Team List Dragons vs Warriors - [Round 10, 2025]

[JustLikeStartingOver]

gotta lock in those wingers in place if they are fit, they will be spending the rest of the year there - inshallah.

Capewell on big Suli isnt bad - even if that means he needs to swap sides.

 

[CWC]

Pretty f*cking cool that Taumalolo and Fifita have almost singlehandedly revived the Pacific Islands rugby league - for someone like Leka who has the world at his feet to say he's repping Tonga from day one.

If we think Tonga and Samoa are looking good now, imagine what they'll be like in 10 years.

If UK sort their stuff out we could have 3 more teams

Import it to Ireland and France, and Perth brings a pathway for South Africa players (develop it locally or let it be an uncommon sport there but conjure up a strong team, like they do with baseball, teams like Israel, Italy, Holland etc don’t care about it but their exported players come back and make up decent to strong teams for major tournaments)

NZ/Aus, PNG/Fiji/Samoa/Tonga, Scot/Ireland/Wales/Eng, SA. 11+ teams makes a better World Cup than cricket

 

[SJ2k]

Get rid of the origin nonsense that's specifically setup to advantage Aus over NZ (as if they need it) and there's huge potential. In a dream scenario you'd split Aussie into two teams to dilute them a bit.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Webby has proven that he is committed to CNK as FB. I have no doubt that if he is fit, CNK will be our FB for the next 2 years, no matter what. So if Roger comes in, Capewell moves to the second row, Marata to the front row, Ford to the bench and probably Bunty drops out. The Roger to centre experiment didn't work out well last year, but it's probably the best alternative short term until our centers come back in a few weeks. Roger might be a bit underdone too but I think he's the best one to handle Holmes. But if he's less than 90% ready, let Capewell handle the Holmes assignment this week. He's already handled that assignment well when he had to mark Kotoni staggs a few weeks back.

 

[Evil_Mush]

Dragons’ 123kg giant couldn’t make his school team. Now he’s set for his NRL debut

Loko Pasifiki Tonga was once overlooked for selection for his high school footy team. Now the teenage giant has the league world at his feet.

www.smh.com.au

I like his name. Loko

I wonder if he introduces himself as "don't you know I'm Loko?"

 

[Natedogg]

Every game from here on in is going to be a banana skin game until we loose game. Warriors fans have not had such a good start to the season we are struggling to deal with winning

I really hope we can bag at least 1 more win from our next 2 games, before we return back to home ground advantage to take on the raging raiders.

Our next 5 games only has 1 game being played out Mt Smart ?? Gonna be a tough month of games, will be a real test of resolve for the team.

 

[Dannevegas]

Webby has proven that he is committed to CNK as FB. I have no doubt that if he is fit, CNK will be our FB for the next 2 years, no matter what. So if Roger comes in, Capewell moves to the second row, Marata to the front row, Ford to the bench and probably Bunty drops out. The Roger to centre experiment didn't work out well last year, but it's probably the best alternative short term until our centers come back in a few weeks. Roger might be a bit underdone too but I think he's the best one to handle Holmes. But if he's less than 90% ready, let Capewell handle the Holmes assignment this week. He's already handled that assignment well when he had to mark Kotoni staggs a few weeks back.

Hope Charnze isnt fullback for the next 2 years. He’s old and the main thing he offers is yardage, we can get our yardage from our wingers, our full back needs to create

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Loko Pasifiki Tonga (LPT). Great hyphenated name. So he belongs at the Wahs. Come on Cappy, make it happen~

 

[france]

Ideally RTS and DWZ cover wings, They shift Taine to Fullback and bring Charnze in at centre with Pompey

im hoping thats exactly what they do

 

[Noitall]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/he-kills-it-lyhkan-kingtogia-relishing-his-nrl-return-after-magical-moments-in-brisbane/news-story/8f574d208343fea8753c613e35e1437d

Going to have to keep an eye on this young guy too

 

[run_it_str8_again]

I wonder if he introduces himself as "don't you know I'm Loko?"

If he pulls out a hand signal and says Im a vatos loko I will cringe

 

[Get them onside ref!]

