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JPNZ

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#3466724 4-Mar-2026 15:40

Just to bump this up.. Round 1 (well the remainder) start tomorrow and what a round we have!

Thursday Storm vs Eels - how crazy this plays out 2 days after the two teams battled in court over Zac Lomax?

Friday Warriors v Roosters - Two very good teams with a good rivalry. Then Broncos v Panthers well it doesn't get much bigger than that IMO

Saturday Manly v Raiders - how strange that the very first game Fogarty plays after switching teams is against his old team in Round 1

Sunday Dolphins v Rabbitohs - 2 teams that many are predicting to be top 4. Should be a great game

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#3467997 9-Mar-2026 08:00

Wow, the warriors looked great on Friday cleaning up the Roosters. Its going to be a long hard season for my heart health if the Raiders keep winning games like that on Saturday.

Some big games this coming weekend:

Warriors v Raiders

Roosters v Rabbitohs

Panthers v Sharks

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#3470354 14-Mar-2026 23:05

Warriors game was great.

The score bug disappeared in the last few minutes and came back with 20 seconds to spare. It was glitching out at times throughout the game as well.

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#3470762 16-Mar-2026 10:15

jordan8thepie1:

Warriors game was great.

The score bug disappeared in the last few minutes and came back with 20 seconds to spare. It was glitching out at times throughout the game as well.

This is obviously a NZ game issue because it doesn't affect any other NRL games. Its annoying AF

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#3473139 24-Mar-2026 13:59

I think this is possibly the best Warriors reg Season start to date.

What has changed, picking the right players in the right positions ie RTS should have been playing left wing long ago with his ability to step sideways off the left foot, plus the abundance of quality centre we have (all be it two injured now).

Boyd has gotten over 70 fantasy points every game so far with 86 in the last game. I was a big fan of his last year when ppl were writing him off due to how rubbish the Titans were when he was there, but imo that was more Foran's doing than the young half, but Boyd was scape goated. Boyd is now showing what a quality half he is and can be under the right Coach and Culture.

With a bit of a halves issue, it was nice to see Hanson step all the way up from Development squad to 1st Grade fight eighth with CHT failing the Concussion and Metcalf out until ~round 7. I think it would be absurd given how classy Boyd is playing at 7, to half Metcalf return to keep "learning" the 7 game, when he is a FB and at best a potentially quality 6/fight eigth. Metcalf has the skills to play centre and has done so well before, but I would love to see him start at 6 and run at that line and run off of the likes of Leka every single time he runs. With Metcalfs pace, if he supports these offloading forwards he could easily burn players to the try line. CHT remains the high quality #14.

For me 1. CNK 6. Metcalf 7. Boyd 8. Egan/Healey makes for one dynamic spine.

So glad to see Leiataua playing without injury, he is potentially an all time great Centre if he remains that way. Has the head of a 150 game player plus the power, pace, footwork, ball skills. Reminds me of Latrell Mitchell once he matured, thats a big wrap I know.

Leka could be anything, its not a one off, he plays the same game in game out. With him in the squad, the Warriors are a more polished version of their old style of offense.

Vaimauga is such a tough guy to tackle, hes a little more traditional than Leka but still has good footwork for a forward and is a solid solid defender.

Jackson Ford has come of age, he has been leading by example, last match 238 metres and 44 tackles, that is a massive engine and that is more his game imo, the tough non glamorous stuff that wins or loses matches.

Fill those 3 forwards with big names like Mitchell, Fisher-Harris, Clark, Niukore etc and its a powerhouse forward pack with extremely handy Bench players. No wonder the Warriors so far are winning the go forward and possession.

But whats most impressive for me is what ive been wanting to see for ages, players running off of each other, forwards linking with other forwards, short passes not hospital passes (guys like Boyd no how to create a hole).

Am thrilled to have Sam Healey in the same squad as Egan.

Its hard to know where we are really at given all 3 opponents are not at their best yet, but the Tigers game should be a good reflection of where we are at.

May the foot on the gas pedal continue, we need to keep playing hungry for points and defending our try for a full 80 mins the whole dang season.

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#3473145 24-Mar-2026 14:13

Agree with all of that, granted I'm not a warriors fan by any measure BUT I love the fact they are winning and playing well. More good league stories in the news and lessen the focus on boring AF super rugby.

When the wahs win its good for the whole country and it bring forward the conversation about a much needed 2nd team in Christchurch.

Dam the panthers have been impressive though as well, after the Tigers the Warriors have Sharks and Storm away. 2 wins there and they are all over the top 4 come end of season.

