The Warriors have continued to secure their young talent with outstanding centre Solomone Kata's contract extended to the end of the 2019 NRL season. Warriors shore up young talentSolomone KataCentre, 21-years-old, re-signed to end of 2019Ken MaumaloWing, 21-years-old, re-signed to end of 2018Jazz TevagaHooker, 20-years-old, re-signed to end of 2018Bunty AfoaProp, 19-years-old, re-signed to end of 2019Erin ClarkUtility, 18-years-old, re-signed to end of 2017Ofahiki OgdenBack-rower, 20-years-old, re-signed to end of 2017Patrick SipleyProp, 24-years-old, re-signed to end of 2017 "Sol has made fantastic progress jumping straight from the NYC into the NRL last year," explained Warriors recruitment and development manager Tony Iro. Kata made 34 consecutive NRL appearances following his debut before his run was broken by a one-match suspension last month. Afoa has played more than 50 NYC games, and after making his ISP debut last season, returned to the side for last week's 38-6 loss to Newtown.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 23, 2016 01:03 UTC