Aug 06] W 42-16 v Roosters (H). [BE] ====================================================================================================== 2005 NRL Telstra Premiership New Zealand Warriors 22 games; 7 tries, 28 points. [View] Round 1 [13 Mar 05] L 20-26 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE] [View] Round 2 [19 Mar 05] W 24-12 v Broncos (A). [BE] [View] Round 3 [27 Mar 05] L 22-32 v Cowboys (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t (53rd) [View] Round 4 [03 Apr 05] W 46-14 v Souths (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t (13th) [View] Round 5 [09 Apr 05] L 6-24 v Tigers (A). [BE] [View] Round 6 [17 Apr 05] W 30-26 v Knights (A). [BE] [View] Round 8 [01 May 05] L 14-16 v Panthers (H). [F8] [View] Round 11 [21 May 05] W 34-16 v Souths (A). [F8] [View] Round 12 [29 May 05] W 21-4 v Tigers (H). [F8] [View] Round 13 [04 Jun 05] L 18-32 v Dragons (A). [F8] [View] Round 14 [12 Jun 05] W 24-16 v Storm (H). [F8] [View] Round 15 [18 Jun 05] L 18-28 v Eels (A). [F8] [View] Round 16 [26 Jun 05] W 30-18 v Broncos (H). [F8] [View] Round 17 [02 Jul 05] L 16-24 v Cowboys (A). [F8] [View] Round 18 [10 Jul 05] L 24-26 v Bulldogs (H). [F8] [View] Round 19 [16 Jul 05] W 24-22 v Roosters (A). [F8] [View] Round 20 [23 Jul 05] W 24-16 v Raiders (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t (46th) [View] Round 21 [30 Jul 05] L 34-42 v Panthers (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t (3rd) [View] Round 22 [06 Aug 05] L 20-38 v Eels (H). [F8] 8 Pts; 2t (30th, 80th) [View] Round 23 [13 Aug 05] L 10-22 v Storm (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t (63rd) [View] Round 24 [20 Aug 05] L 4-16 v Knights (H). [BE] [View] Round 25 [27 Aug 05] W 22-20 v Sea Eagles (A). [BE] ====================================================================================================== 2004 NRL Telstra Premiership North Queensland Cowboys 1 games; [View] Round 1 [13 Mar 04] L 20-24 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE] ======================================================================================================

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