LEAGUE: The wide ranging review of the New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) has taken a step forward with the appointment of a committee to investigate governance and administration issues. The review has been instigated by Sparc, the Government’s sports funding agency, after it grew concerned about the NZRL’s financial footing. The organisation has been struggling on a financial front and some domestic competitions are at risk due to insufficient funds. Today, the NZRL and Sparc... more>

WARRIORS: Awestruck when he roomed with Ruben Wiki on the New Zealand Warriors final road trip of the 2005 National Rugby League (NRL) campaign, Sonny Fai is feeling more at home at the club these days. The strapping second rower-turned-centre has finally become one of the big movers on the playing roster nearly three years after he narrowly missed making his NRL debut. Fai, then an impressionable teenager, went to Brookvale Oval as the 18th man for the Warriors’ season-ending match... more>

WARRIORS: New Zealand Warriors coach Ivan Cleary has the rare luxury of taking an unchanged team into the National Rugby League (NRL) match against the Canterbury Bulldogs in Sydney on Saturday. Cleary today named the same starting 13 and interchange bench used in last Saturday’s 24-14 victory against North Queensland. The match marks the Warriors’ first away game against the Bulldogs since the 18-22 golden point extra time loss in Sydney in 2006. The two sides met only once... more>

WARRIORS: North Queensland’s nightmare run in the National Rugby League continued tonight despite a gutsy display, when they went down 14-24 to the New Zealand Warriors in Auckland. It was the bottom-placed Cowboys’ club-equalling 10th defeat in a row, although they remained in contention until the final stages. For the Warriors, who came into the weekend in 13th spot, it was a second successive win, a feat they have managed only once before this season. The Warriors struck... more>

WARRIORS: The New Zealand Warriors will look to counter the threat of Johnathan Thurston by targeting his North Queensland team-mates in their National Rugby League clash in Auckland on Saturday night. Coach Ivan Cleary expects another big effort from the game-breaking halfback, who is backing up from his man-of-the-series performance for Queensland in the State of Origin. "He’s going to play well," Cleary said today. "He plays well every week." However, Cleary said the Warriors... more>

WARRIORS: It’s back to business for the New Zealand Warriors this week after the high associated with vice-captain Ruben Wiki’s 300th National Rugby League (NRL) appearance. Match 301 for Wiki is against North Queensland in Auckland on Saturday night when Steve Price and Brent Tate return to the Warriors after helping Queensland to their 2-1 State of Origin series success last week. They were both absent for the match against Wests Tigers last month when the former Kiwis... more>

WARRIORS: The New Zealand Warriors began their rebuilding programme with a character-building National Rugby League (NRL) win over Wests Tigers in Sydney today. Desperate for success after three successive losses saw them plummet to 13th place, the Warriors prevailed 28-26 in a thriller after at one stage looking set to walk away with the game at Leichhardt Oval. They survived on a paucity of possession in the second half as West Tigers monopolised the ball but hung firm to attain victory... more>

WARRIORS: The New Zealand Warriors remain convinced they still have everything to play for, despite their road to the National Rugby League (NRL) playoffs having steepened in recent weeks. The Warriors head to Leichhardt Oval in Sydney on Sunday to face the Wests Tigers, another side in the lower reaches of the table. But while The Warriors, at 13th, are just a place below the Tigers, four points separate the teams, and time is marching on for coach Ivan Cleary and his men. They have a... more>

WIKI: Ruben Wiki still remembers the words of the coach who handed him his National Rugby League debut 15 years ago. "Tim Sheens gave me some advice back in the Canberra days -- `You’re not a first-grader until you’ve played 50 games’," Wiki recalled. "It’s been great advice and I’ve just wanted to get better with every game." Wiki has more than earned his first-grade spurs since then and will reach a major milestone when he runs out for the New Zealand... more>

WARRIORS: New Zealand Warriors prop Ruben Wiki will add another milestone to his remarkable rugby league career when he lines up against Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval, Balmain, on Sunday. Already the New Zealander with most first grade appearances, Wiki will break rare ground when he joins nine Australians in the competition’s 300-game club. The durable achievement will sit alongside the record he has for most tests (55), still the only player to reach the 50-mark on the... more>