{"id":316211,"date":"2026-03-06T16:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/316211\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:05:10","slug":"nrl-round-one-new-zealand-warriors-v-sydney-roosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/316211\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL round one &#8211; New Zealand Warriors v Sydney Roosters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JS6CUO_260306WarriorsRoostersNRL_064_JPG.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Chanel Harris-Tavita of the Warriors dives for the try line, NZ Warriors v Sydney Roosters, round 1 NRL Telstra Premiership rugby league match at Go Media Stadium, Auckland.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nChanel Harris-Tavita scores a try for the Warriors against Roosters.<br \/>\nPhoto: Andrew Cornaga\/Photosport\n<\/p>\n<p>Five-eighth Chanel Harris-Tavita scored two tries, as his NZ Warriors overpowered Sydney Roosters for a 42-18 NRL season-opening victory at Go Media Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The home side scored 22 consecutive points to grab a 22-6 halftime lead, crossing soon after the break through high-flying second-rower Leka Halasima to stamp their control on the game.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney countered with back-to-back tries to centre Billy Smith and second-rower Angus Crichton, pulling within 10 points midway through the second half, but that was as close as they got.<\/p>\n<p>Harris-Tavita had his two tries in identical fashion, looming inside wing Roger Tuivasa-Sheck close to the line for late offloads.<\/p>\n<p>His 75th-minute effort probably clinched the game for the Warriors, but fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad had the last say, diving over in the corner, with half Tanah Boyd converting from the sideline.<\/p>\n<p>See how the action unfolded here:<\/p>\n<p>Team lists<\/p>\n<p>Warriors: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 3. Ali Leiataua, 4. Adam Pompey, 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita, 7. Tanah Boyd, 8. James Fisher-Harris, 9. Wayde Egan, 10. Jackson Ford, 11. Kurt Capewell, 12. Jacob Laban, 13. Erin Clark<\/p>\n<p>Interchange: 14. Sam Healey, 15. Demitric Vaimauga, 16. Leka Halasima, 17. Tanner Stowers-Smith, 18. Taine Tuaupiki, 20. Morgan Gannon<\/p>\n<p>Reserves: 21. Alofiana Khan-Pereira, 22. Luke Hanson, 23. Eddie Ieremia-Toeava<\/p>\n<p>Roosters: 1. James Tedesco, 2. Daniel Tupou, 3. Billy Smith, 4. Robert Toia, 5. Mark Nawaqanitawase, 6. Daly Cherry-Evans, 7. Sam Walker, 8. Naufahu Whyte, 9. Benaiah Ioelu, 10. Lindsay Collins, 11. Angus Crichton, 12, Nat Butcher, 13. Blake Steep<\/p>\n<p>Interchange: 14. Conor Watson, 15. Siua Wong, 16. Egan Butcher, 17. Spencer Leniu, 18. Cody Ramsey, 19. Fetalaiga Pauga<\/p>\n<p>Reserves: 20. Salesi Foketi, 21. Tommy Talau, 22. Toby Rodwell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chanel Harris-Tavita scores a try for the Warriors against Roosters. Photo: Andrew Cornaga\/Photosport Five-eighth Chanel Harris-Tavita scored two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-316211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}