They sort of had 18 anyway.
Assuming that they dont name an 18th man now.
So only an increase of one, but that one will be a forward for sure.
Yes, Rassie would f'n love this.
All Stars teams named: https://www.nrl.com/news/2026/02/05/2026-harvey-norman-all-stars-teams-announced/
Māori All Stars (Men)
Jesse Arthars, Joe Chan, Zach Dockar-Clay, JoJo Fifita, James Fisher-Harris, Mawene Hiroti, Royce Hunt, Keano Kini, Jacob Laban, Casey McLean, Te Maire Martin, Trey Mooney, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Briton Nikora, Adam Pompey, Leo Thompson, Trent Toelau, Manaia Waitere, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak. Coach: Adam Blair
Indigenous All Stars (Men)
Josh Addo-Carr, Jayden Campbell, Tallis Duncan, Jamal Fogarty, Trai Fuller, Nicholas Hynes, Alofiana Khan-Pereira, Josh Kerr, Kaiden Lahrs, Shaquai Mitchell, Oliver Pascoe, Joshua Patston, Hohepa Puru, Jesse Ramien, Ethan Roberts, Blake Steep, Braydon Trindall, Connor Watson, Jack Wighton, Brent Woolf. Coach: Ronald Griffiths
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
yes him and no ones surprise Berry lol, currently the new (ish) injuries
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
yes him and no ones surprise Berry lol, currently the new (ish) injuries
Such a shame he’s so injury prone, I rate him when he’s firing.
Surely he’ll be shopped to the Super League when his contract is finished.
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
yes him and no ones surprise Berry lol, currently the new (ish) injuries
Such a shame he’s so injury prone, I rate him when he’s firing.
Surely he’ll be shopped to the Super League when his contract is finished.
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
yes him and no ones surprise Berry lol, currently the new (ish) injuries
Such a shame he’s so injury prone, I rate him when he’s firing.
Surely he’ll be shopped to the Super League when his contract is finished.
End of season form was poor and I think injured himself making an error but you're right he scrambles well when on form and can feed his wingers well, just not consistent enough last year. Probably let go unless he re finds his mojo.
there is always Perth and PNG as an option too
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
yes him and no ones surprise Berry lol, currently the new (ish) injuries
Such a shame he’s so injury prone, I rate him when he’s firing.
Surely he’ll be shopped to the Super League when his contract is finished.
I've said it before, but of all players hyped across all sports Berry is the one I don't get. I've never seen anything from him that makes me think he lives up to the hype. He doesn't have express pace, he doesn't beat players at will, his defence is average, he's not hard like his old man, but apparently he's good at chasing kicks (and according to @bayimports good at feeding his wings).
The simple (sad?) fact is the Warriors best centre is Pompey, and who the hell would have believed that if someone predicted it 3 or so years ago. 
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
yes him and no ones surprise Berry lol, currently the new (ish) injuries
Such a shame he’s so injury prone, I rate him when he’s firing.
Surely he’ll be shopped to the Super League when his contract is finished.
I've said it before, but of all players hyped across all sports Berry is the one I don't get. I've never seen anything from him that makes me think he lives up to the hype. He doesn't have express pace, he doesn't beat players at will, his defence is average, he's not hard like his old man, but apparently he's good at chasing kicks (and according to @bayimports good at feeding his wings).
The simple (sad?) fact is the Warriors best centre is Pompey, and who the hell would have believed that if someone predicted it 3 or so years ago.
Berry was awful probably even by his own standards last year, when he is on, he shows glimpses of what he could be, but if we're honest we haven't seen nearly enough.
Agree with you that Pompey appears to be clear number 1, but hoping Ali L stays injury free this year, he looked good in the small amount of game time we did see of him
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
yes him and no ones surprise Berry lol, currently the new (ish) injuries
Such a shame he’s so injury prone, I rate him when he’s firing.
Surely he’ll be shopped to the Super League when his contract is finished.
I've said it before, but of all players hyped across all sports Berry is the one I don't get. I've never seen anything from him that makes me think he lives up to the hype. He doesn't have express pace, he doesn't beat players at will, his defence is average, he's not hard like his old man, but apparently he's good at chasing kicks (and according to @bayimports good at feeding his wings).
The simple (sad?) fact is the Warriors best centre is Pompey, and who the hell would have believed that if someone predicted it 3 or so years ago.
Berry was awful probably even by his own standards last year, when he is on, he shows glimpses of what he could be, but if we're honest we haven't seen nearly enough.
Agree with you that Pompey appears to be clear number 1, but hoping Ali L stays injury free this year, he looked good in the small amount of game time we did see of him
Yeah I'm keen as to see whether Ali can live up to his potential.
In all honesty I don't mind CNK there if all other options aren't available - rather him than resorting to Capewell again.
I do find it weird that a centre hasn't been on our shopping list considering the almost perma injury of Berry and Ali.
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
yes him and no ones surprise Berry lol, currently the new (ish) injuries
Such a shame he’s so injury prone, I rate him when he’s firing.
Surely he’ll be shopped to the Super League when his contract is finished.
