2012 Henry was named to play his debut NRL match in the Warriors round 1 match of the
2012 NRL season, against the
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at
Eden Park, making his debut at centre and shifting the other debutant
Konrad Hurrell to the interchange bench after having originally been named to play off of the bench. In round 6, against the
Canberra Raiders at
Canberra Stadium, Henry scored his first NRL career try in the Warriors 32–12 loss. On 17 June 2012, Henry had his contract with the Warriors extended for 3 years to the end of the 2015 season. Henry finished his debut year in the NRL playing in all the Warriors 24 matches, scoring 8 tries and kicking 2 goals. Henry was named the
New Zealand Rugby League's 2012 Rookie of the Year.
2013 Henry's
2013 NRL season was cut short to 7 matches after he suffered a ruptured
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury at training. Henry scored 3 tries and kicked a goal before the injury.
2014 After playing in 3 matches after round 8 due to a knee injury, Henry was one of the shock debutant selections for
Stephen Kearney’s
New Zealand national rugby league team squad to play against the
Australian Kangaroos in the
2014 ANZAC Test at the
SFS. He was selected at hooker due to injuries to
Issac Luke and
Thomas Leuluai. Henry finished off the
2014 NRL season, playing in 16 matches and scoring 6 tries.
2015 On 31 January and 1 February, Henry played for the Warriors in the
2015 NRL Auckland Nines. He played his 50th NRL match in round three before his season was ended in round four when he tore his ACL, the same injury he suffered in 2013. In the
2015 season he played in 4 matches for the Warriors kicking 1 field goal
2016 In round 1 against the
Wests Tigers, Henry re-injured his knee in his return match from injury, his first game since round 4 of the
2015 NRL season. On 2 August 2016, Henry announced that he would retire at the end of the season, due to his constant knee injuries. At the end of the season he won a NRL-RLPA Pasifika leadership and excellence award, which included travel to the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to attend lectures.
2018 In 2018 he returned to the playing field for the Bay Roskill Vikings in the Sharman Cup helping the team to a 15–0 regular season record where they won the Phelan Shield. ==References==