Post Match 2025 Finals Week 1 -Warriors vs Penrith [Round 28, 2025]

[CWC]

Pass and catch are honestly fundamentals. Smh

CNK didnt pass to Leka for a try first half, then did a nice draw and pass and Leka drops it for a 12 point try And Leka had another try if he dummied, that’s 18 points bombed

 

[PNG Kiwi]

The boys can hold their heads high, just didn't have the troops.
Outside backs limited and our remaining halves are reserve grade fighting above our weight

 

[sydneywarrior92]

good season boys. Proud of every one of them. Never gave up against the 4 time premiers.

No matter what people say here, we really did overachieve this year. It would have been nice to have one last hurrah tonight. Nothing would have been sweeter than proving the Aussie dicks on fox wrong tonight. But it wasn't to be. Those last 2 penrith tries were lucky a.f. Those two balls being knocked back by the Penrith players. Bounce of the ball goes the other way and it could have been a different story. Just wasn't our night tonight.

But luck aside, the cold hard truth is we aren't good enough to win this comp yet. Penrith clearly still are. But I believe we'll get there in a few years. We are a club on the up under Webby and we will be back stronger and better next year.

Up the wahs!

 

[Milking!]

Fabulous season. Finishing sixth after 2024, and going toe to toe with Penrith with limited troops - bloody proud.
Throw in Barney and Metcalf, and I reckon we’d have been in that game big time.
Throw in a couple of new recruits and our youngsters being even more seasoned - bring on ‘26!
Up the Wahs!

 

[WAH MAN]

Beaten fair and square. They were just better.

In some aspects yes but do we factor in forward passes that would make Reece blush? And double movements that get allowed

 

[RustyFT]

Was that a forward pass or nah? At the game and didn’t have the best view.

 

[BrisbaneWarrior]

It is what it is. Not bad for a bottom 4 team but the panthers are good enough with out the refs help

 

[Shogun]

View: https://youtu.be/KIoPhofe3vo

 

[sup42]

Honestly I am pretty happy.

I guess realizing that watching the Warriors with your kids in a final is making memories as a family, certainly takes all the sting out of losing.

We really stood up tonight. So proud of them.

How many times did we make them die with the ball on the last in our red Zone???

Kamau te wehi.

 

[WHB]

Our team played there a@$es off.

A forward pass and a dropped ball took us out as they capitalized.

Thanks for getting us here.
What a fight.
Hope we go further with Metcslf and Barney in 26.

Bring on the newbies and rising Warriors.
Plenty to look forward too.

Up The Warriors

 

[Warrior#138]

Good effort and intent esp in the first half. Agree with others The Panthers aren’t the goods. They have more strike and caught some streaky luck to put the scoreboard up to that but really they looked slow and disconnected in parts. Whether they win or lose against the Dogs I can’t see them going mich further. Good season from our boys. The fact we all know that through injury and our own general lack of strike and speed that we were never going to progress in the 8. But the foundation is there. So let’s see how the roster shakes up next year!

 

[JaggedJ]

DWZ gone
CHT gone
CNK gone
Niukore gone

New spine members are needed or we are going to be wasting the prime years of our young forwards

I suspect 2 out of 4 will be phased out by mid next season, the other two it depends on who steps up.

 

[Worried2Death]

It was as intense as a Kiwis v Roos test match, that's all I ever asked from a NZ team in the nrl, blood spilled and 100% effort, as usual just undone by two of NZ's best league products, Ice and Nathan. I miss Mets and Barney.

 

[MXRecord]

Was that a forward pass or nah? At the game and didn’t have the best view.

Miles forward

 

[snake77]

Was that a forward pass or nah? At the game and didn’t have the best view.

I thought it was. Yes, I'm biased but it didn't look great.

Ref was right there. Commentators here in NZ didn't really comment on it.

 

[Stuart]

30 years of hurt, embarrassing at home all season. NZ has 5 million people our 1 NRL team should be better. Sick hearing about in a few years etc

 

[Evil_Mush]

I'm sad. But I'm glad they played hard, and against all expectations were only 4points behind with 20 odd minutes to go.

Sucks that it blew out a bit, especially with that tinarse try where we could've had them stuck in their in-goal, but I guess we exhausted our luck in the first half of the year.

Well done getting to finals, but feels deflating compared to where we could have been

Next year is our year etc etc

 

[Boats n Hoes]

good season boys. Proud of every one of them. Never gave up against the 4 time premiers.

No matter what people say here, we really did overachieve this year. It would have been nice to have one last hurrah tonight. Nothing would have been sweeter than proving the Aussie dicks on fox wrong tonight. But it wasn't to be. Those last 2 penrith tries were lucky a.f. Those two balls being knocked back by the Penrith players. Bounce of the ball goes the other way and it could have been a different story. Just wasn't our night tonight.

But luck aside, the cold hard truth is we aren't good enough to win this comp yet. Penrith clearly still are. But I believe we'll get there in a few years. We are a club on the up under Webby and we will be back stronger and better next year.

Up the wahs!

U still reckon Penrith are doing nothing this year?

Id be happy with either them or the Raiders taking out the whole shambozzle.

 

[Milking!]

Was that a forward pass or nah? At the game and didn’t have the best view.

Was that a forward pass or nah? At the game and didn’t have the best view.

Forward, yes - but not like Walsh-y finals forward. Pretty 50/50 IMO

 

[LeagueJunkie]

Can't knock the effort by the boys. There's a few players that are on borrowed time though. Need a lot more strike in our backline to really push for a premiership.