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#3473177 24-Mar-2026 15:37

JPNZ:

When the wahs win its good for the whole country and it bring forward the conversation about a much needed 2nd team in Christchurch.

Dam the panthers have been impressive though as well, after the Tigers the Warriors have Sharks and Storm away. 2 wins there and they are all over the top 4 come end of season.

To true bro, CCH is well overdue for a team. Its not like NZ is lacking in talent, but its impossible to keep them all when clubs will invest in a kiwi as young as 16yo. NZ players want by and large want to play in NZ, the same reasons many aussies do not want to play for Warriors. I understand the politics behind a PNG team, but NZ should have been ahead of Redfern imo, I was a club member there for many years and imo they are solid, but Qld already had enough base. The kiwi fan influence is so obvious in Qld that for the most part when the Warriors play at Suncorp you hear the Warriors chant loud and clear. Not so much in NSW. The NZ fan base in South Bris - South GC is huge. And CCH fans are like Melb, they love their sport. So I don't see a 2nd NZ team being problematic, depending on ownership.

Yes Panthers have looked very tidy and very close to our For and Against in 2nd place. Id be happy beating Tigers and beating at least one of the Sharks/Storm games. That would be a massive 6 round start 5/6 and possibly retain the top 2 position.

For me the team just looks on the money in offense. Once you put points on the board it becomes its own Defense, or at least possession dominance does. Warriors are running a better offensive line as well, A small angle is enough if the ball is spread wide to start creating confusion in the defense once the Half gets the ball to the Centres who do similar etc, with guys like Leiataua able to step back inside at will with his fend and hip strength. This is where I can see Metcalf being havoc to the defensive team. Boyd is early on in the top 4 Dally M, I just cant see the Coach messing with that when Metcalf doesnt have the same #7 skills set.

I follow most games, as much as Im a Warriors fan, Im a RL fan first and foremost.

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#3473191 24-Mar-2026 16:25

TeaLeaf:

I follow most games, as much as Im a Warriors fan, Im a RL fan first and foremost.

Same!

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#3473287 24-Mar-2026 18:46

JPNZ:

TeaLeaf:

I follow most games, as much as Im a Warriors fan, Im a RL fan first and foremost.

Same!

Sometimes there is so much sport on it gets hard to watch everything haha. I was following the NZ Breakers and whilst they missed the 6 this year with untimely injuries, they won the inaugural Ignite Cup, beating Adelaide with the MVP who uisually scores half their points. :-)

Then there was the cricket which I didnt want to talk about haha.

So its kinda up and down, the Warriors finally getting the team positions right me enjoying their professional looking offense, which should be simple in theory but never is.

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#3480583 13-Apr-2026 18:00

That was a Super Saturday of epic proportions with 50+ points per game or there abouts.

After the two losses, it was good to see the Warriors not take the foot off the gas in defense or offense, bombed 50 points with two tries and could easily have racked up 60 with a better first half, but still a very good display on both facets of play in the second half. The team now averaging over 32pts per game, as are the Panthers.

This time I thought it might be a team wide small defensive lapse issue, but boy they hammered the defense home second half, it was very physical and Warriors were brutal. CHT folded two big forwards and RTS with that try saving tackle like a missile into the torso of their wing, gets up and starts waggling the "not on my watch" finger, you know when RTS shows some emotion he is dialed in. Those were the highlights for me along with Vaimauga's physicality and Jackson Ford playing yet another blinder with 36 tackles/175 metres. Hes on track in the Dally M second row race Id have thought.

Ali Leiataua, certainly has the potential as a great centre. Pompey is a good defender. Ali is the complete package. Which also highlights the difference this year, the amount of first graders in the Reserve Grade team, the Warriors have never ever had this many top tier players and backup for injuries. They have had great starting 13 and 17 man squads before of course, but this is next level Roster. And it only gets better next year, hard to believe the Storm's own Will Warbrick will be joining the Warriors, a class act Winger, to replace RTS. We will also be losing Niukore. But it will still be a highly skilled 17 man squad.

The Tigers are looking good this year, smashed Newc. But they are a team that cant afford injuries to a couple of key players and the NRL is a long physical competition.

Panthers look to be setting the pace, but even they are not perfect with the Bulldogs giving them a bit of a touch up on the scoreboard with the Panther first loss this season.

Raiders pulling out an epic win by 2 points over Souths and Roosters belting the Sharks who beat the Wariors last week.

Great round of NRL

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