5 Mar 2012

Warriors centre out for 4-6 weeks

5:55 am on 5 March 2012

The Warriors league coach Brian McClennan is confident his young centres can fill the void left by the injured Jerome Ropati.

Ropati, who missed virtually all of last season after knee surgery, needs 4-6 weeks off after injurying an ankle during the first half of the Warriors 26-20 loss to Manly at Eden Park.

But Brian McLennan says the debutant replacements Konrad Hurrell and Ben Henry did themselves proud, especially on defence in the last 30 minutes or so.