Let me preface this by confirming TWL could not admire the team and the club more for the character they have shown in the past week – but at an individual level there was little to get excited about from the… Read More ›
Previews + Reviews
TWL RD 2 WRAP: MAROONED WARRIORS SUBDUED BY SLOPPY RAIDERS
The estimation of the Warriors’ character and commitment to the NRL’s and the club’s cause skyrocketed during an extraordinary week as rugby league forges on amid the COVID-19 pandemic – in no small part to the nomadic outfit’s selfless decision… Read More ›
HOW ABOUT THOSE WARRIORS?: ROUND 2 PREVIEW
It’s been a week like no other in rugby league – but we’ve still got a competition. How will the stranded Warriors handle their already-daunting showdown with the firepower-laden Canberra Raiders? Covid and Goliath If the situation wasn’t so… Read More ›
TWL RD 1 PLAYER RATINGS: WARRIORS V KNIGHTS
Covid-19 or not, the Warriors had a job to do at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The vast majority failed to aim up. 1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c): Looking virtually the only Warriors player likely to break the Knights open, but… Read More ›
TWL RD 1 WRAP: WARRIORS STRANDED IN KNIGHTMARE
If only the New Zealand Government’s strict new travel regulations – announced on Saturday afternoon as the Warriors were bumbling their way through the Newcastle wet – were the most disturbing development of the day for the club. Uncertainty is… Read More ›
TAB PRESENTS: HOW ABOUT THOSE WARRIORS? – ROUND 1 PREVIEW
The maligned New Zealand Warriors come into NRL season 2020 off a low base, though outwardly they are projecting a steely determination to stick it up the doomsayers. In conjunction with TAB, This Warriors Life’s WILL EVANS unpacks the Warriors’… Read More ›
CURRAN, TAUNOA-BROWN TAKE ALL STARS OPPORTUNITY
Most Warriors fans would have revelled in the Māori All Stars stirring 30-16 victory over their Indigenous counterparts on the Gold Coast – surely the finest match in the concept’s history. Adam Blair co-captained the Māori triumph in a passionate… Read More ›
FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS TYROS STEP UP IN TRIAL
The result was secondary to the performance – and a host of yet-to-debut Warriors put their hand up to play a role in the club’s NRL campaign with strong showings in an 18-16 trial defeat to Melbourne in Palmerston North…. Read More ›
NUMBERS GAME: WARRIORS V RAIDERS STATS RECAP
Warriors 24, Raiders 20. It may have come down to the last 12 minutes of the season, but salvation. 20 – The Warriors have now won 20 of their 42 games against the Raiders in the history of this fixture…. Read More ›
TWL PLAYER RATINGS: WARRIORS V RAIDERS
Some standouts and letdowns, but all in all a very positive way to finish a disappointing 2019 season. 1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (C): A so-so first half, but the skipper’s scintillating performance after the break should have attracted the three points and… Read More ›
