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Mon October 10, 2011
Warriors centre Krisnan Inu has withdrawn from the Kiwis' touring squad for Sunday's one-off Test against the Kangaroos in Newcastle and the following 2011 Four Nations in England.
Inu was brought into the side on Friday as one of three replacements after Warriors Manu Vatuvei and Shaun Johnson plus Manly's Steve Matai were ruled out on medical grounds.
Kiwi coach Stephen Kearney said Inu had since withdrawn for personal reasons. Teams are entitled to use 24 players at the Four Nations but Kearney said no replacement for Inu would be named at this stage.
The remaining 22 players have assembled in Sydney with the squad having its first field session at OKI Jubilee Oval later today.
With Warriors utility Elijah Taylor and North Queensland winger Kalifa Faifai Loa coming into the squad as replacements, the Kiwis have seven players yet to play a Test, the others being Vodafone Warriors Kevin Locke and prop Russell Packer, Brisbane's Gerard Beale and Alex Glenn plus Melbourne's Kevin Proctor.
Locke was selected for the Kiwis' 2009 Four Nations campaign but didn't play a match while Beale was 19th man for the Kiwis in this year's Anzac Test and Glenn was in the Anzac Test squad in 2009 and 2010 but didn't make the playing line-up.
A total of seven players involved in the October 2 NRL grand final - six from the Warriors - are included. Named from the premiership-winning Manly side is standoff Kieran Foran.
Apart from Locke, Taylor and Packer, the other Warriors players are centre/second rower Lewis Brown - who made his Test debut in this year's Anzac Test - second rower Simon Mannering and prop Ben Matulino.
In all 16 of the 22 players were involved in finals football in the NRL or the English Super League.
Besides the seven in the NRL grand final, another four are from the Melbourne and Brisbane sides beaten in the preliminary finals - the Storm's Sika Manu and Proctor plus Brisbane's Beale and Glenn. Wigan's Thomas Leuluai also went within a win of making the English Super League grand final while St George Illawarra's Jason Nightingale and Nathan Fien played in the finals as did Kiwi captain Benji Marshall for Wests Tigers and Faifai Loa for North Queensland.
A total of 12 players have been ruled out of consideration due to injury - Josh Hoffman (Brisbane), Lance Hohaia (Warriors), Sam Rapira (Warriors), Matt Duffie (Melbourne), Sam Perrett (Sydney Roosters), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Sydney Roosters), Frank-Paul Nuuausala (Sydney Roosters), Greg Eastwood (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) and Bronson Harrison (Canberra) plus Vatuvei, Matai and Johnson. In addition, Bulldogs second rower Frank Pritchard was unavailable after committing himself to Toa Samoa and now Inu has withdrawn.
The Kiwis will train for three days in Sydney before travelling to Newcastle for the Bill Kelly Cup Test against the Kangaroos at Ausgrid Stadium on October 16.
Following the Newcastle international, the Kiwis will return to Sydney before flying out to England for their Four Nations matches against Australia in Warrington on October 28, Wales at Wembley Stadium in London on November 5 and England at KC Stadium in Hull on November 12. The Four Nations final will be played at Elland Road in Leeds on November 19.
Fri October 7, 2011
NRL grand finalists Krisnan Inu and Elijah Taylor plus North Queensland winger Kalifa Faifai Loa have today been called into the Kiwis' touring squad for their one-off Test against the Kangaroos and the 2011 Four Nations in England.
They come into the side for Warriors Manu Vatuvei and Shaun Johnson plus Manly's Steve Matai - all NRL grand finalists last Sunday - were ruled out on medical grounds.
Vatuvei has battled with knee and wrist problems throughout the season but still managed to score 12 tries in 19 matches, the fifth straight year he has been the Vodafone Warriors' top try scorer. Kiwi team doctor Simon Mayhew said Vatuvei needed end of season treatment which might include surgery.
While Johnson finished the 2011 campaign by making 16 NRL appearances he had a late start due to a back injury, which had to be managed throughout the season. Mayhew said Johnson needed a period of rest to fully recover from the complaint.
Matai has a recent history of shoulder and neck complaints which flared up again during Manly's grand final win. Manly's medical staff have told Mayhew Matai may need offseason surgery.
As the Kiwis have numerous options in the halves, the selectors have replaced Johnson with another NRL rookie in Vodafone Warriors back rower Taylor. He played 21 NRL games this year, scoring a try in the grand final loss to Manly when he was being used in the centres.
Inu has been recalled after last being in the Kiwi squad for the 2009 Four Nations. He wasn't used during that campaign but played four Tests in 2007 and 2008.
Faifai Loa scored 10 tries in 22 games for the Cowboys this year, joining the club after making his NRL debut when he was with St George Illawarra last year. Born in Wellington, Faifai Loa (21) was raised in Auckland where he played his junior football for the Marist Saints before linking with Newcastle and then being signed by the Dragons. He joined the Cowboys for the 2011 season.
With Taylor and Faifai Loa coming into the squad, the Kiwis now have seven players yet to play a Test, the others being Warriors Kevin Locke and prop Russell Packer, Brisbane's Gerard Beale and Alex Glenn plus Melbourne's Kevin Proctor.
