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 ›
WARRIORS NEWS
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 ›
HARRIS WINS SECOND STRAIGHT SIMON MANNERING MEDAL
Via Warriors Media Tireless Vodafone Warriors back rower Tohu Harris has today been awarded the club’s highest accolade – the Simon Mannering Medal – for the second year running. Despite a season-ending ACL knee injury limiting him to 15 appearances,… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: FINAL-ROUND FOLLIES
Warriors fans threw their calculators and abacuses out the window last Friday night as their team’s mathematical finals hopes were officially erased in a familiar freefall against Canberra. The 28-16 loss came after the Warriors shot out to a 16-0… Read More ›
TOWNSEND AND AFOA INJURED, CHT AND JAZZ RETURN FOR DEAD-RUBBER
Via Warriors Media Injuries have forced head coach Nathan Brown to make more changes for the Vodafone Warriors’ season-ending 25th-round NRL match against the Gold Coast Titans at Cbus Super Stadium in Robina on Sunday (2.00pm kick-off local time; 4.00pm… Read More ›
TWL RD 24: WARRIORS PLAYER RATINGS
Marks out of 10 as the Warriors’ finals hopes fell apart against the Raiders. 1 REECE WALSH: We’ve been given some heat for supposedly overlooking the rookie sensation’s less-auspicious performances, but I don’t think you’ll have to worry here. Struggled at… Read More ›