The Warriors are back in the NRL finals for the first time since 2011! They bungled their first opportunity to seal their place in the post-season via an agonising loss to Canterbury on Sunday, but they grasped their second chance… Read More ›
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VALE LANCE THOMPSON
The rugby league world is in shock following reports former Dragons and Sharks back-rower Lance Thompson has been found dead at his home this morning. Thompsom, who was just 40, played 239 first-grade games from 1995-2008 and only recently appeared… Read More ›
TWL RD 23 WRAP: TOP-FOUR GOES BEGGING AS ROOKIE SCHOOLS WARRIORS
A rookie Canterbury half playing his seventh NRL game has destroyed the Warriors, who butchered a gilt-edged chance to confirm their place in the 2018 NRL finals and cruelled their top-four hopes with an inexplicable 27-26 loss to the battling… Read More ›
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: HOHAIA’S BUZZER-BEATER STUNS DOGS
This week’s Flashback Friday relives a stunning Warriors victory strangely overlooked in the annals of the NRL era’s greatest finishes, when a last-minute try to Lance Hohaia stole a 30-24 win over Canterbury at ANZ Stadium in 2010. The Warriors had… Read More ›
TWL RD 22 WRAP: WARRIORS CRUISE PAST KNIGHTS TO EDGE UP LADDER
The Warriors all but sealed the end of their seven-year finals hiatus by cruising to a 20-4 win over Newcastle on Friday night, snapping a four-game Mount Smart losing run. After a slow, sloppy start the Warriors finished the first… Read More ›
BILLY SLATER ANNOUNCES NRL RETIREMENT
Another massive name has been added to the NRL’s retiring class of 2018, with Melbourne Storm legend Billy Slater officially announcing he will hang up the boots at the end of the season. The champion fullback – regarded by many… Read More ›
TWL RD 21 WRAP: WARRIORS DIG DEEP TO HOLD OFF SAINTS
It was again a game of two halves for the rollercoaster Warriors, but this week a dominant first half followed by a heroic defensive display in the second stanza propelled them to an 18-12 triumph over St George Illawarra. It… Read More ›
TWL RD 20 WRAP: WARRIORS SELF-DESTRUCT ON THE GOLD COAST
After regaining respect with a rousing win over Brisbane and an honourable loss to Melbourne, the Warriors’ 2018 campaign is in uncomfortable limbo once again courtesy of a humiliating 36-12 defeat to 12th-placed Gold Coast Titans. The Warriors lost after… Read More ›
TWL RD 19 WRAP: STORM HOLD OFF GALLANT, WASTEFUL WARRIORS
The Warriors belatedly proved they can go toe-to-toe with the premiership’s cream, but ultimately their 12-6 loss to Melbourne Storm was an opportunity lost in 80 scrappy, disjointed minutes at Mount Smart Stadium. The hosts were physical and gutsy; they… Read More ›
TWL RD 17 WRAP: PANTHERS’ KIDS DESTROY WEAK WARRIORS
We were smug pre-match about the absence of NSW big guns Maloney, Cleary, Peachey and Campbell-Gillard, but we – and the Warriors – should have been more concerned with lesser-known threats Luai, Kikau and May. Depleted Penrith routed a diabolical… Read More ›