Pick Your Team (2025 Finals Week 1) - Warriors vs Penrith [Round 28, 2025]

[wizard of Tauranga]

Hats off to Leka too. Positioning at centre takes a high footy IQ, which on top of his physical x-factor and age is bloody impressive.

Anyone notice when DCE did the drop goal, Leka was sprinting from out wide and almost charged it down.

He picked the play and reacted fast when the rest of our team didn’t have a clue.

His footy IQ is elite!

 

[tajhay]

What's Boyd's stats the last 5 games ?

6 try assists,
6 linebreak assists,
10 tackle breaks

Hes going well. He defence needs work but hes the best playmaker we currently have.

Yesterdays game, stastically was his best game in nrl this year and his defence was ok and improved from prior games.

Tanah Boyd - Player Statistics | NZ Warriors

Tanah Boyd player statistics: 9 games played, 6.1 average rating. View detailed performance stats, match history and ratings for Tanah Boyd at the NZ Warriors.

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[1995warriorsfan]

 

[1995warriorsfan]

This guys quickly becoming the biggest myth. Yes he has 4 premierships, but put Jacko Ford in that panthers side instead of fish, he’d have 4 rings as well.
His biggest highlight for us was his pukana the other week.

I disagree and so does chatgpt.

Tackles: At the Warriors he’s averaging around 34 tackles a game, compared to about 31 a game at Penrith. That’s actually an increase in defensive work.

Tackle Rate: His tackle efficiency has hit a new career best at 24.6%, higher than the 22.0% he managed at Penrith.

Running Metres: His running numbers are slightly down, 116 metres a game this year versus roughly 123 at Penrith, but still strong and well above average for a prop.

Tries/Attack: He’s scored 2 tries in 18 games, which is pretty much what he’s always done – usually 2 to 4 a season. Add in 26 tackle breaks and 5 offloads, and he’s still contributing with the ball.

Consistency: In total he’s already chalked up more than 2,000 running metres and over 600 tackles this year, plus averaging 45 fantasy points a game. Those are solid, workmanlike numbers that match his career standards.

The reality is he’s still delivering what he always has. He might not look as dominant without Penrith’s pack around him, but on an individual level his 2025 stats are right in line with his past seasons. The perception that he’s been “poor” for the Warriors is more about the team’s overall platform than his own output.

 

[WHB]

Whoever is named.

Our team is already written off.

We were meant to nose dive out of the 8 when Barney and Metcalf were out for the season.

Performances haven't set the world on fire.

Yet your still here at the end of the day brothers,finals footy in your sights.

Thank you for the ride!!! no matter what the result.

Hit the switch,change the script.
Play like its your last.
You can do it!!!

 

[Ever Hopeful]

People acting like TMM is some sort of saviour if he starts, but forget he has been on the field in 16 games this year for:

2 try assists
2 line breaks
Tackle rate 85%
10 kicks (193m)

He can plug gaps if someone is injured. A jack of all trades, master of none.

Whilst I don't necessarily disagree, I think if we are going to hang him on the 16 game stat, we should acknowledge he has played in a variety of positions (sometimes in desperate circumstances), played 80 once and had a total of 6 and a half games worth of time in the middle. He has hardly had the opportunity to put his best foot forward.

We're not talking about a half who is not doing his job over a run of starts. He is doing what the coach is asking of him satisfactorily, which is plugging gaps.

 

[juju]

I showed my daughter the last 3 minutes of the 2008 1 v 8

Anythings possible...

 

[Billyspleen75]

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[Victor_Radley's_Scrotum]

These poor Panthers boys are going to cop an absolute ass whooping, oh boy I almost feel sorry for them

 

[WAH MAN]

My buzz is starting to build now.

I'm up for it this week. We are officially in the finals and let's hurt a lot of people's feelings by causing a boil over and advancing to week 2

 

[Noitall]

See Brent Read on nrl 360 day he bumped into Andrew Webster and Webster said he’s just gotten through showing the boys footage of Read saying we can’t win. Looks like we going with siege mentality

 

[giffy]

Seen a lot of sentiment of the Warriors making up the numbers, us overachieving… stuff all that noise

We are here, we earned our spot and I don’t give a flying frog who we’re facing; I’m getting on sloshed on Fritz Wieners, Lion Red, V energy (FULL SUGAR!!) and I’m going to cheer the house down. Win or lose, I loved the ride. LESSSSGGGGOOOOOOOOOO

 

[WahsaurusRex]

Some stats varying from useless to mildly interesting..

• The Warriors have played more finals against the Panthers than they have against any other team.

• This will be the Warriors' third consecutive finals series playing the Panthers in Week One.

• As of this weekend, the only teams to have played the Panthers more in the finals during their dynasty period than the Warriors are the Rabbitohs, Storm, and Eels

• The Warriors are 0W-3L in the finals against the Panthers, with a PD of -39, and an average score of 29 - 12.6

• The Warriors are 3W-1L in finals played at Mount Smart Stadium, with a PD of +51, and an average score of 29 - 13.7

• The Panthers are 3W-5L in finals played outside of Sydney, with a PD of -53, and an average score of 17.6 - 11

• The Panthers are 3W-1L in finals played outside of Sydney during their dynasty period, with a PD of +2, and an average score of 10.5 - 10

• The Warriors have made a preliminary final every season they have finished 6th.

• Both the Panthers and the Warriors are undefeated on the 13th of September

• A left winger and a hooker have scored in every finals match between the Warriors and Panthers

• The Warriors' last 5 finals games have been decided by 13+ margins

 

[BlackToko88]

No strapping as well