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MAROONS CALL UP WALSH FOR STUNNING ORIGIN DEBUT
Warriors sensation Reece Walsh has capped one of the most meteoric rises in State of Origin history, named at fullback for Queensland ahead of a must-win game two assignment at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday night – after just seven NRL… Read More ›
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TWL RD 15: WARRIORS PLAYER RATINGS
This exasperated edition of TWL‘s Warriors player ratings is dedicated to my man Duelo Duel Deulz. 1 REECE WALSH: A c%*t of a day to be a fullback and Walshy felt the brunt of an aerial assault the Warriors were too… Read More ›
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TWL RD 15: SEASON ON THE BRINK AS WET DREAM TURNS TO KNIGHTMARE
The Warriors’ Top 8 hopes are hanging by a thread – despite boasting a blatantly finals-quality roster in the most bottom-heavy premiership of the NRL era – after a 10-6 loss in the Newcastle wind and rain. It was a… Read More ›
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RTS AND TOHU LEAD THE WAY IN TWL POTY RACE
With 11 rounds of the 2021 regular season to go, previous winners Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Tohu Harris are locked in an apparent two-horse race for the fourth annual This Warriors Life Player of the Year award. Fashioned on now-defunct Rugby League Week‘s system… Read More ›
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TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: WARRIORS SPREAD THEIR WINGS
It’s already getting to that time of the season for Warriors fans: must-win territory. They’ve now lost four of their last five games, conceding a torrent of points in the process, to slip to a 5-8 record. Only the mediocrity… Read More ›
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THE RIVALRY: WARRIORS V KNIGHTS
The Warriors were largely at the mercy of the mercurial Andrew Johns during the first decade of their rivalry with the Knights, but they have turned the tables on the Novacastrians over the past 15 seasons to edge in… Read More ›
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THIS WARRIORS LIFE PODCAST 2021: EP 22 – MIDYEAR MALAISE
Will and Brad are coming in flat, because (a) No Fonzie (b) the demoralising loss to the Storm (c) our 5-8 record and (d) DWZ. Plenty of recruitment and retention chat, a review of Sunday’s shit-Storm and a full NRL… Read More ›
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TWL RD 14: WARRIORS PLAYER RATINGS
Very little to get excited about from an individual standpoint – particularly given one of our three best players was making his last appearance for the club. 1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c): Returned to his favoured fullback role and racked up a… Read More ›
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TWL RD 14: WARRIORS WOEFUL IN BIG KEN’S TEARFUL FAREWELL
The Warriors’ invite to the Great Big Kiwi Coast Party got lost in the mail, failing to turn up in Gosford as Melbourne Storm cruised to a 42-16 victory and grabbed top spot on the NRL ladder. The slow-starting Storm… Read More ›
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TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: WARRIORS’ ORIGIN ADVANTAGE
The Warriors are in a familiar position at the halfway mark of the NRL regular season: stationed in the bottom half of the standings with a 5-7 record. Fans don’t need reminding the team left four premiership points out on… Read More ›