Post Match 2023 Warriors vs Knights - Week 2 Finals (Post Match)

[Citygirl]

as a former mt smart regular, the problem with the mexican wave is you risk drawing attention to the box of cody's you've smuggled in and are hiding under the seat

Super easy getting the hip flask in, but that's considerably smaller than a box of bevs

 

[Rick O’Shay]

That was a statement and brought a tear to my eye at the end with the crowd singing the team song.
All those tough years since 95 evaporated in an instance. To get to this point where we are legit top four and to do it in a season with a new coach is truly remarkable and a credit to all involved.

That was a total team effort and all deserve a 10.

Mr Gee deserves a boot up the arse for another incompetent performance. He's obviously numb from the waist up to not realise the ball had hit him.

 

[Canonball]

That was a statement and brought a tear to my eye at the end with the crowd singing the team song.
All those tough years since 95 evaporated in an instance. To get to this point where we are legit top four and to do it in a season with a new coach is truly remarkable and a credit to all involved.

That was a total team effort and all deserve a 10.

Mr Gee deserves a boot up the arse for another incompetent performance. He's obviously numb from the waist up to not realise the ball had hit him.

after that first 10 minute blitz there was an opportunity for the refereeing to even it up a bit - and he really took it and ran - those weird calls at the end were comical, what got me angry was the ruck, 10 metre and handling calls in the middle of the game - all of them marginal and went one way, and when we were in possession nothing but silence

 

[juju]

Such a shame flights to Brisbane are $1200 one way on the Friday & Saturday.

Get's a bit costly weighing up a trip to the prelim and GF...

 

[miket12]

Here’s some running stats for you….. CNK made 297m and all of the rest of the backs contributed running over 100m.

Captain Harris led the forward pack with 228m while Jackson Ford ran for 188m exactly half of them being post contact. Both starting props ran for over 100m.

But, most astonishingly, because I thought he was managing the game by passing before the line to avoid contact, SJ ran for 94m. Off the bench, Walker matched SJ by also running 94m.

While the Knights backs also each ran over 100m, it was containing the Knights pack which hurt them with only Saifiti running over 100m (163m). But the real damage was done in the impact of the bench, the Knights bench could only manage 150m combined and didn’t score any tries while the Wahs bench ran for 288m and contributed with 2 tries.

 

[Possum11]

I hope the speed and intensity of the broncos doesn't blow the warriors of the park

 

[1995warriorsfan]

What a day at Mt Smart it was !
Finally sobered up.
The players and the crowd were all awesome.
I haven't seen the team play this well for a long time.
After everything our team has been through, we are now only 80 minutes away from a GF!

 

[Boats n Hoes]

Pretty much all been said, that was just one helluva feel good performance.........another Warriors game that'll probably go down in folklore.

Said in the pre game enjoy the moment and what a moment that was.

SJ truly is our talisman player, Was expecting the injury to lessen his impact but he was just as influential as ever, ........Tohu, Charnze......everyone really.....outstanding.

Truly is a Warriors movement throughout the country atm.......my son works the luge here in Rotovegas and he said all he heard all day from the charlifts going up the mountain was a never ending "up the wahs!"

May all come to an end next week but i dont really care......this season has been such a great ride and im just glad im on it.

 

[JaggedJ]

DOH!

Sorry, yep, meant Pompey.

But The Berrysiah does have a 100% kicking record, that cannot be ignored.

A wink, a smile, the ball would voluntarily throw itself over the black dot.

 

[sup42]

Geez I don't know how I will wait til 950 next Saturday. That's going to be a long day

We should go over there early to throw off the Jet lag if the game is that late.

Broncos forum giving us shit, recon we are getting spanked.

Hate to say it but they deserve to be a bit arrogant, they have a good thing going this year and if they get past us, they probably are the only team that can realistically knock off Penrith.

Rocco berries the Knights.

Best play on words I have seen in a forum.

 

[MaybeTop8]

Time to focus - it was a fantastic win, but that wasn't the final. New focus ahead, and it's a much tougher assignment.

Random thoughts - reiterate Glen Larmer is appalling to listen to sometimes, Adam G was again showing some hideous refereeing, mostly against the Warriors, Pompey stepped up well, Berry had the game of his season, TMM was fantastic on defence, and we're a different team with Shaun.

Everyone stepped up, let's do it again this week what's the odds on a Storm/Warriors final???

 

[BarnesNZ]

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Let's eat horse meat next Saturday

Looks more like Wagoo Horse. But I'll eat it !!!

 

[Billyspleen75]

Absolutely insane atmosphere at the Mt. Usurps the 07 and 08 finals matches there imo.

The first 15 mins were relentless. Absolutely knocked the stuffing out of the Knights. They did well to respond but as soon as we brought the starters back on we dominated again.

Same big name players as always leading the way. I think they're all as valuable as each other. We should do a new "Warriors of all time" voting this off season. I think a few new names will be very popular.

