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• EASTWOOD SHOWS TICKER IN FIGHT FOR NRL SPOT

  By Will Evans on March 20, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Auckland-born Greg Eastwood always enjoys the opportunity to get back to his hometown, but he didn’t anticipate it coming as early in 2018 as Round 2 with Canterbury-Bankstown’s InTrust Super Premiership side. After a knee injury ended his 2017 campaign… Read More ›

• SEVEN-TACKLE SET: WARRIORS V TITANS TAKEAWAYS

  By Will Evans on March 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Thoughts and talking points from the Warriors’ convincing 20-8 win over the depleted Titans at Mount Smart Stadium on Saturday. Two from two How good’s this?! The Warriors’ history has been a bitter tale of early-season frustration, embarrassment and undperformance… Read More ›

• TWL RD 2 WRAP: WARRIORS EASE PAST DEPLETED TITANS

  By Will Evans on March 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The Warriors have opened a season with two wins for the first time since 2009 after comfortably accounting for a rudderless Gold Coast Titans outfit 20-8 at Mount Smart Stadium. The Titans were rocked by the withdrawal of linchpin Ashley… Read More ›

• TWL RD 2 PREVIEW: WARRIORS V TITANS

  By Will Evans on March 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS v GOLD COAST TITANS – 5.05PM (NZT)/3.05PM (AEDT), SATURDAY, MARCH 17 @ MOUNT SMART STADIUM The Storyline: The Warriors are buoyant after producing arguably the most convincing Round 1 performance in the club’s notoriously slow-starting history. They… Read More ›

• NRL ROUND 2 PREVIEW

  By Will Evans on March 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  CRONULLA SHARKS V ST GEORGE ILLAWRRA DRAGONS – 8pm (AEDT)/10pm (AEDT), Thursday, March 15 @ Southern Cross Group Stadium The southern Sydney derby shapes as being a little spicier than usual. The Sharks are coming off a gritty but sloppy… Read More ›

• SEVEN-TACKLE SET: WARRIORS V RABBITOHS TAKEAWAYS

  By Will Evans on March 11, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Thoughts and talking points from the Warriors’ Round 1 statement against South Sydney. That feeling How good is waking up on a Sunday morning after a season-opening Warriors performance like that? In the soul-crushing six seasons since their 2011 grand… Read More ›

• TWL RD 1 WRAP: REBORN WARRIORS DOMINATE SOUTHS

  By Will Evans on March 10, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  The Warriors fired a shot across the bow of the other 15 NRL club and a host of doubting critics with a superb 32-20 victory over South Sydney in Perth, starting 2018 in ideal fashion. Maligned stars Shaun Johnson and… Read More ›

• TWL PREVIEW: WARRIORS V RABBITOHS

  By Will Evans on March 9, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS V NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS – 4PM (WAST)/7PM (AEDT)/9PM (NZT) SATURDAY, MARCH 10 @ PERTH STADIUM The Storyline: The Warriors and South Sydney become the first teams from any football code to test out the impressive new Perth… Read More ›

• THURSDAY WRAP: HUNT SCORCHES BRONCOS IN DRAGONS DEBUT

  By Will Evans on March 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  A new St George Illawarra dawned to compound a horror week for Brisbane, with former Broncos halfback Ben Hunt claiming man-of-the-match honours on Dragons debut in a 34-12 opening-night drubbing. The Broncos, mired in the Matt Lodge furore in the… Read More ›

• WARRIORS AIMING TO PUT ROUND 1 STRUGGLES BEHIND THEM

  By Will Evans on March 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Notoriously slow out of the blocks, the Warriors have won a paltry five of their 21 games in Round 1 since entering the premiership in 1995 – a success rate of 24 percent. Last year’s tight 26-22 win over dual… Read More ›