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

[Dannevegas]

Have you named your team? I like having a shot at it. I also accept when you don't agree.

Ye I’d have Roger at fullback for the finals

 

[Wrighty]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27kmBg9HwE8

 

[JaggedJ]

Just need to play like we did during the opening 10 seconds against Manly. Too easy.

Warriors by 360-480 depending on goalkicking.

 

[CWC]

Just need to play like we did during the opening 10 seconds against Manly. Too easy.

Warriors by 360-480 depending on goalkicking.

Boyd taking 90 seconds to kick a goal might dent our hopes of scoring 300 tho

 

[Wrighty]

My tactics to shut down Penrith

1) Everytime they get in the red zone sprint straight at Cleary well before the ball is passed to him
2) See tactic number one

That's all I got.

 

[CWC]

So NRL report says EIT expected to be ready for next week.

I’m thinking they might as well put Cape at centre for his kick chases, start Leka and we fit Healey on the bench with TMM, Demi and EIT, these boys are the future and absorbing finals experiences

Though Taine misses out, he can play for Dallin Play the long game

 

[CWC]

My tactics to shut down Penrith

1) Everytime they get in the red zone sprint straight at Cleary well before the ball is passed to him
2) See tactic number one

That's all I got.

Mine is hiring the chef that served the all blacks before the 1995 South African World Cup final

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Mine is hiring the chef that served the all blacks before the 1995 South African World Cup final

How about we get the inside scoop of where the panthers are staying, and set fireworks off while they’re trying to sleep?

 

[mrblonde]

We did that against the titans and that was the end of cape at centre experience …

Point taken. Maybe CNK or TT at centre are the best options we've got.

Anyway, this is the week where Ivan reveals to the Panthers he's been pulling a Mr Orange in the Reservoir Dogs sorta thing. Okay, he'll die, but so will the Panthers.

Of course, one of our players (the cops in the Reservoir Dogs) will get mutilated and shot and killed, but hey, losing an ear and getting a bullet to the chest while you're covered in petrol to beat Team 7 is worth it!

 

[CWC]

How about we get the inside scoop of where the panthers are staying, and set fireworks off while they’re trying to sleep?

Call the cops about a bomb threat at their hotel at 2am in the morning, immediate evacuation

 

[WAH MAN]

Ye I’d have Roger at fullback for the finals

Not against that but that leaves dwz kosi and taine

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

At this point, I’d take Kosi over DWZ

Not against that but that leaves dwz kosi and taine

 

[WAH MAN]

At this point, I’d take Kosi over DWZ

Things are grim. Can't wait till we have a complete amazing team

 

[Dannevegas]

Not against that but that leaves dwz kosi and taine

I’d go Kali. But that won’t happen so why not Charnze to the wing, to play like a Brian To’o type winger. Make his 200 metres from the sting. Taine the other.
Ideally I’d go:

1. Rts
2. Kali
3. Pompey
4. Leka
5. Charnze

 

[kos]

How does Dallin keep getting picked by Webby & some on here!!? He has no pull out game, He keeps cum....coming in.

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.

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It’s our lack of forwards going forward that makes it hard for Tanah
The half gets cramped up and has no time to be more effective

 

[Wrighty]

I find I get a lot of adrenaline going when my team makes the final be it cricket or league. I have been in playoff matches in my cricket career and they don't come around often and you need to play the game of your life. Nothing less will do. Strangely in these matches the top players come to the fore and the marginal players dissapear.
CNK must play next week as he has finals experience and will settle the nerves of the other players.
The following have finals experience

1 CNk - Grand Final
2 Dallin
3 Pompey
4
5 Roger - Premiership
6
7
8 Fish - 4 Premierships
9 Egan
10 Ford
11 Niukore - GrandFinal
12 Capewell - Premiership
13 Clark (for Titans 2021)

14 TMM - Grand Final
15
16
17

This will be CHTs first playoffs if I am not mistaken.

 

[Te Mana-wah]

1. RTS
2. DWZ
3. Pompey
4. CNK
5. Kali
6. CHT
7. TMM
8. JFH
9. Egan
10. Ford
11. Capewell
12. Halisima
13. Clark

14. Healey
15. Vaimauga
16. Niukore
17. TSS

 

[CWC]

I find I get a lot of adrenaline going when my team makes the final be it cricket or league. I have been in playoff matches in my cricket career and they don't come around often and you need to play the game of your life. Nothing less will do. Strangely in these matches the top players come to the fore and the marginal players dissapear.
CNK must play next week as he has finals experience and will settle the nerves of the other players.
The following have finals experience

1 CNk - Grand Final
2 Dallin
3 Pompey
4
5 Roger - Premiership
6
7
8 Fish - 4 Premierships
9 Egan
10 Ford
11 Niukore - GrandFinal
12 Capewell - Premiership
13 Clark (for Titans 2021)

14 TMM - Grand Final
15
16
17

This will be CHTs first playoffs if I am not mistaken.

Ya I can see our halves disintegrate mid game, 2 chokers walk into a pub….

CHT already showing signs of his brain farts the last 2 weeks

 

[Bluecat]

What makes u say he’ll want an old head replacing berry? I’d want someone who actually worry’s the opposition

So would I. But I can't see Webby doing it.

And who do we have that would worry the opposition? Leka is a young man early in his career and he needs looking after. It's not fair on him to put the responsibility of trying to shore up that side and DWZ on him. I'm sure he'd love to be picked anywhere in the finals team and will do his absolute best but if they give up a few tries down that edge it won't do him any good.
Realistically we're not going to be playing many finals games so give him a run where he's comfortable.

And if not Leka or Capewell who?
We've needed a centre for months and none of the reserve grade players have made a case for selection.
Ali and Berry are broken. MGT had his chance. I'd volunteer but I wouldn't last as long as Berry. I'd be carried off on a stretcher if I had to run out on to the field.

 

[kos]

Ya I can see our halves disintegrate mid game, 2 chokers walk into a pub….

CHT already showing signs of his brain farts the last 2 weeks

I suspect CHT is carrying an injury - he was off his usual game on Friday