The ability to win ugly is a common trait of quality teams. The 2023 Warriors have shown they can do it at times, most notably last week on the Gold Coast. I’m not sure whether we needed to know they… Read More ›
match report
TWL RD 18: WARRIORS TAUGHT WET-WEATHER LESSON BY RESURGENT RABBITS
That wasn’t in the script. Pre-match was all about the Warriors laying down in concrete their burgeoning status as a top-four contender against a weakened, down-on-form heavyweight in front of a sellout Mt Smart crowd on cold, windy and soggy… Read More ›
TWL RD 17: WARRIORS TAKE CENTRE STAGE IN THE ‘GONG SHOW
It’s a mark of the progress this team has made in just 15 games under Andrew Webster that despite a host of ‘the first time the Warriors have done X since Y’ stats to come out of a 48-18 victory… Read More ›
TWL RD 15: WARRIORS GATECRASH CROKER-PALOOZA
The Warriors made their most emphatic statement of 2023 yet to dominate warm favourite Canberra 36-14, producing a monumental defensive display in the face of a dearth of territory and possession to trail by just two at halftime then blowing… Read More ›
TWL RD 14: SCRATCHY WARRIORS FIND WAY TO PHIN-ISH OFF BENNETT’S BOYS
In some aspects it was one of the Warriors’ less satisfying and impressive wins under Andrew Webster, but the ultimately emphatic 30-8 result over a weakened Dolphins outfit was comfortably their biggest – and certainly one of their most important… Read More ›
TWL RD 13: SEASON-WORST FROM WARRIORS DESPITE GRANDSTAND FINISH
In the end, the Warriors were a shirt-pull away from having a Shaun Johnson sideline conversion attempt to win it – but the scoreline in Origin-ravaged Brisbane’s 26-22 victory in Napier undeniably flattered Andrew Webster’s side in the most un-Webster-like… Read More ›
TWL RD 8: LUCKLESS WARRIORS RUN DOWN IN MELBOURNE HEARTBREAKER
That one stings, but in about the best way a lost opportunity like that could as a brave Warriors outfit was reeled in after a hot start in a 30-22 Anzac Day defeat to long-time oppressors Melbourne Storm. The Warriors… Read More ›
TWL RD 5: WARRIORS REWRITE CLUB FOLKLORE WITH OUTRAGEOUS SHARK PARK COMEBACK
Can you believe what you’ve just seen? Because I fucken can’t. As if not content with wowing the NRL and endearing their fanbase with a newfound resilience and defensive resolve under Andrew Webster, the Warriors have produced a revival for… Read More ›
TWL RD 4: SJ-INSPIRED WARRIORS BEAT BULLDOGS, BUNKER IN NAIL-BITER
The Warriors took another significant step forward in their evolution under Andrew Webster, marking their belated Mt Smart Stadium return with a nerve-shredding 16-14 win over Canterbury Bulldogs. Trailing for 64 minutes after yet another tardy start, the Warriors finally… Read More ›
TWL RD 3: YEE-HAW! WARRIORS LEAVE COWBOY COUNTRY WITH A FISTFUL OF PREMIERSHIP POINTS
Looks like we (or more accurately, Andrew Webster) might have something here. In the club’s best win since at least the 2020 demolition of Newcastle in Tamworth – and arguably since the charge to the 2018 finals – the Warriors… Read More ›