TeamList [2023, Finals Week 1] - Penrith Vs Warriors

[run_it_str8_again]

Let's be honest we were never winning this game anyway

I am disagree.

 

[Lance155]

I am disagree.

I also disagree

 

[davidmckay1974]

Its going to be a long 24 hours. Broncos - Storm tonight, All Blacks - France in the morning to kick off the World Cup and then followed up by Panthers - Warriors. I'm going Storm, All Blacks, and Warriors for the upset of the Decade.

up the Wahs, believe in the Wahs, believe in Webby.

The only way is up.

Have the belief, have the faith.
Don't faulter now.
SJ is only 1 person, there's 16 others that led us to the Semi's this year plus then some.

We got this, we can do this.

 

[Tonbridge(aka Swanley)]

As mentioned previously, TMM has been training at 7 , with Walker outside him.

TMM has never played at 7 previously.

I’m sure they’ve got a plan around kicking. Lucky Pompey has been our goal kicker over the past few weeks.

He'll be getting plenty of kick off practice as well.

 

[3rdstriker]

Win or lose tomorrow its been a very good season for the boys proud of em, everyones gelled more or less. Hopefully they give it their best shot I'm sure Websters gotta few tricks, play a team of 7 forwards n just steam roll em.

 

[Tonbridge(aka Swanley)]

My hope of smoke and mirrors is that the Warriors knew a few days back that Shaun wouldn't be playing and have been training on that assumption but named in the 17 because it was still a possibility...

This sounds like it.

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

 

[sup42]

With the talk of Webby (potentially) being down on Volkman, if that's the case... who's our 7 2025. No one else really coming through with big wraps, would we have to hit the market?

Still though, cut him some slack, he's only 21. Definately the right choice not to have him play this game panthers can arse fuck us with or without SJ depending on how the game goes, and if it was Volkman playing if that happens, that tarnishes his name, everyone will be off him and blame him cause SJ not playing, he'll be off himself confidence wise too.

It could be a looking out for his future not naming him, having Walker there adds more experience, its the correct and best choice given the scenario.

Volkman still has alot to offer once he gets regular time. Hes a key to why the NSW squad being carving up.

still confident we'll win this. The way they're talking, coaches and players, they think it too

Yeah well said and I agree with Volkman being spared 100%

Dunno why people assume he is on the outer when we do this with every junior. Berry, Kosi, Ale, all in an out of first grade with Berry finally nailing down a spot after a long time in and out of grade.

Berry might be out again next season for Roger (no Gretta memes please) and it is not because Berry does not have a solid future as a first grader.

I doubt very much that the Coach has a narrow view of Volkman after a tiny slice of NRL time.

 

[Zaggo]

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Surely that balances SJ being out. Right???

 

[Lets Eat (YeahNah)]

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So this asks the question
And taking the bench rotations into account

Is one SJ worse loss than a Luai and a Tago or are we slowly balancing out

Loss of a kicking game could be worse

 

[1995warriorsfan]

Versatile Dylan Walker moves into the halves to replace the unavailable Shaun Johnson for the One New Zealand Warriors’ week one NRL finals encounter with defending premier Penrith at BlueBet Stadium tomorrow night (4.05pm kick-off local time; 6.05pm NZT).
An experienced finals campaigner, Walker has been predominantly used off the bench in the middle of the field in his first year with the club but he had four starts at standoff earlier in the season and has covered the position on other occasions.

He played extensively in the halves earlier in his career with South Sydney and especially with Manly Warringah.
With Johnson (calf) declared a non-starter yesterday, Walker takes on the responsibility in the halves again only this time with Martin as his partner.
Martin, making his third appearance in his comeback from a broken fibula, is familiar with Bluebet Stadium after kick-starting his NRL career with 13 appearances for Penrith in 2016 and 2017.
Other than the match against the Dolphins when he was among a number of first-choice players rested, this is the only match Johnson has missed this season; He was on the field for all but 22 minutes of the first 23 games of the campaign

As well as Johnson, the other players omitted from the initial squad of 22 are prop Tom Ale and winger Edward Kosi.
A key feature of the line-up for the club's first play-off since 2018, is the inclusion of energetic middle forward Jazz Tevaga on the interchange.
Tevaga, who turned 28 on Monday, returns after missing the last three games of the regular season with a hamstring injury picked up in the round 24 win over the Wests Tigers in Hamilton.
It was only his second match back in a season in which the livewire middle forward has been limited to just eight appearances.
Making a delayed start in round three following offseason surgery, he put together a run of six games before a calf injury in the Anzac Day clash against Melbourne sidelined him for more than three months. Of the eight matches he has played in the Warriors have won six.

