There’s the very real prospect of Ken Maumalo – jettisoned to Wests Tigers soon after the halfway mark of the season – finishing as the Warriors’ 2021 top try-scorer. Big Ken crossed for eight tries in 11 games before being… Read More ›
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TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: FRONTING UP
Warriors fans are still basking in the afterglow of the Shaun Johnson signing news, but it’s crunch time for their team’s 2021 campaign this Friday. A loss to the seventh-placed St George Illawarra Dragons in Round 16 would likely leave… Read More ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: WARRIORS ROOKIE PLOTS ORIGIN REVERSAL
More than any team, the Warriors are essentially sidelined from the State of Origin experience. The club contributed just six players to the interstate extravaganza in its first 26 seasons, with only Queensland props Steve Price (12 matches) and Jacob… Read More ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: WARRIORS SPREAD THEIR WINGS
It’s already getting to that time of the season for Warriors fans: must-win territory. They’ve now lost four of their last five games, conceding a torrent of points in the process, to slip to a 5-8 record. Only the mediocrity… Read More ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: THE WALSH EFFECT
The ‘what to do with Reece Walsh?’ conundrum is the hottest topic among Warriors fans at present – and arguably the most intensely-debated positional discussion in the club’s history. The 18-year-old is clearly something special, threatening to bust a game… Read More ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: NIKORIMA SINKS THE BOOT IN
Kodi Nikorima’s enigmatic form in the halves continues to frustrate Warriors fans – his blistering first half and anonymous display in the second stanza epitomised a rollercoaster 24-20 win over the Cowboys on Sunday. But the diminutive livewire’s goalkicking is… Read More ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: BOUNCE-BACK FACTOR
Not all thrashings are created equal and the Warriors’ 42-20 loss to Melbourne on Anzac Day was easier to stomach than most. On the road against the defending premiers, a line-up missing up to eight first-choice players – including the… Read More ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: WARRIORS’ TRY LOCATIONS
The Warriors’ season is delicately poised at 3-3 at the end of Round 6, but a courageous 20-14 defeat of the in-form Dragons has lifted fans’ flagging spirits ahead of a huge ANZAC Day clash with the Storm. Aside from… Read More ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: HOODOO GURUS
The Warriors have a long-held reputation for getting tangled up in a good hoodoo or two, with certain teams and venues proving impossible for the club to overcome regardless of the respective combatants’ positions on the ladder. While the Warriors… Read More ›
TWL’S TAB STATS TALK: EARLY PROJECTIONS
The opening month of the 2021 NRL season is in the books and the jury remains out on the Nathan Brown-led incarnation of the New Zealand Warriors. Two wins from four outings reads reasonably well given their tough-ish draw, with… Read More ›