Locke, Kevin

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Locke wins Junior Warriors Player of the Year
Wed September 10, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Source: www.warriors.co.nz

Fullback Kevin Locke was named the Vodafone NYC Player of the Year at the first Vodafone Junior Warriors awards dinner at Mt Smart Stadium tonight.

Locke (19) is the team's top points-scorer as it heads into the finals of the inaugural National Youth Competition this weekend.

He needs just two points to reach the 200-mark when the Vodafone Junior Warriors, third ranked in the regular season, take on sixth-placed St George Illawarra ahead of the Vodafone Warriors-Melbourne NRL play-off at Olympic Park on Sunday.

Locke won the player of the year accolade ahead of the two other nominees for the award, props Russell Packer (18) and Leeson Ah Mau (18).

Apart from being the team's top points-scorer, Locke is also the leading try-scorer with 13.

Utility Elijah Taylor (18) and back rower Kurt Tehira (2) won the other two awards presented.

Patea-raised Taylor, who turned 18 in February, was named the Allied Work Force NYC Young Player of the Year; it's an award for players aged under 18 at the start of the year. He was the only player to appear in all 24 of the Vodafone Junior Warriors' regular season matches.

Tehira (20) was named the Samsung NYC Club Person of the Year.

News Source: www.warriors.co.nz


Barba poised to swoop NYC point and try scoring records
Thu August 28, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Bulldogs whiz kid Ben Barba holds a very comfortable lead as top point scorer and top scorer with two rounds to play in the first Toyota Cup season.

Barba had four weeks in first grade opening the door for his rivals to run him down and both Josh Dugan (Raiders) and Kevin Locke (Warriors) have racked up many points in the last month, but it looks like that Barba will hold firm until at least the Finals. Dugan's average of points per game is very similar to Barba's and he has been a major presence for the Raiders when he has been on the field. Barba returned last week for the Bulldogs where he scored one try and landed two goals for a total of eight points.

So far 11 players have racked up over 100 points this season with Souths providing two players - Eddie Paea and Chris Sandow. The latter is odds on favourite to take out the Peter Moore NRL Rookie of the Year award for his performances in the Rabbitohs revival in the second half of the season.

Brisbane's Jharal Yow Yeh became the second player to pass 20 tries for the season and despite playing three more games than Barba is still seven tries behind him.

Dugan, Barba and Locke are all in a tight race to see who finishes up as the leading goal kicker with Dugan leading Barba by one goal with Locke a further goal behind.

Sandow is poised to take out a unique double as being the most accurate goal kicker in the NRL and NYC competitions (minimum 10 goals). Sandow's strike rate in the NRL is 90% (18/20) and his NYC strike rate before promotion stood at 84% (47/56).

Ten players have landed drop goals this season in the Toyota Cup with Warriors Isaac John and Manly's Daly Cherry-Evans leading the way with three each.

TOP POINTSCORERS
246 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs) 28t, 66/103g, 2fg Avg: 13.67 (18 games)
182 Josh Dugan (Raiders) 12t, 67/91g Avg: 12.13 (15 games)
182 Kevin Locke (Warriors) 13t, 65/92g Avg: 9.58 (19 games)
138 Lachlan Coote (Panthers) 15t, 39/52g Avg: 11.50 (12 games)
124 Ben Hunt (Broncos) 14t, 34/49g Avg: 5.90 (21 games)
120 Eddie Paea (Rabbitohs) 11t, 37/52g, 2fg Avg: 6.67 (18 games)
120 Jared Kahu (Broncos) 5t, 50/64g Avg: 6.32 (19 games)
118 Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs) 6t, 47/56g Avg: 10.73 (11 games)
110 Kayne Lawton (Gold Coast) 9t, 37/45g Avg: 10.00 (11 games)
105 Daly Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles) 7t, 37/62g, 3fg Avg: 4.77 (22 games)

TOP TRY SCORERS
28 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs) Avg: 1.56 (18 games)
21 Jharal Yow Yeh (Broncos) Avg: 1.00 (21 games)
18 Kevin Gordon (Gold Coast) Avg: 1.00 (18 games)
15 Lachlan Coote (Panthers) Avg: 1.25 (12 games)
15 Coedi Towney (Tigers) Avg: 1.00 (15 games)
15 Simon Williams (Knights) Avg: 0.94 (16 games)
14 Jimmy Fawcett (Bulldogs) Avg: 0.70 (20 games)
14 Ben Hunt (Broncos) Avg: 0.67 (21 games)
13 Justin Carney (Raiders) Avg: 1.18 (11 games)
13 Joe Vickery (Dragons) Avg: 0.72 (18 games)

