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Rugby League Who Was Being Detained in a Dubai Prison Sir Peter Leitch’s Mad Butcher Club AT MT SMART STADIUM, HOME OF THE MIGHTY VODAFONE WARRIORS 4 June 2015 Newsletter #75 To subscribe or unsubscribe email: [email protected] Vodafone Warriors : 24 vs Newcastle Knights : 20 Simon Mannering on the run Simon Mannering leads the Warriors Shuan Johnson going for it. out Cheerleaders and crowd at the game Jonathan Wright scores a try Bodene Thompson on the attack Jacob Lillyman Shuan Johnson getting ready to take a Bodene Thompson makes a break kick HE VODAFONE Warri- has in store for you tomorrow. been secured to the end of 2018, Tors win on Sunday over the while Sipley has been signed to Knights came at a good time for 19-Man Squad Named 2017. me because Vodafone Warriors head coach Fusitu’a Back I have been a little low of late. Andrew McFadden has added Dominique Peyroux and Ken Vodafone Warriors utility David My new friend, a brave little Maumalo to travel to Perth for the Fusitu’a has been cleared to make 11-year-old boy, is dealing with game against the Rabbitohs on his return from injury with the not one but two types of cancer, Saturday (7.30pm NZT). McFad- club’s New South Wales Cup side and one is so rare that I am told it den otherwise named the same this week. is the only case in New Zealand. It side used on Sunday. was a privilege to have him as my After recovering from off-season special guest at the game. After picking up their third win shoulder surgery, the 20-year-old on end, the Warriors can achieve first came back with two appear- And a very good mate of mine in their best winning streak since ances for the NSW Cup side in Invercargill has been diagnosed the 2013 side put together five in April, leading to his NRL return in with motor neuron disease. a row, and McFadden is confident the Anzac Day clash against Gold of being able to use an unchanged Coast. He had another outing with And you will recall recently we team in Perth, with fullback Sam the NSW Cup side against Manly told you about Linwood Keas Tomkins and wing Manu Vatuvei on May 9 – scoring two tries in a stalwart Teni Tuli, who was set to set to line up again. 36-22 win – but has been sidelined make his 300th premier appear- since with a groin injury. ance. “Both Sam and Manu were a bit sore after the game but they’ve Fusitu’a has scored six tries in his It was a special target for him to pulled up really well. With it being four games so far – one in his only retire on, but tragedy has struck. such a long trip to Perth we’re tak- NRL appearance and five in three A stalwart of our game, he suf- ing two extra players to cover us.” NSW Cup matches. fered an accident at training, was knocked unconscious in a tackle, Vodafone Warriors: Tomkins, Johna- While he is back this week fellow and later died. than Wright, Tuimoala Lolohea, Solo- outside backs Glen Fisiiahi and mone Kata, Vatuvei, Chad Townsend, Matt Allwood, prop Sam Rapira On top of it all he’d announced Shaun Johnson, Jacob Lillyman, and back rower John Palavi, plus he was retiring for good after two Nathan Friend, Ben Matulino, Bodene the suspended centre Konrad Thompson, Ryan Hoffman, Simon previous attempts. Hurrell, are all set to come back Mannering. Interchange: Siliva Havili, Friends describe him as one of Sebastine Ikahihifo, Sam Lisone, Al- from injuries next week. the humblest, and bravest guys bert Vete, Peyroux, Maumalo Another Nail-biter they’ve been fortunate enough to know and play with. Contract Extensions For Four My heart can hardly take it, a third Young Guns nail-biting win in as many games. Teni started on the wing at 19, and moved closer and closer to the The Vodafone Warriors have The Vodafone Warriors clung on pack, as he got older. confirmed contract extensions for to beat Newcastle 24-20 on Sun- Tuimoala Lolohea, Solomone Kata day at Mt Smart and the win has I have to say this is just unbelieva- and Sam Lisone, as well as promis- us at sixth on the table. bly sad, and my thoughts are with ing prop Toafofoa Sipley. all who knew him. First it was that Shaun Johnson Lolohea, Kata and Lisone have magic to snare victory against What I take out of that is that if been ever-present this season, ap- Cronulla, then Bodene Thomp- you wake up in the morning you pearing in all 11 matches