Locke was selected for the Kiwis' 2009 Four Nations campaign but didn't play a match while Beale was 19th man for the Kiwis in this year's Anzac Test and Glenn was in the Anzac Test squad in 2009 and 2010 but didn't make the playing line-up.
A total of eight players involved in Sunday's NRL grand final - seven from the Warriors - are included. Named from the premiership-winning Manly side is standoff Kieran Foran.
Apart from Locke, Inu, Taylor and Packer, the other Vodafone Warriors players are centre/second rower Lewis Brown - who made his Test debut in this year's Anzac Test - second rower Simon Mannering and prop Ben Matulino.
In all 17 of the 23 players were involved in finals football in the NRL or the English Super League.
Besides the eight in the NRL grand final, another four are from the Melbourne and Brisbane sides beaten in the preliminary finals ? the Storm's Sika Manu and Proctor plus Brisbane's Beale and Glenn. Wigan's Thomas Leuluai also went within a win of making the English Super League grand final while St George Illawarra's Jason Nightingale and Nathan Fien played in the finals as did Kiwi captain Benji Marshall for Wests Tigers and Faifai Loa for North Queensland.
A total of 12 players have now been ruled out of consideration due to injury - Josh Hoffman (Brisbane), Lance Hohaia (NZ Warriors), Sam Rapira (NZ Warriors), Matt Duffie (Melbourne), Sam Perrett (Sydney Roosters), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Sydney Roosters), Frank-Paul Nuuausala (Sydney Roosters), Greg Eastwood (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) and Bronson Harrison (Canberra) plus Vatuvei, Matai and Johnson. In addition, Bulldogs second rower Frank Pritchard was unavailable after committing himself to Toa Samoa.
The Kiwis are due to assemble in Sydney on Sunday where they will train for three days before travelling to Newcastle for the Bill Kelly Cup Test against the Kangaroos at Ausgrid Stadium on October 16. The team for the Test is due to be named next Monday (October 10).
Following the Newcastle international, the Kiwis will return to Sydney before flying out to England for their Four Nations matches against Australia in Warrington on October 28, Wales at Wembley Stadium in London on November 5 and England at KC Stadium in Hull on November 12. The Four Nations final will be played at Elland Road in Leeds on November 19.
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 2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
New Zealand Warriors
16 games; 11 tries, 44 points.
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 11] L 12-20 v Wests Tigers (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [27 Mar 11] L 12-25 v Dragons (H). [WG]
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 11] W 26-18 v Cronulla (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 11] W 24-12 v Roosters (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [16 Apr 11] L 10-20 v Sea Eagles (A). [WG]
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 11] W 18-14 v Storm (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [01 May 11] W 26-18 v Panthers (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [08 May 11] W 34-14 v Titans (A). [WG]
[View] Round 10 [15 May 11] W 25-16 v Knights (A). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [22 May 11] W 12-6 v Rabbitohs (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 [04 Jun 11] L 6-13 v Roosters (A). [WG]
[View] Round 14 [12 Jun 11] L 22-26 v Wests Tigers (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [18 Jun 11] L 10-30 v Cowboys (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [28 Aug 11] L 22-26 v Dragons (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 11] W 18-6 v North Qld (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Finals Week 2 [16 Sep 11] W 22-20 v Wests Tigers. [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
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2010 NRL Telstra Premiership
Parramatta Eels
20 games; 11 tries, 3/4 goals, 50 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Mar 10] L 12-18 v Dragons (H). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [26 Mar 10] L 12-23 v Tigers (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 1t, 2/2g
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 10] L 0-11 v Sharks (A). [WG]
[View] Round 6 [18 Apr 10] W 22-8 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [23 Apr 10] W 24-18 v Cowboys (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [30 Apr 10] W 26-10 v Bulldogs (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t (19)
[View] Round 10 [17 May 10] W 19-12 v Sea Eagles (A). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [22 May 10] L 18-22 v Sharks (H). [CT]
[View] Round 13 [04 Jun 10] W 24-10 v Storm (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 16 [26 Jun 10] L 6-10 v Broncos (H). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [04 Jul 10] L 6-35 v Warriors (A). [WG]
[View] Round 18 [12 Jul 10] W 36-24 v Cowboys (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [17 Jul 10] W 34-28 v Panthers (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [23 Jul 10] W 32-16 v Bulldogs (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 21 [31 Jul 10] L 12-48 v Roosters (H). [WG]
[View] Round 22 [06 Aug 10] L 12-34 v Titans (A). [WG]
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 10] W 30-14 v Broncos (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [22 Aug 10] L 18-20 v Tigers (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [27 Aug 10] L 16-24 v Rabbitohs (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 10] L 12-26 v Warriors (H). [WG] 2 Pts; 1/2g
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2009 NRL Telstra Premiership
Parramatta Eels
21 games; 6 tries, 5/7 goals, 34 points.
