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    Roger Tuivasa-Sheck claims the loss of club captain Mitch Barnett at the end of this NRL league season has become a bonding factor for this year's Warriors squad

    Roger Tuivasa-Sheck claims the loss of club captain Mitch Barnett at the end of this NRL league season has become a bonding factor for this year's Warriors squad

    - article from www.rugbyleague.co.nz

    Barnett will leave on compassionate grounds for family reasons.

    Tuivasa-Sheck says the team understood the decision.



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