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Morgan Gannon has already had his 'welcome to the Warriors' moment.
The young English forward has travelled halfway across the planet to test his rugby league skills with the Auckland-based NRL outfit for the next three years, but has found a roster packed with talent playing his second row/lock positions.
Those incumbents have wasted little time putting the newcomer in his place.
"We were doing some defence, and Demitric ran straight at me and knocked me on my arse," chuckles Gannon. "That taught me they run pretty hard over here.
"That was a good wake-up, but it's been good how competitive and how physically we train. I feel like I'll be prepared for that going into the season."
Whatever other positional shortcomings the Warriors may have,
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