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Sky Sport's Daryl Halligan catches up with Warriors and NRL stars, to find out what makes them tick.
Too often we use war references to describe rugby league.
Players go "into battle" against each other, fight it out "in the trenches", and hope to "blow away" the opposition.
98 year old Ray Cranch knows a bit about rugby league and war.
He toured Britain and France with the Kiwis, just after he toured Europe as a soldier in World War Two.
The hard hitting forward was Kiwi number 341, and recounts his incredible life to our Ravinder Hunia.
Young forward Bayley Sironen has one of the most famous surnames in rugby league.
His father, Paul, is a Tigers legend, while big brother Curtis is an integral part of the high flying Sea Eagles.
He moved to the Warriors at the start of the season, and sat down to talk to Kiwis great Daryl Halligan, for League Insider.
He’s arguably the biggest personality in rugby league, and when Phil “Gus” Gould talks, people listen.
Gould has had incredible success as a player, coach and commentator, but is now facing perhaps his biggest challenge.
He’s working with the Warriors to take the club, in his words, to title contention at least every decade.
We dip into the League Insider vault, for a special interview with the late, great Bob Fulton.
Daryl Halligan sat down with the premiership winning player and coach a few years ago, and spoke to him about his life, career, and favourite kiwis.
Jazz Tevaga seems to have been around forever.
He's been playing in the NRL for the Warriors since 2016, won a prestigious Dally M for Interchange Player Of The Year in 2018, and has represented Samoa at the rugby league World Cup.
All this in his mid-twenties!
Jazz sits down with League Insider's Daryl Halligan, and shows that he has an old head, on young shoulders.
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown was named the Warriors' Rookie of the Year in 2020.
After trialling with the club 12 months ago, he now finds himself as a regular starting prop.
Incredibly, he found his way to rugby league after growing up in AFL-mad Melbourne.
He tells League Insider's Daryl Halligan about his journey from Victoria to Newcastle and Brisbane and finally to the NRL.
He’s the youthful playmaker guiding the Warriors around the park.
Chanel Harris-Tavita made his NRL debut in 2019, and is tipped to wear the number 7 for many years to come.
League Insider’s Daryl Halligan sat down with the young gun to find out what makes him tick, including the revelation that he’s a deep-thinking writer, keen to start his own blog.
Warriors scout Peter O’Sullivan is arguably the best recruitment manager in the NRL.
He's responsible for discovering an incredible array of rugby league talent: Greg Inglis, Israel Folau, Latrell Mitchell, Joey Manu, Boyd Cordner and Roger Tuivasa-Scheck.
A mixture of old fashioned "gut feeling" and new-age technology, O'Sullivan has told League Insider's Daryl Halligan that the Warriors are setting themselves up to be one of the premiership's top teams for years to come.
He’s the Warriors outside back with the coolest name in the NRL: Marcelo Montoya.
Moving from the Bulldogs to the kiwi side at the start of 2021, he’s made the most of his opportunities to cement his place in the team with some solid performances.
League Insider’s Daryl Halligan sat down with the young midfielder, who can’t wait to finally play a game in front of the Warriors faithful, in New Zealand.
There’s an old Sydney saying: “Balmain boys don’t cry”, but Leichhardt boy Kane Evans isn’t afraid to show his emotions.
After 118 NRL games with the Roosters and Eels, the towering prop has shifted to the Warriors, and tells Sky sport's Daryl Halligan that he wants to bring a title to New Zealand, and party for days.
The Fiji and World All Stars representative has taken his place in an imposing forward pack, and won’t back down.
He explains the differing coaching styles of Trent Robinson, Brad Arthur and Nathan Brown, and how he flattened Kiwis prop Sam Kasiano with one of the most memorable shoulder charges of all time.
He was appointed the Chief Executive of the NRL during the Covid pandemic in 2020, but Andrew Abdo isn't letting that hold up his grand plans for the competition. Working alongside the game's biggest names, he's determined to expand to 18 clubs in the next few years, with new teams introduced in Queensland AND New Zealand. As League Insider's Daryl Halligan discovered, Abdo's plans don't end there, with the South African-born administrator keen to see kiwi league continue to grow over the next decade.
Tohu Harris is the heart and soul of the Warriors pack. The 2020 Simon Mannering medal winner has done it all, having played for his country, and won a premiership with the Storm. However, as he explains to League Insider’s Daryl Halligan, his main aim is to help the Warriors win their first Grand Final. He might even take over the goalkicking duties!
Part of the Warriors’ Tongan connection in the forwards, Ben Murdoch-Masila arrives at the club from Super League side, Warrington. He’s hoping to bring his blockbusting English form to the NRL, while League Insider’s Daryl Halligan finds the powerhouse international a family man at heart.
He’s one of the biggest men in the NRL, and he’s now the cornerstone of the Warriors pack. Addin Fonua-Blake comes to the kiwi outfit with huge expectations. League Insider’s Daryl Halligan sat down with the former Sea Eagles prop, who is quietly spoken, but eager to make his mark.