"We have got plenty of size and power there," said coach Andrew McFadden. "Certainly our wingers are bigger than our forwards in some ways. Those guys are really important when they bring the ball back. When you start rolling forward with that momentum, it gives our quality ball players a lot more opportunity. When they get that, our game flows."
"We need to use our size and do it well to get the sets started," added Vatuvei. "It takes a lot of pressure off the big boys, because they have to do most of the tackling in the middle."
There will be inevitable comparisons made with the Brisbane team of the late 1990s if the Warriors continue with the heavy-artillery approach. Back then, Wayne Bennett's team were ruthless - giant winger Wendell Sailor would take the first hit up, swiftly followed by another behemoth in Lote Tuqiri, then the likes of prop Shane Webke kept up the pressure on the opposition defensive line.
It also illustrates how league has evolved. The five outside backs yesterday had an average weight of more than 100kg and all of them could, if necessary, do an adequate job in the forwards.
In the Warriors' first game in 1995, the line-up included Dean Bell, Sean Hoppe and Tea Ropati - big men in their day - but an average weight that was under 90kg. And of the five, only Bell was considered suitable for the pack.
A decade earlier, none of the 24-man Kiwis touring squad to England and France weighed as much as either Maumalo or Vatuvei, and only three of the forwards (Owen Wright, Ricky Cowan and Kurt Sorensen) tipped the scales at more than 100kg.