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 ›
WARRIORS NEWS
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 ›
TWL RD 24: FINALS DREAM OVER IN SECOND-HALF BROWNOUT
There’s few acceptable excuses for giving up a 16-0 lead and losing. There’s even fewer for coughing up a 16-0 lead when your finals chances depend on you winning. But the hapless Warriors line-up that was trotted out against equally-desperate… Read More ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: DO THE MATH
It’s that all-too-familiar time of the season. The Warriors’ finals hopes are still alive, but their fate is largely out their hands. Here’s the multi-faceted equation over the last two rounds that can deliver a Top 8 finish for the… Read More ›
TWL RD 23: WARRIORS PLAYER RATINGS
A soon-to-depart veteran centre was our best, while a pair of in-form forwards and an overachieving winger nestled themselves on the second tier of strong performers. 1 REECE WALSH: Ultimately the focus will be on his one-from-five effort off the tee,… Read More ›
TWL RD 23: WARRIORS BUCKED TO THE BRINK BY BRONCOS
Before we get into the Warriors’ agonising 24-22 loss to Brisbane, let’s clear one thing up. Despite what the dud Channel Nine commentary team (which NZ viewers bizarrely were switched to three minutes in after Warren Smith and co. kicked… Read More ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: WARRIORS AIM TO DEFY COHESION CORRELATION
The Warriors have kept their unlikely NRL finals hopes alive by winning three matches in a row for the first time since their watershed 5-0 start to 2018. Now just two points adrift of the top half, Nathan Brown’s ragtag… Read More ›