Gameday Dolphins vs Warriors - [Round 11, 2025]

[mt.wellington]

Dolphins vs Warriors - [Round 11, 2025]
GAME DAY
Saturday 17th May 5pm NZST
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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Welcome to your NZWF game day thread for todays clash.

This thread will be locked following the final whistle with or without warning. Discussion will then be shifted to the POST MATCH thread.

UP THE WAHS!!!

 

[janfin]

Keep it up Boys…the belief that you now have in yourselves is amazing.You can do it

 

[Po11um]

Must win game to stay in touch with the bulldogs & keep 2nd place.
Warriors by 10

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

We are fielding arguably our strongest team this season. The Phins on the other hand are missing 3 key players in JMK, Plath and Saifiti. The Phins have looked vulnerable through the middle without those blokes in their team, so I’d expect TMM to drop out and TSS to come in, giving us even more size to barrage through their middles. If Katoa is clicking tonight, that is a scary proposition, especially when he links up with their class in the backline. Contain him and we win.

Warriors 12+

 

[Gummy bear]

I think they have it over us in the halves, Katoa is an audacious talent and Kodi is a very underrated ball player and organizer. Our pack dominating theirs is critical to containing those two which will blunt the impact of their speedy back 5.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Must win game to stay in touch with the bulldogs & keep 2nd place.
Warriors by 10

How refreshing is it that we 'must win' in order to keep up with the competition favourites, as opposed to our usual 'must win' games where we're sitting 12th and another loss puts us 2 or 3 wins outside of the 8....

I deffo prefer these 'must wins'!

First game I'm missing live this year, so I'm expecting us to win by plenty. Wahs 13+

 

[Dantheman]

I hope we run Leka at Kodi all night. Wahs 13+, we are due to put on a big score.

 

[The Undertaker]

“Woke up this morning…. Got myself a gun… “

I’ve got the Sopranos theme song playing in my head this morning. And I think the link between the Wahs and Tony Soprano is quite apt today as we approach playing the Dolphins. So I jumped onto ChatGPT and found a few tips for the boys to win today…

1. Emotional control is the difference between power and chaos. In tight games under intense pressure, composure is everything. Discipline wins games. Against the dolphins with their pace, loss of discipline is deadly.

2. Respect the Rival but show no fear. We respect the Dolphins talent, but we will not allow ourselves to be overawed. The Wahs must start fast, hit hard and own the collisions. Show from the first tackle that we’re not here to be impressed—we’re here to dominate.

3. Handle the heat. Be cool under pressure. Refs make bad calls. Opponents get dirty. The crowd gets loud. The team that stays composed wins the grind. When things get chaotic, the Wahs need to stay focused. Don’t get baited. Don’t force plays. Trust your system and stay clinical.

4. No weak links. A single missed tackle. A lazy chase. One lapse in communication. That’s all it takes. Every Wahs player on the field has to bring 80 minutes of intensity. There’s no room for passengers. All our boys need to play like someone’s gunning for their spot—because they are.

5. Close the deal. Get ahead? Don’t coast—crush. No soft second halves. No last-minute scrambles. Winners close games with intent—just like the mob ties up loose ends. You’re not there to “win enough”—you’re there to dominate.

Do all that? Wahs 13+ retaining outright second.

Let’s Fkn Eat!

 

[Roadrunner]

Yea with tougher games looming ahead it would be nice to put some points on the Dolphins just to keep the freight train rolling now that we have a strong team together.

 

[3rdstriker]

we have a strong team together.
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Hopefully Rts and Dallins D is strong today.

 

[SouthernWorrier]

We are fielding arguably our strongest team this season.

Not until we get Ali L back in the line, we're still looking a bit makeshift out there.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

I think they have it over us in the halves, Katoa is an audacious talent and Kodi is a very underrated ball player and organizer. Our pack dominating theirs is critical to containing those two which will blunt the impact of their speedy back 5.

Can sponge pay nikorima to stop running now?

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Let's go boys.

One more and then back to Mount Smart.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

we have a strong team together.

Hopefully Rts and Dallins D is strong today.
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I hope pompey moves to the right.

 

[tyrael]

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJtbkhOzS-K/?igsh=NTJyYWgwNGZna3cx

 

[juju]

mentally preparing myself for another agonisingly close game...

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJtbkhOzS-K/?igsh=NTJyYWgwNGZna3cx

How fucken good! Suncorp is the place to make your debut!

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Another Kid to debut and bring that energy into the place.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Woke up to it absolutely pissing down

 

[Noitall]

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJtbkhOzS-K/?igsh=NTJyYWgwNGZna3cx

Great to see. He’s really kicked on after looking like he was in competition with Zyon Maiu’u for that smaller middle forward position. He’s progressed while Zyon Maiu’u has gone backwards to a degree and gives me the impression of different attitudes between the two. Does anyone if TSS was let go by the bulldogs, or if it was TSS wanted to return to NZ? He’s playing for a contract extension too, so I’m expecting him to put his best foot forward