Warriors fullback Taine Tuaupiki joins Nick Bewley for an extensive chat.

The Taharoa product explains why he turned down other NRL offers after a phone call from Andrew Webster, how his rugby league dream nearly fizzled out in Queensland and his reaction after an unexpected appearance in Friday's win over the Titans.

Nick and the New Zealand Herald's Michael Burgess try and make sense of a strange game on the GC and look ahead to the Warriors trip to the 'Tron to take on the Tigers.