After being used from the interchange in his last outing against St George Illawarra, second rower Jackson forward returns to the starting line-up with Josh Curran going back to the bench.
The match-up is a repeat of the One New Zealand Warriors’ last finals match in week one of the 2018 play-offs but both sides were then in the bottom half of the top eight, the fifth-placed Panthers beating the eighth-placed Warriors 27-12.
The One New Zealand Warriors have four survivors from that match in their 2023 squad in middle forwards Tohu Harris, Tevaga and Bunty Afoa plus Johnson.

Also involved in that contest was Dallin Watene-Zelezniak who was the Panthers’ fullback then but comes back to his original NRL club as the One New Zealand Warriors’ runaway leading try scorer this year.
Of the Penrith side fielded on September 8, 2018, those who remain are centre Tyrone Peachey, halfback Nathan Cleary, back rower Isaah Yeo and front rowers James Fisher-Harris and Moses Leota.
The Warriors have a third ex-Penrith player in 106-game hooker Wayde Egan, who made 29 appearances for the Panthers in 2018 and 2019.
Since the 2019 season, the Panthers have set the benchmark in the NRL, playing in three consecutive grand finals and winning the last two in 2021 and 2022 while wrapping up the 2023 minor premiership yet again last weekend.
The two teams met only once in the 2023 regular season, the Panthers winning a tough and controversial Magic Round contest 18-6 at Suncorp Stadium on May 6.
After that defeat the One New Zealand Warriors went on a run which netted 11 wins from 13 matches before losing to the Dolphins when they fielded a combination missing a host of frontline players.
This is the ninth finals campaign in the Warriors’ history, only the third time they’ve been in the top four.

 

[John Nick]

Surely that balances SJ being out. Right???

Nah.

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Tago and Luai out certainly helps - 2 of their better 'off th cuff' players who can create from nothing.

It doesn't compare to SJ being out tho, as most of our attacking structures and kicking start with him.

As we all thought, Walker will start. I hope we have a slight rejig with the bench now and go slightly bigger...were going to need to defend defend defend. We've got players in Tohu, Walker, TMM and Egan who can set a few tries up - realistically if we're to win were going to have to our muscle them in defence and will likely only score 2 or 3 tries, which we do have enough fire power for.

I'm predicting a scoreline of 16-12 to us in one of our top victories of all time

 

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Any chance that Bunty moves to start for Barnett? Would make some sense

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

Any chance that Bunty moves to start for Barnett? Would make some sense

Makes sense to me, we really need to survive that first 20-30 minutes and Bunty can help with that.

 

[jonesy101]

Caught another glimpse of @kiwiborn91, this time on Prime News (or Sky Open news as it's called now).

On that matter I saw its being broadcast live free to air on Sky Open.

 

[Spence]

Oof, Walker being out of the middle will be a huge loss. What’s the plan, play Tohu 80 at 13? Or have Siro play Walkers role?

 

[jonesy101]

Its going to be a long 24 hours. Broncos - Storm tonight, All Blacks - France in the morning to kick off the World Cup and then followed up by Panthers - Warriors. I'm going Storm, All Blacks, and Warriors for the upset of the Decade.

up the Wahs, believe in the Wahs, believe in Webby.

The only way is up.

Have the belief, have the faith.
Don't faulter now.
SJ is only 1 person, there's 16 others that led us to the Semi's this year plus then some.

We got this, we can do this.

Also got the Warriors v Raiders NSW Cup game at 3 pm tomorrow which will be livestreamed. Going to be a lot of screen time!

 

[KPWarrior]

The boys haven't come this far to let themselves down now, they're gonna go after this with everyting they've got!

These games are the reason they play the game.

It's a hell of task but they'll believe in themselves and thats all that matters.