Hame Sale, Blake Lawrie and Jacob Host all showed they can mix with NRL company in what was a torrid affair up front against an experienced Tigers pack.

With new recruit Cameron McInnes nursing a nasty head cut first suffered at the Auckland Nines last week Siliva Havili used his chance to remind Paul McGregor of his abilities at dummy-half, making his presence felt in defence and laying on Tariq Sims’ second-half four-pointer. It left Sims singing the praises of the club’s younger brigade post-match 

“I was really impressed with young Blocker [Blake Lawrie] in the middle and Siliva [Havili] along with some of the other young blokes,” Sims said.

“They came out of the line and made their mark and swung the momentum of the game a couple of times and that’s a great trait for young blokes to show.”