Alex PowellSports Journalist·NZ Herald·27 Aug, 2026 05:30 AM4 mins to read‌Herald sport journalists Nathan Limm and Christopher Reive react to the All Blacks, Black Ferns, Liam Lawson and Warriors. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAYIn March 2023, as the Warriors prepared to open their campaign against the Newcastle Knights in Wellington, then-new signing Mitch Barnett made a declaration to his new teammates.Strictly by coincidence, Barnett’s Warriors debut came against the very side he’d just left.

But asked by those around him if