NRLW 2025 Warriors NRLW Discussion

[ninj]

Great win and their league IQ and teamwork is growing leaps and bounds! Loving the season and the journey. Keep it rollin' and Up the Wahines!

 

[sydneywarrior92]

You can see that the plan this year with NRLW is about re-establishing ourselves back into the comp and using it as a base to really push the comp in a few years. Hard to have well defined expectations with a team that basically had no pre-season and many of whom had never played league in their lives. But given how much the girls are improving every week, on both attack and defense, you can see what a juggernaut we could become. That was an absolute clinic that they put on just now.

Just imagine where this team will be with a full year under their belt and actual proper pre-season next year with the good systems we have built this year. Every team will fear the wahine in 2026/2027.

 

[mtsmart]

You can see that the plan this year with NRLW is about re-establishing ourselves back into the comp and using it as a base to really push the comp in a few years. Hard to have well defined expectations with a team that basically had no pre-season and many of whom had never played league in their lives. But given how much the girls are improving every week, on both attack and defense, you can see what a juggernaut we could become. That was an absolute clinic that they put on just now.

Just imagine where this team will be with a full year under their belt and actual proper pre-season next year with the good systems we have built this year. Every team will fear the wahine in 2026/2027.

I reckon with each passing game the Wahine are improving in every aspect. You have to remember that this squad had never played together and it showed in the early games where their attack and defence were substandard. Some players who had never played league before, recruits from the local comps who found the NRLW a level above anything they'd experienced previously. But the last couple matches they've improved their goal-line defence immensely, found rhythm and combos on attack and their props have been massive in giving go-forward and even dominating the opposition. Curtain and Maliepo are starting to really gel as a halves combination, Api'i Nicholls is pretty solid at fullback and even our centres, who I thought were lightweight, are showing what they can do on defence and attack. I reckon they could make the playoffs, they've still got games to come against the winless Raiders and Tigers. They're a good chance to win 3 of their last 5 games, could maybe jag a 4th win. My daughters and I are going to Hamilton for the Broncos match in 4 weeks time, can't wait for that one.

 

[Teets]

Not the best weekend for their first game in Hamilton. 3-4k of the most die hard leaguies in the Waikato will be at Davies Park in Huntly for the local GF day.