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• TWL RD 18: INJURY-HIT WARRIORS BRAVE IN LOSS TO PANTHERS

  By Will Evans on July 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  After a five-match losing streak littered with fadeouts and blowouts, the Warriors turned in a performance even the club’s most disillusioned fans can be proud of in a 30-16 loss to Penrith – despite having every reason to implode. The… Read More ›

• THE RIVALRY: WARRIORS V PANTHERS

  By Will Evans on July 17, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  The Warriors’ seesawing rivalry with the Penrith Panthers includes two shared coaches, several stars who have turned out for both clubs, two finals matches and a truckload of points. But after 26 seasons, it’s the Panthers who hold the advantage… Read More ›

• TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: WORST-EVER WARRIORS?

  By Will Evans on July 16, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The Warriors have a fair bit going for them. The emergence of Reece Walsh and Rocco Berry. The impending return of Shaun Johnson. Addin Fonua-Blake and Matt Lodge in the front-row, arguably the club’s most imposing pairing since the days… Read More ›

• THIS WARRIORS LIFE PODCAST 2021: EP 27 – OUT OF THE BLUE, INTO THE BROWN

  By Will Evans on July 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  As Neil Young said, it’s better to burn out than to fade away – and the Warriors’ 2021 campaign is very much in danger of doing the latter. Will and Brad address the lack of pressure on coach Nathan Brown… Read More ›

• TWL RD 17: WARRIORS PLAYER RATINGS

  By Will Evans on July 11, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This hurts me more than it hurts them. 1 REECE WALSH: Probably the least highlights-laden display of his eight-game career, yet still managed a try,  a line-break,165 metres and four tackle-breaks. Came up with a two or three subpar plays to… Read More ›

• TWL RD 17: SLOPPY WARRIORS CHUM IN THE WATER FOR SLICK SHARKS

  By Will Evans on July 11, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  “We’re not fucken learning.” Jazz Tevaga summed it up in a expletive-laden post-match interview that will likely see FoxSports avoid him after a loss in the future. But he was bang on. The Warriors had enough opportunity, periods of dominance… Read More ›

• THE RIVALRY: WARRIORS V SHARKS

  By Will Evans on July 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Cronulla’s early and recent periods of dominance bookended a decade where the Warriors held the upper hand, leaving the Sharks with a six-win advantage after a rivalry spanning 25 seasons. Incredibly, almost a third of the teams’ 42 encounters have… Read More ›

• THIS WARRIORS LIFE PODCAST 2021: EP 26 – GOING THE SOCIAL DISTANCE

  By Will Evans on July 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Comin’ at ya on a Friday afternoon as Will and Brad gave it a bit more time to calm down after last weekend’s horrendous capitulation. It didn’t help.

• TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: TRY, TRY AGAIN

  By Will Evans on July 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  There’s the very real prospect of Ken Maumalo – jettisoned to Wests Tigers soon after the halfway mark of the season – finishing as the Warriors’ 2021 top try-scorer. Big Ken crossed for eight tries in 11 games before being… Read More ›

• TWL RD 16: WARRIORS PLAYER RATINGS

  By Will Evans on July 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Evaluating the individuals after one of the biggest collective bed-shits in Warriors history. 1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c): If they’d won the game, we’d be lauding another huge RTS performance – game-high tallies of 25 runs, 267 metres and 10 tackle-breaks, as… Read More ›