Roger Tuivasa-Sheck ruled out of pre-season trial

Warriors fans will have to wait a little longer before seeing Roger Tuivasa-Sheck in 2025.

Named to start on the wing in the first pre-season trial against the Sharks, Tuivasa-Sheck has been ruled out with a “minor niggle” at training on Tuesday.

The Warriors have named Ed Kosi as his replacement, who will wear the No. 18 jersey,

Coach Andrew Webster said Tuivasa-Sheck will be available for the club’s second pre-season match against the Tigers in Hamilton on 15 Feburary.

The injury will be frustrating for the Auckland club, with Tuivasa-Sheck seemingly destined for a positional shift for the 2025 NRL season.

Winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak revealed that the former captain had been impressing on the flank across the pre-season.

“There’s a few of us fighting for spots,” said Watene-Zelezniak when asked about wing contenders. “Webby keeps it quite competitive with us and doesn’t really like to show anyone that this is the starting [team] but we’re sort of getting an idea now.”

“Roger’s been on the wing training, he’s been training well too. It’s been nice, running after him, [he] beats a few defenders and then carry the ball after that. But yeah, I wouldn’t be too surprised if he’s the [other wing].”

Warriors: Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Ali Leiataua, Adam Pompey, Edward Kosi, Te Maire Martin, Luke Metcalf, James Fisher-Harris, Wayde Egan, Mitchell Barnett, Jacob Laban, Kurt Capewell, Erin Clark. Interchange: Demitric Vaimauga, Marata Niukore, Moala Graham-Taufa, Sio Kali.

This article was first published on nzherald.co.nz and is republished here with permission