TOP GOAL KICKERS
67 Josh Dugan (Raiders) Accuracy: 74% (Attempts 91). Avg: 4.47 (15 games)
66 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs) Accuracy: 64% (Attempts 103). Avg: 3.67 (18 games)
65 Kevin Locke (Warriors) Accuracy: 71% (Attempts 92). Avg: 3.42 (19 games)
50 Jared Kahu (Broncos) Accuracy: 78% (Attempts 64). Avg: 2.63 (19 games)
47 Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs) Accuracy: 84% (Attempts 56). Avg: 4.27 (11 games)
42 Liam Foran (Storm) Accuracy: 64% (Attempts 66). Avg: 2.33 (18 games)
39 Lachlan Coote (Panthers) Accuracy: 75% (Attempts 52). Avg: 3.25 (12 games)
37 Kayne Lawton (Gold Coast) Accuracy: 82% (Attempts 45). Avg: 3.36 (11 games)
37 Eddie Paea (Rabbitohs) Accuracy: 71% (Attempts 52). Avg: 2.06 (18 games)

MOST ACCURATE GOAL KICKERS
84% Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs) 47/56
82% Kayne Lawton (Gold Coast) 37/45
82% Jordan Rapana (Gold Coast) 27/33
81% Nathan Gardner (Eels) 22/27
78% Jared Kahu (Broncos) 50/64
75% Tony Williams (Eels) 36/48
75% Lachlan Coote (Panthers) 39/52
74% Blake Lazarus (Tigers) 14/19
74% Josh Dugan (Raiders) 67/91
73% Matthew Wright (Panthers) 19/26

DROP GOAL SCORERS
3 Isaac John (Warriors)
3 Daly Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles)
2 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs)
2 Eddie Paea (Rabbitohs)
2 Daniel Mortimer (Eels)
1 Adrian Davis (Bulldogs)
1 James Smart (Sharks)
1 Tim Moltzen (Tigers)
1 Darren Nicholls (Tigers)
1 Jarryd Hogan (Sharks)

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====================================================================================================== 2008 Toyota National Youth Competition New Zealand Warriors 24 games; 15 tries, 88/122 goals, 236 points. [View] Round 1 [17 Mar 08] L 22-32 v Storm (A). [FB] 2 Pts; 1/5g [View] Round 2 [23 Mar 08] L 22-26 v Eels (H). [FB] [View] Round 5 [13 Apr 08] D 26-26 v Bulldogs (H). [WG] [View] Round 6 [19 Apr 08] D 24-24 v Cowboys (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 7 [27 Apr 08] W 36-28 v Gold Coast (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 10 [18 May 08] L 24-46 v Panthers (A). [FB] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/4g [View] Round 11 [25 May 08] W 40-10 v Roosters (H). [FB] 16 Pts; 1t, 6/8g [View] Round 12 [31 May 08] W 42-22 v Knights (A). [FB] 22 Pts; 2t, 7/7g [View] Round 13 [06 Jun 08] W 31-4 v Rabbitohs (H). [FB] 6 Pts; 3/6g [View] Round 14 [14 Jun 08] W 38-16 v Sharks (A). [FB] 10 Pts; 5/7g [View] Round 15 [22 Jun 08] W 38-10 v Sea Eagles (H). [FB] 14 Pts; 1t, 5/7g [View] Round 16 [29 Jun 08] L 34-45 v Tigers (A). [FB] 14 Pts; 1t, 5/6g [View] Round 18 [12 Jul 08] W 32-12 v Cowboys (H). [FB] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/6g [View] Round 19 [19 Jul 08] W 43-38 v Bulldogs (A). [FB] 18 Pts; 1t, 7/7g [View] Round 20 [27 Jul 08] W 36-12 v Storm (H). [FB] 12 Pts; 6/6g [View] Round 21 [02 Aug 08] W 26-20 v Rabbitohs (A). [FB] 6 Pts; 3/5g [View] Round 22 [09 Aug 08] L 12-32 v Broncos (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 2/2g [View] Round 23 [16 Aug 08] W 35-6 v Sharks (H). [FB] 14 Pts; 2t, 3/7g [View] Round 24 [24 Aug 08] W 32-8 v Dragons (A). [FB] 8 Pts; 4/7g [View] Round 25 [31 Aug 08] L 28-30 v Panthers (H). [FB] 8 Pts; 4/5g [View] Round 26 [06 Sep 08] D 24-24 v Eels (A). [FB] 8 Pts; 4/5g [View] Finals Week 1 [14 Sep 08] W 47-20 v Dragons (H). [FB] 14 Pts; 7/8g [View] Finals Week 2 [19 Sep 08] W 38-4 v Panthers. [FB] 14 Pts; 1t, 5/7g [View] Finals Week 3 [27 Sep 08] L 26-28 v Broncos. [FB] 10 Pts; 1t, 3/5g ======================================================================================================

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