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JTB GRANTED IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Via Warriors Media Front rower Jamayne Taunoa-Brown is leaving the Vodafone Warriors to continue his NRL career with another club. The 24-year-old 2020-2021 Indigenous All-Stars prop was initially on a train and trial contract with the club before earning a… Read More ›
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VALE RAY CRANCH
The oldest living Kiwi in history, 98-year-old Raymond James Cranch, a World War II veteran and Auckland rugby league stalwart who became Kiwi #341 when he toured Britain and France with the 1951-52 squad, has sadly passed away. One of… Read More ›
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WARRIORS CONFIRM TAYLOR’S ARRIVAL ON TRAIN-AND-TRIAL DEAL
Via Warriors Media Experienced Gold Coast playmaker Ash Taylor has been handed the chance of a one-year contract with the Vodafone Warriors after signing a train and trial deal with a club top 30 option for 2022. The 26-year-old Queenslander… Read More ›
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KANE EVANS RELEASED FROM WARRIORS’ FOLD
The Warriors have confirmed the departure of erratic prop Kane Evans, released from the second year of a two-season contract as the 29-year-old eyes off a Super League deal. “By mutual agreement we’ve parted ways amicably to enable Kane to… Read More ›
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THIS WARRIORS LIFE PODCAST 2021: EP 34 – AT THE LEANER WITH FONZIE
It’s an end-of-season blowout with Will and Brad getting together with Fonzie over a few froths. They talk Brown, best 17 for 2022, Ash Taylor, CHT and a whole bunch of random, tangential garbage. Hopefully a bit of lockdown relief… Read More ›
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THIS WARRIORS LIFE PODCAST 2021: EP 33 – MEDIOCRITY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE
It’s too disjointed to call it a season review, but Will and Brad give their assessment of the weak finish to 2021 on the Gold Coast, the overblown discipline furore and a wretched season overall. Plus recruitment chat, Will’s deep… Read More ›
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JAZZ TEVAGA TAKES OUT TWL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
In a reflection of the 2021 Warriors’ wretched run with injuries, extreme lack of continuity throughout the season and absence of genuinely consistent individual performers, Jazz Tevaga is the surprise winner of the TWL Player of the Year award. Like the now-defunct… Read More ›
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TWL RD 25: WARRIORS PLAYER RATINGS
Like doing school reports for a classroom full of delinquents. 1 REECE WALSH: A couple of brilliant last-line saves – and 13 tackles is a lot for a fullback – but attack-wise Walshy has fallen off a cliff in the last… Read More ›
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TWL RD 25: WARRIORS PIGGYBACK TITANS INTO FINALS WITH LIMP FINISH TO AWFUL CAMPAIGN
The 2021 season and Nathan Brown era started in super-promising fashion via a gritty 19-6 victory over Gold Coast Titans. It ended in a pathetic, season-worst 44-0 defeat to the same opponents, who in turn tore eighth spot away from… Read More ›
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THIS WARRIORS LIFE PODCAST 2021: EP 32 – END OF THE LINE
Last Friday’s finals-hopes-ending loss still stinging like the first sunburn of summer, Will and Brad draft in a special guest to boost the enthusiasm factor – and Sammy St. G sparkles on debut like Patty Herbert or Walshy at AAMI… Read More ›