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Stepping in as an emergency halfback last round, utility Te Maire Martin will again help guide the Warriors after being named in the No.7 jersey to face the Dragons.<\/p>\n
In last week\u2019s Magic Round win over the Broncos, Martin came from the extended bench after only six minutes, after Tanah Boyd suffered what Warriors have confirmed was season-ending ACL injury.<\/p>\n
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Despite it only being his first NRL game of the season \u2013 and his second game overall since suffering a broken leg representing the M\u0101ori All Stars in February this year \u2013 Martin was able to step into the role with aplomb. As well as scoring a try, he set up two others in their 42-12 victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecond broken leg now I’ve had in the last two years, but it’s just how it sort of works, isn’t it?\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Recovery) was actually a lot quicker than my last one, but one game back and then I sort of wasn’t expecting to go on (against the Broncos) unless something happened and unfortunately, Tanah went down, which is a bummer because he’s been playing so well.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never want to play because of injuries, but if you do, you’ve got to be ready.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt was sort of a different one, because I was practicing a few different positions during week and I didn’t actually practice anything at half.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve done a lot of stuff at fullback in case Taine [Tuaupiki] went down because Charnze [Nicoll-Klokstad] and Roger [Tuivasa-Sheck] are obviously out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve done a little bit of stuff at hooker and last week when I played Cup, I played 13, so a bit all over the shop.<\/p>\n
\u201c(To step in at halfback) I think it’s just the way our system works, we have a system there and we’ve got some good depth.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have still got [Luke] Metcalf there too and some of the younger boys that are coming through [Jett] Cleary and Lukey Hanson, it’s just we’ve got a system there and everyone knows their role.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, it’s pretty easy to fit in there on the back of what our forwards and our outside backs are doing.<\/p>\n
\u201c(In a game) you get your defence right, everything else sort of snowball effects on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
After debuting with the Panthers a decade ago, Martin\u2019s longevity in the game has been extraordinary, given he was forced out of the NRL in 2019 with a bleed on the brain, before making his remarkable return to the NRL in 2022.<\/p>\n
In that time, he has gained a reputation for his reliability and his versatility, something which is likely to keep him in the Warriors line-up, either starting or as a super-sub on the bench, for a long time yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is up to Webby [coach Andrew Webster] and we’ve still got Luke for the rest of the year, we’ve seen what he did last year,\u201d Martin said when asked about his long-term role with the club this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I’m easy. I enjoy playing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he wants me to play that role, I’ll do it. But, we’ve got depth \u2013 a lot of depth \u2013 and if he wants to go with Lukey, I honestly don’t mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just enjoy playing.<\/p>\n
\u201c(I hope) I can squeeze in there somewhere \u2026 if my role is to do that backup thing again, then I’ll do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m just enjoy playing footy \u2026 I just really enjoyed the game, training probably the most I’ve ever enjoyed it, so I’m just excited.\u201d<\/p>\n
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With his team flying high in second spot on the ladder and buoyed by a big win in front of a vocal pro-Warriors crowd at Magic Round, Martin has every right to be excited about what\u2019s ahead.<\/p>\n
However, with a trip to Kogarah on the cards against a Dragons side desperately seeking a drought-breaking win followed by a top-of-the-table clash against Penrith, Martin knew the importance of maintaining the team\u2019s high standards and focus.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a really important time this part \u2013 around Origin and stuff like that,\u201d Martin said of keeping momentum up in their season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve got two games then a bye; so we’re thinking of week-by-week.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s a real important period this middle part of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stepping in as an emergency halfback last round, utility Te Maire Martin will again help guide the Warriors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-438137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438137","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=438137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}