so far. son provided a golden point try are a lucky man or woman. Vodafone Junior Warriors captain against Parramatta, and on Sunday If your footy team wins too, well Sipley played his first New South the difference was we were trying that’s just a bonus. Wales Cup match against the to close out a contest we had led Knights on Sunday. all the way, rather than frantically The lesson is to live life today chasing a win. because you never know what fate Lolohea, Kata and Lisone have all Continued on next page... Mad Butcher Club Newsletter Page 2 Continued from previous page... Newcastle’s Akuila Uate got it the last furious set, but Chad back to eight when he went over, Townsend got hold of it and dot- leaving the score 14-8, where it ted it down over the line – much But the tension was high never- remained until halftime. to my relief, and that of his team- theless. mates, the coaching staff and the And what a way to start the frazzled fans. My heart was in my mouth during second half, with Solmone Kata the final seconds as the Knights carving right through for a superb Welcome Back Sam And Manu solo effort from 35 metres out, his mounted one last challenge to our It was great to see my smiling line. ninth try of the year - keeping him just ahead of Vatuvei in the club’s friend Manu Vatuvei back in ac- It was our ninth home win in the try-scoring race. Johnson convert- tion on Sunday, and his try was his last 10 meetings against Newcastle ed for a 20-8 lead. eighth of the season, so he’s now at Mt Smart. just two short of scoring 10 or more tries in 10 consecutive sea- Great Start For THe Boys sons. His career tally is up to 143, 14th-equal on the all-time list. I thought we started really well Solmone on Sunday, striking in the opening It was also good to see Sam Tom- Kata minutes off a great carry out of kins back at fullback, although he defence from the returning Manu would be the first to admit he had Vatuvei. a pretty quiet game by his stand- When we went wide Thompson ards. threw in some footwork and shifted to Johnson, who exploded To be fair, that should have been down the edge and fed Tuimoala all they wrote, but the Knights Lolohea outside, who sped in for would not quit and kept hanging his third try of the season. tough, winger James McManus sliding in. The conversion put the Six minutes later it was Vatuvei’s game in the balance at 20-14. turn, climbing to snare a Chad Townsend bomb and shrugging You could feel peoples’ nerves ease off defenders for his eighth try of when Jonathan Wright raced on to Manu Vatuvei on the run. the season. a Johnson kick for a vital try, his Photo: www.photosport.co.nz fourth of the season, but the con- Johnson’s conversion was off target version hit the post for us to lead Origin Bonus but I really thought we were on 24-14 heading into the last 10. course to blow the Knights off Sunday was just the third time the park. How wrong was I. They By the 75th minute everyone’s since 2011 that we have achieved fought back and all credit to them, nerves were were jangling again, a run of three or more consecutive especially given they were missing with Uate burrowing his way over wins, all coming in the Origin pe- a number of first line players. and Randell converting to make it riod. We had five midway through 24-20. the 2013 campaign, and three at a Dane Gagai, who I think is an similar stage last year. incredible talent, sliced through With two minutes to go the to score and a second would- Vodafone Warriors - and the All THe Way To Perth be Newcastle try soon after was crowd - thought, or hoped, the result had been put beyond doubt We now prepare for the competi- disallowed, and I was beginning to tion’s most challenging away trip, wonder what was happening. when Lolohea skipped, stepped and sped across from a standing all the way to Perth, where we will But big Ben Matulino crossed start but the try was ruled out on take on South Sydney next Sat- from close range and it was nice referral for obstruction. urday. It is our fourth journey to that one that got sent upstairs Western Australia in the last four finally went our way, and we were So it was a penalty to Newcastle seasons. out to 14-4 after 23 minutes. with a minute to play. The Knights threw everything they could into Continued on next page..
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