Roger Tuivasa-Sheck: The Otara Kid Who Became A Warrior

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck joins Marc Ellis and Ric Salizzo on Herbie for Sportscafe Legends.

He's played for the Roosters, the Warriors, the Kiwis, Toa Samoa, the Blues and the All Blacks. This is his last NRL season before a two-year deal at Wakefield Trinity - and with a knee reconstruction behind him, he's watching the Warriors' run from the sideline rather than the field.

Roger talks about growing up in Otara, being coached as a kid by Eric Rush, ringing Rushy to tell him he was leaving rugby for league, and why he picked 12 when he came back to union.

Timestamps:

Chapters

00:00:00 Cold open

00:00:43 Welcome to Herbie

00:02:11 League fitness vs rugby fitness

00:02:53 Why he chose 12

00:04:31 Learning the game at first receiver

00:05:29 Eric Rush the junior coach

00:07:58 The phone call to Rushy