Warriors coach refuses to budge after RTS brilliance

Warriors coach Andrew Webster has shut down any prospect of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck staying at fullback after he starred in the side's win over Newcastle.

Tuivasa-Sheck had played in the position during a previous stint at the club, before the arrival of Reece Walsh, and was only filling in against the Knights after injuries to Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad and Taine Tuaupiki.

Nicoll-Klokstad was the No.1 last year and carved out one of the best seasons of his career.

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After the Warriors' victory, Webster was repeatedly asked about Tuivasa-Sheck's performance at fullback, and described the chatter as "good noise".

"It's my favourite question, again, the Roger to fullback question," he laughed.

"Roger's in our team, he's a gun and we love him, I was so proud of the way he handled tonight.

"... The thing about it is it's good noise. Roger brings that because we all know what he's done in the game.

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"I laugh about it, I make jokes about it. I'm not sick of them, they can keep coming. Hopefully I can be as resilient as the boys were tonight with them. I'm giving you permission (to keep asking).

"But I couldn't be clearer, because it's almost like people think I'm lying, (Charnze at fullback) is how we want to go. It's how Roger wants to go.

"It's not like Roger is coming to me and saying, 'Boss, why aren't I playing fullback?'. He wants to win and wants to play his role.

"The questions can keep coming, I get it, he's an elite player. But Charnze was that close to the Golden Boot last year and he's coming back into the team."

Webster was then asked what message it sent to other clubs about the strength of his side being able to have a player of Tuivasa-Sheck's calibre at centre. 

In reply, the coach revealed the simple message his new signing delivered when joining the club.

"They can't have him, he's ours," he laughed.

"He doesn't want to play for them, he wants to play for us and he probably had the opportunity to play for other clubs.

"The day he signed he said, 'I want to play in this position for this club. I don't want to disrupt Charnze with what he's doing, I don't want to disrupt the club. I want to win a competition'.

"It's not about the individual and that's led by Roger, not by me. I don't care about other clubs."