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 ›
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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 ›
NRL ROUND 17: BIG BETS & MARKET MOVERS
Presented by the TAB It has been one-way traffic in the Panthers-Warriors clash tonight with all the money coming for Stephen Kearney’s men. The Warriors have firmed from 1.5-point favourites to 3.5-point favourites up against an Origin-depleted Penrith outfit. Most of… Read More ›
TWL RD 17 PREVIEW: WARRIORS V PANTHERS
PENRITH PANTHERS V NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS – 7.55PM (AEST)/9.55 (NZT) FRIDAY, JULY 6 @ PANTHERS STADIUM, PENRITH The Storylines: The Warriors slipped out of the top four last weekend via a wildly controversial loss to the Sharks, but they can… Read More ›
NRL ROUND 17 TEAM LISTS
Melbourne Storm v St George Illawarra Dragons, Thursday 7.50pm AEST/9.50pm NZT at AAMI Park Storm: 1 Young Tonumaipea, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Cheyse Blair, 4 Curtis Scott, 5 Justin Olam, 6 Ryley Jacks, 7 Jahrome Hughes, 8 Christian Welch, 9 Cameron Smith,… Read More ›
BLAIR, FUS AND BIG KEN RETURN FOR PENRITH ROAD TRIP
Injuries and returning stars have seen the Warriors make a stack of changes to the 17 that went down to Cronulla last Friday as the team prepares for their pivotal Round 17 encounter with Penrith. The worrying news that consistent… Read More ›