NRL: Warriors hoping Kiwi naming helps

Warriors centre and Kiwis candidate Lewis Brown. Photo / Getty Images

The Warriors coaching staff are hoping looming Kiwis selection will be a help rather than a hindrance this weekend.

They host the Penrith Panthers on Sunday afternoon, with the New Zealand team for next week's test against Australia to be announced later that night.

Assistant coach Tony Iro says in the past, international selection has negatively affected players.

Iro says there's a couple of players in both teams who have a chance at selection, and hopefully they use it as motivation.

Meanwhile he was banished from the NRL, now Joel Monaghan is an Exile.

Coach Brian McClennan has picked Monaghan in the 22-man Exiles squad for the international against England at Headingley in June.

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