If anyone still tries to tell you RTS should be fullback for us.. point them to this game. CNK was IMMENSE. That man just does not stop.

Tohu with the captain's knock of all captains knocks.

Egan is a visionary. I was with Fonzie on his Egan bandwagon for the last few years and holy shit has he silenced the doubters now. Best Warriors hooker of all time without a single doubt.

SJ. This was his game. Fairytale stuff. While he stamped his mark on the game with his control and outstanding kicking game keeping the Knights pinned, the biggest moment was when he left the field. That walk around half the stadium when he came off was the most special Mt Smart moment I've ever seen. The jubilation and amazement on his face when he looked up into the East Stand will stay with me forever. For the next 3 minutes I barely watched the game. I watched SJ walk around the field as thousands of people stood and applauded our Man. It brought a tear to my eye

Bring on Brisbane.

 

[sup42]

Not wanting to piss on anyones parade but had to wait until minute 75 before a highlight reel appeared for TMM, his defence was great all game but even walker offers more.

This will sound like excuse making but I truly believe that the best suited half next to SJ is one that pretty much appears invisible in games.

A highlights reel guy is not the best foil for the way Johnson plays.

I came to this conclusion after watching how sweet Foran played at international level with SJ (at first I used to criticize Foran for being invisible).

When a highlights guy like Metcalf plays next to SJ the left and right flanks do not appear to be sync.

I thought we looked very smooth yesterday with cohesion and timing.

Also bear in mind that TMM and SJ have hardly played together, less than ten games in their entire careers.

TMM has a running game, when that leg comes fully right and his game fitness is back we will see it, and he has some nice slight of hand ball playing tricks too.

Just needs time.

 

[Billyspleen75]

Someone mentioned midweek that AFB was salty that he didn't get any awards at the Warriors night.
I thought nothing of it. But found it interesting how little game time he played last night. Again thought nothing of it. Probably load management ahead of a big game next week.
But I noticed he went straight back to the in goal after one of our tries in the last 20 mins and didn't go into the group huddle at half way.
Then at full-time, about 2 mins after, even before the Winning song was song, he ran up the tunnel and didn't celebrate with everyone.

Tell me I'm reading too much into it

 

[MrFrankWhite]

This will sound like excuse making but I truly believe that the best suited half next to SJ is one that pretty much appears invisible in games.

A highlights reel guy is not the best foil for the way Johnson plays.

I came to this conclusion after watching how sweet Foran played at international level with SJ (at first I used to criticize Foran for being invisible).

When a highlights guy like Metcalf plays next to SJ the left and right flanks do not appear to be sync.

I thought we looked very smooth yesterday with cohesion and timing.

Also bear in mind that TMM and SJ have hardly played together, less than ten games in their entire careers.

TMM has a running game, when that leg comes fully right and his game fitness is back we will see it, and he has some nice slight of hand bally playing tricks too.

Just needs time.

TMM is an animal on defence. He was chopping down forwards. If he can improve his half play, we have another weapon.

 

[John Nick]

Such a shame flights to Brisbane are $1200 one way on the Friday & Saturday.

Get's a bit costly weighing up a trip to the prelim and GF...

Be awesome if the Warriors administration would consider opening up an area in Go MEDIA for fans to watch the game next week.
I would be interested if it was being considered .
Maybe this forum could ask or even have a special area for us.
Any thoughts??

 

[Bay39er]

Someone mentioned midweek that AFB was salty that he didn't get any awards at the Warriors night.
I thought nothing of it. But found it interesting how little game time he played last night. Again thought nothing of it. Probably load management ahead of a big game next week.
But I noticed he went straight back to the in goal after one of our tries in the last 20 mins and didn't go into the group huddle at half way.
Then at full-time, about 2 mins after, even before the Winning song was song, he ran up the tunnel and didn't celebrate with everyone.

Tell me I'm reading too much into it

Saw that but assumed he might have had a call of nature!

 

[Boats n Hoes]

Someone mentioned midweek that AFB was salty that he didn't get any awards at the Warriors night.
I thought nothing of it. But found it interesting how little game time he played last night. Again thought nothing of it. Probably load management ahead of a big game next week.
But I noticed he went straight back to the in goal after one of our tries in the last 20 mins and didn't go into the group huddle at half way.
Then at full-time, about 2 mins after, even before the Winning song was song, he ran up the tunnel and didn't celebrate with everyone.

Tell me I'm reading too much into it

Not wrong about the drop in game time only played 42 minutes (the same as last week against the Knights), definitely down from someone who was usually ticking up in the 60s and occasionly even 70 minutes. Tactical maybe? Carrying a niggle? Not sure.

As for the other stuff who knows. I never tend to pay to much attention when peeps read into body language around here, usually way off the mark......i remember when forumers here would get stuck into SJ cause he "eats by himself"

 

[juju]

Saw that but assumed he might have had a call of nature!

I noticed it too and thought was a bit weird, or he needed treatment, or he needed a poo...

He was also dressed and had a bag on during the team song...