Foran's impending registration will give Kearney his first-choice test spine in a line-up Toopi labelled ten times better than the club's 2002 grand final team. "On paper, the team that we had when we went to the grand final back in 2002, they surpass that ten-fold. Twice the Warriors have reached the grand final, in 2002 and 2011, and twice they've fallen at the final hurdle. The introduction of the early Friday night game means broadcaster favourites Brisbane no longer have a monopoly on the free-to-air fixture. "Most teams that travel over, they don't want to play in a night game.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 30, 2017 19:31 UTC