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Vote for best Warriors team through first 30 years
As we kick off the New Zealand Warriors' 30-year celebrations in season 2025, NRL.com are asking fans to us help put together the club's best team from their opening three decades!
While premiership success as a team has eluded them to date, the Wahs have unearthed and attracted some of the biggest stars in the game over the years, which sets the scene for some agonising calls at the selection table.
It's likely no decision will be quite as divisive as that at No.7, with punters facing the unenviable choice between two club legends.
Stacey Jones - the original favourite son and halfback in their first grand final - was the shining light of the opening decade and a bit, before Shaun Johnson emerged to eventually take over most of the Little General's records and leave behind an unmatched dossier of game-winning plays.
There's only ever been one player to claim the Dally M Medal as a Warrior, but whether that's enough to lift Roger Tuivasa-Sheck past former cross-code superstar and goalkicking ace Matthew Ridge at fullback remains to be seen.
On the wings do you go with the sheer power of the club's all-time record try-scorer Manu Vatuvei and early 2000s wrecking ball Francis Meli? Or how about current day scoring freak Dallin Watene-Zelezniak along with David Fusitu'a, who got over for an impressive 61 tries in 108 appearances for the club?