Ken Maumalo’s return from injury has seen Peta Hiku drop out of the Warriors’ starting line-up for the first time in 2018. Hiku’s demotion to the bench – with Anthony Gelling dropping off the interchange – is the only change… Read More ›
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WARRIORS ROUND 18 PLAYER RATINGS
We had much more fun dishing out marks out of 10 this week than last – nine scores of eight-plus. 1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c): Another blinder from the skipper, saving a try in the opening minutes, running for a game-high… Read More ›
HIKU SURVIVES AXE, BIG KEN RULED OUT
Via Warriors Media Gerard Beale starts on the left wing while Joe Vuna and Anthony Gelling have been brought onto the bench in three changes for the Vodafone Warriors’ 18th-roun It will be Beale’s third start on the wing in… Read More ›
SEVEN-TACKLE SET: NRL ROUND 17
Thoughts and talking points from an Origin-shortened – but highly eventful – Round 17 of the NRL. Defensive steel goes missing The Warriors’ 2017 campaign will rightly go down as one of their most wretched, winning just seven times… Read More ›
WARRIORS ROUND 17 PLAYER RATINGS
We didn’t need a large proportion of the 10 points available to rate our boys after a disastrous 36-4 loss at Penrith. 1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c): Safe as houses but his impact was extremely well-diluted by the Panthers, who trapped… 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 ›
SEVEN TO DEBUT FOR KIWIS IN DENVER
Via NZRL Head Coach Michael Maguire has confirmed the seven players chosen in the squad to travel to Denver will all make their Test debuts for the Kiwis in the international against England at Mile High Stadium on Saturday. In… Read More ›
HIKU TO AGAIN FILL RTS VOID AT FULLBACK
Via Warriors Media Utility Peta Hiku will start at fullback for the second time in three games for the Vodafone Warriors’ 14th-round NRL clash against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at AMI Stadium in Christchurch tomorrow (5.00pm kick-off). Captain Roger… Read More ›
WARRIORS HALFWAY REPORT: OUTSIDE BACKS
The 2018 NRL premiership is at the halfway point and despite a few disappointing recent losses, it’s fair to say the 8-4 Warriors have exceeded expectations – individually and as a team. TWL is taking the bye-week opportunity to run… Read More ›
WARRIORS ROUND 12 PLAYER RATINGS
Not too many players making inroads in the TWL Player of the Year award race this week after a 30-10 drubbing from South Sydney. 1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c): Never has a bad game and tonight was no exception. Always looked… Read More ›