Marks out of 10 for a courageous short-handed effort in a 28-24 loss to Souths on the Sunshine Coast. 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c): Our minds would be blown if his superhuman performances weren’t so predictable. A couple of mistakes but an… Read More ›
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TWL RD 5 WRAP: GUTSY WARRIORS RUN DOWN BY WALKER-INSPIRED SOUTHS
The Warriors gave up a 12-point lead with 20 minutes to go in a 28-24 loss to South Sydney in a historic Central Coast clash – but the team undeniably produced its most important statement of 2019 to date. Blake… Read More ›
LISONE BACK, LUKE A CHANCE FOR SOUTHS SHOWDOWN
Via Warriors Media Issac Luke and Sam Lisone are both in line to return for the Vodafone Warriors against the South Sydney Rabbitohs on the Sunshine Coast this weekend after being included on an extended bench. Luke didn’t return in… Read More ›
NUMBERS GAME: WARRIORS RD 5 STATS
The Warriors’ rugged 22-12 win over the Cowboys on Saturday extended the club’s best-ever start to a season to 5-0. Of the 12 teams in the NRL era that have won their first five games prior to this year, 11… Read More ›
WHAT THEY SAID: ROUND 5 REACTION
See how the Warriors, the Cowboys, the fans, and the media here and across the ditch reacted to Saturday’s result at a packed Mount Smart: What the Warriors said Buzzed by the crowd, impressed again with the attitude and commitment… Read More ›
SEVEN-TACKLE SET: WARRIORS V COWBOYS TAKEAWAYS
Thoughts and talking points from the Warriors’ double-header domination of the Cowboys. Rising to the occasion The biggest Mount Smart crowd in more than a decade, the hype of their watershed start to the season, a desperate opponent – this… Read More ›
TWL WARRIORS ROUND 5 PLAYER RATINGS
The 7 and 8 keys got a work-out after the Warriors’ 22-12 victory over the Cowboys in front of a packed house at Mount Smart. 1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c): Clean-up work at the back was first-rate but didn’t have to… Read More ›
TWL RD 5 WRAP: STREAK ALIVE AT FIVE AS WARRIORS WRANGLE COWBOYS
And that’s five! The euphoric ride that is the start to the Warriors’ 2018 campaign continued with a thoroughly-deserved 22-12 victory over a North Queensland Cowboys side that had no answers to the hosts’ relentless effort with and without the… Read More ›
TWL RD 5 PREVIEW: WARRIORS V COWBOYS
NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS V NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS – 7.30PM (NZT)/5.30PM (AEST) SATURDAY, APRIL 7 @ MOUNT SMART STADIUM The Storyline: The Warriors’ record-breaking start to 2018 rolled on with their most stunning result yet, a 30-6 pasting of the Roosters… Read More ›
NRL ROUND 5 TEAM LISTS
Canberra Raiders v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs – 7.50pm (AEST)/9.50pm (NZT) Thursday at GIO Stadium Raiders: 1 Jack Wighton, 2 Nick Cotric, 3 Jarrod Croker (c), 4 Joseph Leilua, 5 Jordan Rapana, 6 Aiden Sezer, 7 Sam Williams, 8 Iosia Soliola, 9 Siliva… Read More ›