This game day thread discusses the Warriors' disappointing NRL season opener against the Raiders in Las Vegas, marked by defensive lapses and ineffective attack from the outset. Fans express frustration over questionable team selections, particularly the underwhelming performance of halves CHT and Metcalf #167#308, while critiquing Andrew Webster's bench management as impactful players like Leka and Demetric receive minimal minutes despite the team's struggles #335#487. Critical posts highlight key failures: CNK's costly errors at fullback #355, porous defense allowing frequent offloads and line breaks #133#396, and stagnant one-out attacking structures that squander opportunities #329#333. Optimistic users #29 predicting impact players like JFH see their hopes fade amid the collapse, with late tries from Pompey #283 and Tuaupiki #406 offering little consolation in the heavy defeat. Coaching decisions draw ire post-match, especially persisting with underperforming veterans like Niukore over energetic rookies showing promise in limited time #525#527.
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Common sense prevails. Mitch Barnett to Lock. And the guy who’s played almost his entire career off the bench is on the bench.
Simply because he’s not an 80 minute player as such there’s absolutely nothing he can do that he can’t oof the bench.
Looking forward to his injection though
Common sense prevails. Mitch Barnett to Lock. And the guy who’s played almost his entire career off the bench is on the bench.
Simply because he’s not an 80 minute player as such there’s absolutely nothing he can do that he can’t oof the bench.
Looking forward to his injection though
Webby was saying they wanted 4 forwards on the bench for game 1, the team are fresh so it sounds like they're banking on no injury or issues for Wayde.
Good plan for Rd 1 imo. Egan won't be able to play 80 the whole season so having a beast like Leka on the bench to hopefully come on cause some chaos for 20 odd minutes against a tiring pack could come up trumps. Or Bidens. What ever were going with these days
Webby was saying they wanted 4 forwards on the bench for game 1, the team are fresh so it sounds like they're banking on no injury or issues for Wayde.
Good plan for Rd 1 imo. Egan won't be able to play 80 the whole season so having a beast like Leka on the bench to hopefully come on cause some chaos for 20 odd minutes against a tiring pack could come up trumps. Or Bidens. What ever were going with these days
Webby was saying they wanted 4 forwards on the bench for game 1, the team are fresh so it sounds like they're banking on no injury or issues for Wayde.
Good plan for Rd 1 imo. Egan won't be able to play 80 the whole season so having a beast like Leka on the bench to hopefully come on cause some chaos for 20 odd minutes against a tiring pack could come up trumps. Or Bidens. What ever were going with these days
Looking like Ricky has seen our team and smelled the Coffee....the Warriors are going to try to run over the top of the Raiders through the middle third (Especially the use of Leka in the middle and the inclusion of Sifakula).
Ergo Sticky names Papa in his back row to up the size factor of the Raiders.
Well played Webster, already messing with Stickies head, now we need the players to go out and do the damage.
I believe that part of naming Leka and Sifakula on the bench is to do with the narrow field, i.e. the plan is to embrace the tight space and run over the top of the Raiders through the middle because the war for the middle is the only option on the menu.
