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 ›
match report
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 RD 22: WARRIORS TIE UP DOGS TO KEEP TOP 8 HOPES AFLOAT
The Warriors have won three straight games for the first time since their watershed 5-0 start to 2018, in turn elevating their seemingly ruined finals chances into a definite dark horse hope with a 24-10 defeat of battling Canterbury Bulldogs…. Read More ›
TWL RD 21: WARRIORS SURVIVE EVANS’ BRAIN-FOLDS FOR ONE OF THE GREAT WINS
The Warriors have chalked up back-to-back wins for the first time in the Nathan Brown era. Both were achieved by 18-16 scorelines after coming back from 10-point halftime deficits. But those coincidences will barely be remembered years down the track… Read More ›
TWL RD 20: RAGTAG WARRIORS RUN DOWN TIGERS FOR GUTSY WIN
It was ugly and frustrating at times, but the Warriors’ 18-16 victory over Wests Tigers at Suncorp Stadium deserves to rate as one of their most notable, courageous and unlikely of the past decade. On a seven-match losing streak and… Read More ›
TWL RD 19: RABBITS RUN ROUGHSHOD
The Warriors apparently used up all their defensive resolve last week in their gallant, injury-ravaged showing against Penrith, leaking the second-most points in their history as South Sydney cruised to a 60-22 victory at Sunshine Coast Stadium. Conceding a club-record-equalling… Read More ›
TWL RD 18: INJURY-HIT WARRIORS BRAVE IN LOSS TO PANTHERS
After a five-match losing streak littered with fadeouts and blowouts, the Warriors turned in a performance even the club’s most disillusioned fans can be proud of in a 30-16 loss to Penrith – despite having every reason to implode. The… Read More ›
TWL RD 17: SLOPPY WARRIORS CHUM IN THE WATER FOR SLICK SHARKS
“We’re not fucken learning.” Jazz Tevaga summed it up in a expletive-laden post-match interview that will likely see FoxSports avoid him after a loss in the future. But he was bang on. The Warriors had enough opportunity, periods of dominance… Read More ›
TWL RD 16 WRAP: WARRIORS PRODUCE ALL-TIME CHOKE IN GOLDEN POINT LOSS TO SAINTS
Just when you think you’ve seen it all from the Warriors over 27 tortured seasons, the class of 2021 conjures a loss so diabolical, so unbelievable and so vital in the context of their finals hopes that it seems inevitable… Read More ›
TWL RD 15: SEASON ON THE BRINK AS WET DREAM TURNS TO KNIGHTMARE
The Warriors’ Top 8 hopes are hanging by a thread – despite boasting a blatantly finals-quality roster in the most bottom-heavy premiership of the NRL era – after a 10-6 loss in the Newcastle wind and rain. It was a… Read More ›