Pick Your Team Warriors v Cowboys - [Round 9, 2025]

[mt.wellington]

Warriors v Cowboys - [Round 9, 2025]
PICK YOUR TEAM
MAGIC ROUND
Saturday 3rd May 7:30pm NZST
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

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Here's your chance to select your dream team for the next rounds match so don your coaches cap on and lets hear it.

This thread will be closed without notice once the TEAM LIST thread opens for this game...

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

So.

This is a banana skin game……

I’m not convinced on Berry, just yet. But don’t change a winning setup, I guess?

 

[Inruin]

So.

This is a banana skin game……

I’m not convinced on Berry, just yet. But don’t change a winning setup, I guess?

Only a banana skin game if we are expecting to win it.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Im calling both wingers are back

 

[CWC]

Same team but Dallin could be back. Great no further injuries, maybe Squashed Berry needs a week off and Ali to the right?

Might be Dallin for Taine who moves to bench for Laban or Afoa? He can also cover 6 and 9 (ie CHT to 9)

I missed Leka’s impact off the bench and we got owned a bit in the 3rd quarter before Barney came back on, he’s probably gonna be a regular starter now, hope when Fish returns Marata is more powerful with 30 minutes off the bench, don’t think Webby will drop him altogether. Or he might just revert to Leka off bench when Fish returns

 

[run_it_str8_again]

No idea. Just win and without more injuries and really if we want no sinbins for Marata he'll have to take tackling lessons from Berry the toenail tackler

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Will we see the return of the Berry-DWZ edge this week?

 

[roguei]

I'll be interested if they show it again after the bye. But the cowboy's attack seems to be perfect against us at the moment. Very, very good edge attack and kick chase. There defense crumbles pretty quickly but outside of the storm I struggle to think of a team that has an attack plan that targets our weaknesses so well.

Goal should be the same as last year. Even if they make line brakes on our edges and win contesting there own kicks. If we can keep them in there own half before those happen, our scramble is good enough to cover.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

I'll be interested if they show it again after the bye. But the cowboy's attack seems to be perfect against us at the moment. Very, very good edge attack and kick chase. There defense crumbles pretty quickly but outside of the storm I struggle to think of a team that has an attack plan that targets our weaknesses so well.

Goal should be the same as last year. Even if they make line brakes on our edges and win contesting there own kicks. If we can keep them in there own half before those happen, our scramble is good enough to cover.

I think the reverse is also true. Our forward oriented gameplan works very well against the cows because their biggest weakness is their softness through the middle. When we belted them last year in Townsville we bashed them up front and suffocated them with our kick chase. They spent the entire game coming out of their own end and never really saw our red zone. Their only tries came from fluky long-range attempts that came as we fatigued towards the end of each half.

 

[CWC]

I think it’s wild but when both wingers return I think there is a chance Ali could be the one playing Cup cuz Pompey is playing really well on the left and defends better and Webby wants Berry especially when Dallin’s there, and Ali while a beast on the right just is less effective on the left for some reason

Do players have different tempo stepping or running diagonal lines on different sides of the field? Maybe CHT is having trouble finding Ali. I do like how Pompey/Capewell/Ali combined for those tries in the Knights game though. Or they could keep Ali since their goal is probably a RTS/Ali combo but then I thought why did Pompey play left instead of right with Taine, is he actually the incumbent on the left?? Good problem to have and Ali does show up in some highlights of opposition tries so still need work ons and Webby/Fish are big on D this year

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Lots of discussion about Rocco. For me, this year he's still finding his feet in first grade but you can see he's effort up on effort.
Similar to Capewell and Ford, Berry seems to fly out of the line and will make that initial contact with the runner, allowing someone else to complete the tackle.
He missed a fair few, but no tries down their side.

I thought Ali had a so so game too. Dropping the ball over the line and getting skinned by old man Gagai one on one. He has all the talent in the world but again, I think he's just finding his feet in first grade. I'm hoping the work rate improves as he doesn't really go looking for the ball.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

I think it’s wild but when both wingers return I think there is a chance Ali could be the one playing Cup cuz Pompey is playing really well on the left and defends better and Webby wants Berry especially when Dallin’s there, and Ali while a beast on the right just is less effective on the left for some reason

I think theres zero chance. Ali is locked up long term and is basically our number #1 centre. Berry seems to be playing himself out of 1st grade.

 

[Canonball]

Are we expecting DWZ back? if so I'd go:

CNK
DWZ
Rocco
Ali
TT (risk swapping sides, but he's a fullback, should be able to handle it)
CHT
LM

Niukore
Egan
Barney
Halasima
Capewell
Clark

Demetric
Ford
Afoa
Healey/TMM

 

[Sammyw]

DWZ to play a game in cup first? It is his first game of the season afterall.. otherwise I wouldn’t change anything

1. CNK
2. TT
3. Berry
4. Ali
5. Pompey
6. CHT
7. Metcalf
8. Barny
9. Egan
10. Niukore
11. Leka
12. Capewell
13. Clarke

14. Afoa
15. Vaimauga
16. Laban
17. Ford

 

[Garry Saloon]

Will we see the return of the Berry-DWZ edge this week?

We're sitting third/fourth after this round. I wouldn't hurry them back. Esp RTS

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Making the trip over for this one. Have heard a lot about magic round and how great of an experience it is, so I thought I’d bite the bullet.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

This is a super interesting game to me.

Their wins have been against the Panthers, who have had a distasterous start and the Raiders, who have looked far more human since Vegas, and the Bunnies, who have been patchy too.

Tonights game against the tits shall be interesting.

 

[3rdstriker]

We're sitting third/fourth after this round. I wouldn't hurry them back. Esp RTS

With our youngsters we are almost in a rest and rotate position.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Marata just going to get a fine. Will be able to play this week.

 

[kos]

The forward forecast for Sunday week in Bris is 22 degrees
So time and heat are not set to affect us