NRL 2025, State Championship, New Zealand Warriors, Burleigh Bears, official team lists, injuries, updates

Author: NRL.com
Timestamp: Sun 5 Oct 2025, 12:32 PM

Official team lists, updates and injury news for the 2025 NRL State Championship Final.

All you need to know about Grand Final Week

NRL Team Lists: State Championship

Warriors v Burleigh Bears, 1.20pm (AEDT) at Accor Stadium

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Warriors

Bears

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Warriors is number 1 Taine Tuaupiki

Fullback for Bears is number 1 Nicholas O'Meley
Winger for Warriors is number 2 Setu Tu

Winger for Bears is number 2 Troy Leo
Centre for Warriors is number 3 Ali Leiataua

Centre for Bears is number 3 Sami Sauiluma
Centre for Warriors is number 4 Moala Graham-Taufa

Centre for Bears is number 4 Kea Pere
Winger for Warriors is number 5 Edward Kosi

Winger for Bears is number 5 Mitch Watson
Five-Eighth for Warriors is number 6 Luke Hanson

Five-Eighth for Bears is number 6 Josh Rogers
Halfback for Warriors is number 7 Tanah Boyd

Halfback for Bears is number 7 Guy Hamilton

Forwards

Prop for Warriors is number 8 Bunty Afoa

Prop for Bears is number 8 Fletcher Baker
Hooker for Warriors is number 9 Samuel Healey

Hooker for Bears is number 9 Paul Roache
Prop for Warriors is number 10 Tanner Stowers-Smith

Prop for Bears is number 10 Matthew Koellner
2nd Row for Warriors is number 11 Kayliss Fatialofa

2nd Row for Bears is number 11 Adam Christensen
2nd Row for Warriors is number 12 Eddie Ieremia-Toeava

2nd Row for Bears is number 12 Ewan Moore
Lock for Warriors is number 13 Kalani Going

Lock for Bears is number 13 Sam Coster

Interchange

Interchange for Warriors is number 14 Jett Cleary

Interchange for Bears is number 14 Cole Geyer
Interchange for Warriors is number 15 Jason Seu Salalilo

Interchange for Bears is number 15 Lorenzo Mulitalo
Interchange for Warriors is number 16 Tom Ale

Interchange for Bears is number 16 Takitau Mapapalangi
Interchange for Warriors is number 17 Freddy Lussick

Interchange for Bears is number 17 Lochlyn Sheldon

Reserves

Replacement for Warriors is number 18 Geronimo Doyle

Replacement for Bears is number 18 Jordan Scott

Match Officials

Senior Review Official: Liam Kennedy

Last updated: 10/5/2025 7:32:00 AM

Warriors: Coach David Tangata-Toa heads into the State Championship showdown with the same 17 that claimed the club's first NSW Cup premiership with a 30-12 victory over the Dragons last Sunday. The Warriors have won 23 of 27 matches in 2025 and boast plenty of NRL experience in the shape of halfback Tanah Boyd, prop Bunty Afoa and outside backs Taine Tuaupiki and Ed Kosi. For Afoa, the clash bookends his Warriors career with a second grand final at Accor Stadium 11 years after being in the club’s winning NYC side in 2014. Centre Moala Graham-Taufa, prop Tom Ale and Kosi play their final game for the Warriors. No changes on game day with the line-up 1-18.

Bears: Nicholas O'Meley moves from centre to fill in for Creedence Toia, who limped off field just 15 minutes into last weekend's grand final win over Norths Devils with a calf injury. Sami Sauiluma comes into the starting side at centre and Lorenzo Mulitalo joins the bench. Halfback Guy Hamilton will play despite carrying a calf injury into the grand final and then hurting his ankle during the match. With bench forward Kurt de Luis nursing a broken jaw, last week's 18th man Lochlyn Sheldon has been added to the bench. This is the Burleigh Bears third State Championship appearance, after losses in 2016 to the Illawarra Cutters and 2019 to Newtown Jets. No changes on game day with the line-up 1-18.