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• ONCE WERE WARRIORS: STEPHEN KEARNEY

  By Will Evans on January 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Stephen Kearney – Warrior #11 Stephen Kearney was one of several high-profile New Zealand Test players to return from Australian clubs for the Auckland Warriors’ 1995 premiership entry and was one of the troubled outfits standout performers during their first… Read More ›

• ONCE WERE WARRIORS: LEE OUDENRYN

  By Will Evans on January 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  LEE OUDENRYN – Warrior #47 Journeyman flyer Lee Oudenryn spent four seasons at wing and fullback for the Warriors after building a reputation as one of the game’s fastest players at Parramatta and Gold Coast. Parramatta (1992-95): 50 games –… Read More ›

• ONCE WERE WARRIORS: DENAN KEMP

  By Will Evans on January 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Denan Kemp – Warrior #144 This special feature on former Brisbane and Warriors winger Denan Kemp originally appeared as part of Commentary Box Sports’ Sounding The Siren series in December 2015. Brisbane (2007-08, 2010): 32 games – 21 tries (84… Read More ›

• ONCE WERE WARRIORS: JOHN KIRWAN

  By Will Evans on January 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  John Kirwan – Warrior #22 (1995-96): 35 games – 13 tries (52 points) One of the most decorated All Blacks of all time, prolific rugby union winger John Kirwan joined the Auckland Warriors as a 30-year-old during the club’s inaugural… Read More ›

• ONCE WERE WARRIORS: KEVIN CAMPION

  By Will Evans on January 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Kevin Campion – Warrior #86 This special feature on renowned former Warriors hard-man Kevin Campion originally appeared as part of Commentary Box Sports’ Sounding The Siren series in December 2017. Kevin Campion’s remarkable career spanned 12 seasons and 241 games… Read More ›

• ONCE WERE WARRIORS: SHANE ENDACOTT

  By Will Evans on January 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Shane Endacott – Warrior #44 (1997-99): 42 games – 3 tries (12 points) After his first professional stint with English club Hull FC, the versatile Shane Endacott – a Junior Kiwis representative and Canterbury provincial star from 1992-94, and the… Read More ›

• ONCE WERE WARRIORS: MANU VATUVEI

  By Will Evans on January 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Manu Vatuvei – Warrior #115 This Warriors Life pays tribute to our all-time favourite Warrior, the incomparable Manu Vatuvei. TWL’s chief writer and editor Will Evans – an unabashed fan of Vatuvei – interviewed ‘The Beast’ at length in late-2015… Read More ›

• ONCE WERE WARRIORS: HITRO OKESENE

  By Will Evans on January 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hitro Okesene – Warrior #10 (1995-97): 22 games – 3 tries (12 points) New Zealand (1994-95): 5 Tests – 1 try (4 points) Playing 22 first grade games over three seasons isn’t the traditional path to club legend status, but… Read More ›

• ONCE WERE WARRIORS: GENE NGAMU

  By Will Evans on January 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Gene Ngamu – Warrior #6 Manly (1992-93): 9 games – 1 try (4 points) South Sydney (1994): 1 game – 0 points Warriors (1995-99): 81 games – 11 tries, 118 goals, 3 field goals (283 points) PREMIERSHIP TOTAL: 91 games… Read More ›

• LEWIS BROWN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

  By Will Evans on January 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

    Former Warriors star Lewis Brown, one of Canterbury Rugby League’s finest products of the modern era, has announced his retirement after a decade-long career in the NRL. The 32-year-old utility played 198 first-grade games for the Warriors, Penrith and… Read More ›