Recruitment Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment & Retention
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NZ schools rugby team racked up 48 points last night, should get some of them in..
Need to learn to tackle. They leaked 80 something points
Honestly id just be guessing. But id say they did what the Bulldogs did when Gus went there. Stack the team with proven guys to provide a base for the youth to work with. To get these guys you often have to pay overs when your team is a bottom dweller. Look at how much the Bulldogs had to pay to get Critta. It seemed crazy at the time but looks genius now.
The Warriors don't feel like a bottom dwelling team right now. So have that going for them. But personally i wouldn't be upset if they paid overs for a proven talent. Just not overs for Eels bench players.
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Thought it was a basketball score at first glance.
Apparently that score is because the Australians were u18s but NZ principles insisted on NZ still being selected from schools... or somethingNZ schools rugby team racked up 48 points last night, should get some of them in..
Heinz Lemoto from the Aussie 18 left Penrith for a French rugby club. We could have picked him up with our Panther connections.
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Sauce?
Ketchup, or you’ll be left behind
That might be the daddest dad joke in forum history.
Deserves a ban.
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It’s all about the timing. Couldn’t have thrown that in any old time, I bided my time waiting for a Heinz or Watties to come up
I just read about sports science that relates to the Warriors and the NRL:
You have teams with varying degrees of consistency, often related to their x-factor and trying things.
Many teams like the Warriors, Panther and Bulldogs aim for a consistent 8/10.
Other teams have up and down form, sometimes 6, sometimes 10 but average 8 as well.
The consistent teams are more likely to reach the finals as they will not drop games to lower teams and might catch better, inconsistent teams on a day off. Variable teams across a season will sometimes drop to lower teams on an off day and other times win by 30.
So it’s better to aim for consistency as the Warriors are doing.
EXCEPT come finals it statistically flips the consistent 8/10 teams will eventually hit a variable 10/10 team. And while some variable teams will crash out others will hit form and blow the consistent ones out of the water - eg Broncos blowing the Panthers away in a 20 minutes burst.
This years finals season has been a great example where the Bulldogs, Warriors and Panthers dropped away and 2 variable x-factor teams are in the grand final.
So as good as the Warriors strategy is for reaching the finals, it will be limiting come finals season. Sooner or later we need the high risk/ high reward x-factor players.
(Sure Panthers won 4 years in a row but they were consistently 10/10 with consistent and with some huge x-factor players - they are the exception rather than the rule)
You have teams with varying degrees of consistency, often related to their x-factor and trying things.
Many teams like the Warriors, Panther and Bulldogs aim for a consistent 8/10.
Other teams have up and down form, sometimes 6, sometimes 10 but average 8 as well.
The consistent teams are more likely to reach the finals as they will not drop games to lower teams and might catch better, inconsistent teams on a day off. Variable teams across a season will sometimes drop to lower teams on an off day and other times win by 30.
So it’s better to aim for consistency as the Warriors are doing.
EXCEPT come finals it statistically flips the consistent 8/10 teams will eventually hit a variable 10/10 team. And while some variable teams will crash out others will hit form and blow the consistent ones out of the water - eg Broncos blowing the Panthers away in a 20 minutes burst.
This years finals season has been a great example where the Bulldogs, Warriors and Panthers dropped away and 2 variable x-factor teams are in the grand final.
So as good as the Warriors strategy is for reaching the finals, it will be limiting come finals season. Sooner or later we need the high risk/ high reward x-factor players.
(Sure Panthers won 4 years in a row but they were consistently 10/10 with consistent and with some huge x-factor players - they are the exception rather than the rule)
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I'd say the Storm are a consistent 8+ out of 10 team though and I would have them as favourites on Sunday, they just play a different style of it to the Panthers.
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Need to be 8/10 through the season to be able to hit 9-10/10 for 3-4 weeks in a row in the finals, we just have our x-factor players injured or playing in the less ideal positions...
I'd go a bit further and say that the consistent teams when it comes to the key stats ie completions, possession, running meters, errors, penalties conceded etc on top of a strong defense give themselves the best chance of getting to the finals. The thing that is just as important if you want to realistically challenge for the title is the ability of your attack to be able to break down defenses as well and be able to score points. We simply didn't have that all year. Its no surprise that the two teams with a strong defence AND the best attack have made the GF.
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An 8/10 team can try to go ultra grinding in the finals but can’t suddenly change their style high risk/ reward to put players through gaps when they haven’t done it all season.
The Broncos play high risk, high reward all season and if it clicks, as it did in the second half, they are so well practised they click - we all knew it was possible while watching.
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How does this theory calibrate with other sporting theories I have read that quarterfinals and semi finals are dynamic but all grand finals or super bowls or game 7s of hockey or grand finals of any sport are grinds with hardly any mistakes made by either team.
Possibly all teams play exceptional but ‘breaking the deadlock’ is done by the x-factor players taking calculated risks - that are underpinned by practising the risk/ reward all year?
I think he just plays to much, he isnt an 80 minute hooker, if you can get 40-50 minutes from him he could be one of the best hookers. Thats why I’m for healy being the permanent 14 TMM leaves to much possibility and force more minutes from egan.