[View] Round 1 [14 Mar 09] L 18-26 v Warriors (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [20 Mar 09] W 14-8 v Rabbitohs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [28 Mar 09] W 18-16 v Raiders (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 09] L 6-24 v Roosters (A). [CT]
[View] Round 5 [10 Apr 09] L 8-22 v Dragons (H). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [19 Apr 09] L 18-48 v Bulldogs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [17 May 09] L 10-34 v Sea Eagles (A). [CT]
[View] Round 11 [22 May 09] D 16-16 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [15 Jun 09] L 6-23 v Tigers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [28 Jun 09] W 21-14 v Broncos (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [13 Jul 09] L 12-18 v Titans (A). [WG]
[View] Round 19 [20 Jul 09] W 18-16 v Storm (H). [CT]
[View] Round 20 [25 Jul 09] W 27-8 v Bulldogs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [02 Aug 09] W 30-0 v Sharks (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [09 Aug 09] W 40-8 v Knights (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [15 Aug 09] W 40-4 v Warriors (H). [CT]
[View] Round 24 [21 Aug 09] W 26-18 v Tigers (A). [CT] 14 Pts; 1t, 5/5g
[View] Round 25 [28 Aug 09] W 48-6 v Panthers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 09] L 0-37 v Dragons (A). [CT]
[View] Finals Week 3 [25 Sep 09] W 22-12 v Bulldogs. [CT]
[View] Grand Final [04 Oct 09] L 16-23 v Storm. [CT]
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2008 World Cup
New Zealand
1 games; 6/8 goals, 12 points.
[View] Pool A [01 Nov 08] W 48-6 v PNG. [CT] 12 Pts; 6/8g
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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Parramatta Eels
16 games; 7 tries, 15/19 goals, 58 points.
[View] Round 1 [15 Mar 08] W 28-20 v Bulldogs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [30 May 08] L 26-30 v Broncos (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 13 [07 Jun 08] W 30-12 v Raiders (H). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [15 Jun 08] W 44-6 v Tigers (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [22 Jun 08] L 14-16 v Sharks (A). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [29 Jun 08] W 24-22 v Storm (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [06 Jul 08] L 16-22 v Panthers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 18 [12 Jul 08] L 20-32 v Rabbitohs (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 19 [18 Jul 08] L 10-28 v Sea Eagles (A). [CT] 2 Pts; 1/2g
[View] Round 20 [25 Jul 08] W 16-4 v Cowboys (H). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [04 Aug 08] L 12-32 v Knights (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 2/2g
[View] Round 22 [10 Aug 08] W 28-24 v Roosters (A). [CT] 16 Pts; 1t, 6/7g
[View] Round 23 [18 Aug 08] W 40-12 v Tigers (H). [CT] 12 Pts; 6/8g
[View] Round 24 [23 Aug 08] W 26-12 v Bulldogs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [30 Aug 08] L 14-40 v Dragons (A). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [06 Sep 08] L 6-28 v Warriors (H). [CT]
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2008 International Test Matches
New Zealand
6 goals, 12 points.
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership
Parramatta Eels
19 games; 12 tries, 37/44 goals, 122 points.
[View] Round 4 [07 Apr 07] W 38-6 v Raiders (H). [CT]
[View] Round 8 [05 May 07] W 28-10 v Roosters (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 9 [11 May 07] L 12-22 v Sea Eagles (A). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [19 May 07] W 44-14 v Cowboys (H). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [04 Jun 07] W 38-8 v Tigers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 13 [09 Jun 07] L 10-38 v Raiders (A). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [17 Jun 07] W 20-12 v Dragons (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [23 Jun 07] W 36-16 v Roosters (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [09 Jul 07] L 10-34 v Knights (H). [CT] 6 Pts; 1t, 1/1g
[View] Round 18 [15 Jul 07] W 18-12 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT] 6 Pts; 3/4g
[View] Round 19 [23 Jul 07] W 20-16 v Broncos (A). [WG] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/4g
[View] Round 20 [29 Jul 07] L 24-32 v Sea Eagles (H). [WG] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/4g
[View] Round 21 [03 Aug 07] W 34-22 v Bulldogs (A). [WG] 14 Pts; 1t, 5/7g
[View] Round 22 [11 Aug 07] L 24-25 v Cronulla (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 4/4g
[View] Round 23 [17 Aug 07] L 10-14 v Storm (A). [WG] 6 Pts; 1t, 1/2g
[View] Round 24 [27 Aug 07] L 6-14 v Dragons (A). [WG] 2 Pts; 1/1g
[View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] W 68-22 v Broncos (H). [WG] 26 Pts; 3t, 7/9g
[View] Finals Week 2 [15 Sep 07] W 25-6 v Bulldogs. [WG] 8 Pts; 4/4g
[View] Finals Week 3 [23 Sep 07] L 10-26 v Storm (A). [WG] 2 Pts; 1/2g
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2007 International Test Matches
New Zealand
2 games; [View] Bundaberg Rum Test [20 Apr 07] L 6-30 v Australia (A). [FB]
[View] Centenary Test [14 Oct 07] L 0-58 v Australia (H). [FB]
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2006 VB NSWRL Premier League
Parramatta Eels
7 tries, 24 goals, 76 points.
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