It’s hard to know what to make of a performance, so error-riddled and going away from a lot of what has worked over the opening six rounds – yet coming away with an oh-so-valuable 22-14 win over a desperate North… Read More ›
NRL round 7
TWL RD 7: WARRIORS PLAYER RATINGS
I know why you’re here… 1 REECE WALSH: Eight runs for 100 metres (second in the team) and looked dangerous as ever in the first half plus shouldered a heavy kicking load but was barely sighted after the break. Grubber… Read More ›
RD 7 TEAMS: LODGE NAMED TO START, TEVAGA ON EXTENDED BENCH FOR ANZAC CLASH
Via Warriors Media Forwards Matt Lodge and Jazz Tevaga are back in the Vodafone Warriors’ squad for the traditional Anzac Day contest against Melbourne at AAMI Park next Monday (7.00pm kick-off local time; 9.00pm NZT). Lodge sat out the gruelling… Read More ›
TWL RD 7: WALSH SHINES ON DEBUT DESPITE HEAVY ANZAC DAY DEFEAT
An appalling sin-bin decision and a Jahrome Hughes master-class in the first half ultimately consigned the severely depleted Warriors to a heavy 42-20 defeat in their traditional Anzac Day clash with Melbourne at AAMI Park. The Warriors made a bright… Read More ›
FUS RETURNS, MURCHIE HELPS PLUG CENTRE CRISIS FOR ANZAC DAY SHOWDOWN
Via Warriors Media Injuries have forced Vodafone Warriors head coach Nathan Brown to name another new centres combination for the return of the club’s traditional Anzac Day NRL encounter with the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park on Sunday (6.15pm kick-off… Read More ›
TWL RD 7: WARRIORS PLAYER RATINGS
Few standouts in a landslide 50-6 defeat to the Storm. 1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK: The Warriors’ best, racking up a game-high 280 metres (89 more than the next best) from 28 runs, including 85 post-contact. The most striking feature of his performance,… Read More ›
TWL RD 7: WEARY WARRIORS FAIL TO WEATHER STORM
All Warriors fans hoped – and many even half-expected – their team to turn the emotion of the past week, which has compounded the adversity of the last three months, into a stirring on-field performance. If not a boilover win,… Read More ›
HOW ABOUT THOSE WARRIORS?: NRL ROUND 7 PREVIEW
However the Warriors’ daunting assignment against Melbourne Storm plays out, it’s destined to be a memorable affair following last weekend’s bombshell coaching announcement. Uncertain new era The result against Melbourne on Friday almost feels inconsequential in the wake of Stephen… Read More ›
BIG KEN, CHT AND PAPALI’I BACK FOR FIRST POST-KEARNEY ASSIGNMENT
Via Warriors Media Ken Maumalo and David Fusitu’a are set to be reunited on the wings for the first time this year in the Vodafone Warriors’ seventh-round NRL clash against the Melbourne Storm on Friday night (6.00pm local time; 8.00pm… Read More ›
WHAT THEY SAID: WARRIORS V STORM REACTION
TWL revives its ‘What They Said’ column for the first time in 2019 following the overwhelming reaction from the Warriors’ 13-12 loss to Melbourne on Anzac Day. Across the board, there were four standout themes: one of the Warriors’ all-time… Read More ›