Statistics show that in NZ theres 2000 unemployed comedians & you are trying to be one

Webby has proven that he is committed to CNK as FB. I have no doubt that if he is fit, CNK will be our FB for the next 2 years, no matter what. So if Roger comes in, Capewell moves to the second row, Marata to the front row, Ford to the bench and probably Bunty drops out. The Roger to centre experiment didn't work out well last year, but it's probably the best alternative short term until our centers come back in a few weeks. Roger might be a bit underdone too but I think he's the best one to handle Holmes. But if he's less than 90% ready, let Capewell handle the Holmes assignment this week. He's already handled that assignment well when he had to mark Kotoni staggs a few weeks back.

Holmes a weapon
I’ll send a note to Andrew Webster
See whether he can whisper in Val’s ear
Come over the deech mate
Well throw a prawn on the barbie for ya
And chuck in a hangi

 

[Get them onside ref!]

I wonder if he introduces himself as "don't you know I'm Loko?"

Maybe he’s got sum moves
Like the Lokomotion

 

[Get them onside ref!]

Hope Charnze isnt fullback for the next 2 years. He’s old and the main thing he offers is yardage, we can get our yardage from our wingers, our full back needs to create

Not TT u won’t

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

What edge is Niukore on?

Him, Capes and Taine on the same side?......the Cowgirls repeatedly stripped that edge for numbers.

That's because Berry was off.

 

[Lance155]

Any insiders that would be able to confirm if Roger passes his fitness test today?

 

[sup42]

On paper their team looks really good.

Here is my Wrighty Analysis

Fullback - advantage Dragon
Wings - Warriors by a whisker
Centers - Dragon
Halves - Warriors
Props - Tie (since Ford is playing)
Hooker - Warriors
Second Row - Tie
Lock - Warriors

Bench - Dragons by a whisker

Summary -
Dragons 3 advantages (one by a whisker)
Warriors 4 advantages (one by a whisker)

This will go down to the wire.
If we were not down on troops I would say we would win - but this is anybody's game. King Togia is a good addition for them.

The Dragons are a threat.

They beat the Storm and Manly so....

If Pompey lines up opposite Val Holmes say bye bye to Vals form.

Pompey owns him. If that happens I call even in the centers.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

If Pompey lines up opposite Val Holmes say bye bye to Vals form.

Pompey owns him. If that happens I call even in the centers.

It's a bit tough at the moment, because every Aussie player is stepping it up for origin auditions.

I'll give pomps his flowers though, hes throwing punches with the best of them at the minute.

 

[Sammyw]

why do so many want to disrupt the spine by shifting cnk to centre? CNK best asset are tough carries, metre eating and an unreal engine. putting him in the centres negates that. RTS at centre didnt work last year but it wasnt a disaster, capewell objectively is missing tackles for fun and is far too slow to play out wide. best option for the short term is
CNK
DWZ
Pompey
RTS
TT
CHT
Metcalf
Niukore
egan
barnett
leka
capewell
clarke

healy
vaimauga
ford
laban

when we have all hands back on deck then rog should go back to the wing

 

[sup42]

It's a bit tough at the moment, because every Aussie player is stepping it up for origin auditions.

I'll give pomps his flowers though, hes throwing punches with the best of them at the minute.

Pompey has a thing for Val, like Olsen Filipaina had a thing for Wally Lewis.

In fact very few Centers get the better of Pompey, as a defensive center he is one of the best in the NRL.

It shits me that he is so underrated around here coz he doesn't break tackles or go the length of the field.

Also Pompey is growing in attack.

Pompey is our best outside back. The first picked. I wouldn't trade him for anyone in the NRL, he has personal qualities that this team will need moving forwards.

He is humble, and these young bucks are gonna need some of that around them. He is hard working. They need that around them too. And he punches well above his weight and everyone at the Warriors knows it.

They All know he is the ugly duckling. He has got where he is today through his work ethic.

Role model much.

The Warriors are in the top four because of their defence. The hardest position to defend is Center.

Pompey is their best defensive player period. CHT and Erin Clark are in the same conversation but for lateral movement and reading the attacking plays Pompey is the best we have (CHT and CLark have people running straight at them trying to out muscle them, Pompey has multiple guys running quick shifts and angle changes).