I've said it before, but of all players hyped across all sports Berry is the one I don't get. I've never seen anything from him that makes me think he lives up to the hype. He doesn't have express pace, he doesn't beat players at will, his defence is average, he's not hard like his old man, but apparently he's good at chasing kicks (and according to @bayimports good at feeding his wings).
The simple (sad?) fact is the Warriors best centre is Pompey, and who the hell would have believed that if someone predicted it 3 or so years ago.
Berry was awful probably even by his own standards last year, when he is on, he shows glimpses of what he could be, but if we're honest we haven't seen nearly enough.
Agree with you that Pompey appears to be clear number 1, but hoping Ali L stays injury free this year, he looked good in the small amount of game time we did see of him
Yeah I'm keen as to see whether Ali can live up to his potential.
In all honesty I don't mind CNK there if all other options aren't available - rather him than resorting to Capewell again.
I do find it weird that a centre hasn't been on our shopping list considering the almost perma injury of Berry and Ali.
Its kind of weird given how important they are to the game, I get the focus on fixing other stuff first, but to Webby's credit he has fixed a lot of areas so agree kind of weird we're still not focusing on this
I dont like edge forwards playing centre, but Leka is probably already elite status for this. Just would prefer we either develop and keep or buy an elite centre
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
yes him and no ones surprise Berry lol, currently the new (ish) injuries
Such a shame he’s so injury prone, I rate him when he’s firing.
Surely he’ll be shopped to the Super League when his contract is finished.
I've said it before, but of all players hyped across all sports Berry is the one I don't get. I've never seen anything from him that makes me think he lives up to the hype. He doesn't have express pace, he doesn't beat players at will, his defence is average, he's not hard like his old man, but apparently he's good at chasing kicks (and according to @bayimports good at feeding his wings).
The simple (sad?) fact is the Warriors best centre is Pompey, and who the hell would have believed that if someone predicted it 3 or so years ago.
Berry was awful probably even by his own standards last year, when he is on, he shows glimpses of what he could be, but if we're honest we haven't seen nearly enough.
Agree with you that Pompey appears to be clear number 1, but hoping Ali L stays injury free this year, he looked good in the small amount of game time we did see of him
Yeah I'm keen as to see whether Ali can live up to his potential.
In all honesty I don't mind CNK there if all other options aren't available - rather him than resorting to Capewell again.
I do find it weird that a centre hasn't been on our shopping list considering the almost perma injury of Berry and Ali.
Its kind of weird given how important they are to the game, I get the focus on fixing other stuff first, but to Webby's credit he has fixed a lot of areas so agree kind of weird we're still not focusing on this
I dont like edge forwards playing centre, but Leka is probably already elite status for this. Just would prefer we either develop and keep or buy an elite centre
I've been fighting (and losing) with the Warriors over second rowers playing centre for over a decade now.
I think playing Leka at centre stunts his growth in his actual position, and stunts the team's growth as we're moving a key weapon.
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports said in NRL 2026:
@bayimports arrgggh bugger, didn’t know Tuapiki was injured
yes him and no ones surprise Berry lol, currently the new (ish) injuries
Such a shame he’s so injury prone, I rate him when he’s firing.
Surely he’ll be shopped to the Super League when his contract is finished.
I've said it before, but of all players hyped across all sports Berry is the one I don't get. I've never seen anything from him that makes me think he lives up to the hype. He doesn't have express pace, he doesn't beat players at will, his defence is average, he's not hard like his old man, but apparently he's good at chasing kicks (and according to @bayimports good at feeding his wings).
The simple (sad?) fact is the Warriors best centre is Pompey, and who the hell would have believed that if someone predicted it 3 or so years ago.
Berry was awful probably even by his own standards last year, when he is on, he shows glimpses of what he could be, but if we're honest we haven't seen nearly enough.
Agree with you that Pompey appears to be clear number 1, but hoping Ali L stays injury free this year, he looked good in the small amount of game time we did see of him
Yeah I'm keen as to see whether Ali can live up to his potential.
In all honesty I don't mind CNK there if all other options aren't available - rather him than resorting to Capewell again.
I do find it weird that a centre hasn't been on our shopping list considering the almost perma injury of Berry and Ali.
Its kind of weird given how important they are to the game, I get the focus on fixing other stuff first, but to Webby's credit he has fixed a lot of areas so agree kind of weird we're still not focusing on this
I dont like edge forwards playing centre, but Leka is probably already elite status for this. Just would prefer we either develop and keep or buy an elite centre
I've been fighting (and losing) with the Warriors over second rowers playing centre for over a decade now.
I think playing Leka at centre stunts his growth in his actual position, and stunts the team's growth as we're moving a key weapon.
absolutely, I did highlight I don't want to see it, just guessing the Webby play book. Maybe we get lucky and the 6 man bench eliminates this.. time will tell
lol, to no one ones surprise, growing rumours that Haas has a get out clause if R360 evert gets off the ground
First TLT for the wahs and I know its a trial but Leka at centre.. yuck
and obviously a few more in the All stars