The match against the Warriors Academy has become an annual highlight on the RLN Calendar, 2015 will be the third time it is played. The game will be part of a Rugby League Northland extravaganza of League with two RLN Premiership games being played on the same day at Central Rugby Ground – Lindvart Park in Kaikohe. For the hopeful College players it’s a great opportunity to gauge their skills against future Warriors players.
In 2014 the Adam Blair XIII team was incredibly competitive, narrowly losing 42 – 28, with the Warriors scoring a couple of late tries. Two players remain from the 2014 squad – Whangarei Boys’ High Centre – Caleb Aekins and Okaihau half-back Stevie Ray Haenga-Albert.
Coach Jim Larkin was incredibly happy with the squad announced, “We are definitely seeing an improvement in the quality of Rugby League being played at college level. I have picked a squad that work to the intensity, equal to what the Warriors will play to. We lack a little bit of size up front, but what we lack there, will be made up with speed and a big work rate”.
School |
First Name |
Last Name |
School |
First Name |
Last Name |
BOI |
Jarrod |
Hona |
Kaitaia College |
Marlon |
Harris |
Dargaville |
Thomas |
Anderson |
Kaitaia College |
Jackson |
Sparksman-Brott |
Dargaville |
Kane |
Pomare |
Kaitaia College |
Ranapiri |
Tau |
Kamo |
James |
Witahira |
Kaitaia College |
Brody |
Tamarua |
Okaihau |
Kingston |
Croft-Haenga |
Kaitaia College |
Cale |
Te Paa |
Okaihau |
Stevie-Ray |
Haenga-Albert |
Tikipunga |
Nathan |
Godsall |
Okaihau |
Xavier |
Johnson |
Tikipunga |
Nabil |
Loto’Ahea |
Okaihau |
Joseph |
Ngere |
Tikipunga |
Tahi |
Subritzky |
Northland |
Tamati |
Leach |
WBHS |
Caleb |
Aekins |
Northland |
Jayde |
Moana-Pou |
WBHS |
Bernard |
Cowan |
Northland |
Kaleili |
Tanginoa |
WBHS |
Jayd |
Kapa |
Northland |
Kalani |
Waa |
WBHS |
Nathan |
Newton |
Kaitaia College |
Dalton |
Armstrong |
WBHS |
Joel |
Tugaga |
