Gameday NZ Warriors v Parramatta Eels - [Round 9, 2026]

[Tokyo Warrior]

I’m off to watch a top-league rugby union game today representing in my Wahs jersey. Hoping to find a pub downtown willing to show the game afterwards.

 

[Po11um]

Slippery eels can upset teams hoping it's not the warriors. Warriors superior forward pack should get them home.

 

[Wah's Up]

Interesting to note that very few of us were picking the Warriors 13+ at the beginning of the season and now there is a huge majority.
As said earlier there is no easy game in the NRL (except the Storm) so as long as we keep our errors down and our completion up we will waltz in.
Up the Wahs.

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Simple stuff that's been working for us, control the ruck and keep driving through the middle. Hopefully we get to see some more line breaks and this time players backing up. Give Moses a few verbals and he'll lose the plot quickly.

Us by more than a Janfin

 

[Cces]

fats pulled from nsw cup, every chance he could see game time today

It'd be awesome to see a debut but hard to envisage him getting any minutes ahead of Vaimauga, Laban, EIT, Healey or Metcalf. Fatialofa probably needs injuries to both an edge & a Centre to be given a run

 

[KO WAI RA]

Four game streaks are freakish & most definitely hard earned…..
Throw the grand piano at em!!!!!
Debut of tha FATS……
Let’s gone eat now

 

[WAH MAN]

Simple stuff that's been working for us, control the ruck and keep driving through the middle. Hopefully we get to see some more line breaks and this time players backing up. Give Moses a few verbals and he'll lose the plot quickly.

Us by more than a Janfin

Absolutely. The key is in the simple stuff like the clichés of completions and territory. Making our tackles and making them hurt.

It's great to have an eels team that beat the dogs. Rather than a team who is out and out rubbish. If we are to win this one we will have to earn it. But if we do I predict a walloping for the eels.

 

[WAH MAN]

It'd be awesome to see a debut but hard to envisage him getting any minutes ahead of Vaimauga, Laban, EIT, Healey or Metcalf. Fatialofa probably needs injuries to both an edge & a Centre to be given a run

Agreed. But it exposes him to the environment and is a great coaching move to not baptise him in fire

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Still put my money on EIT playing rather than Fats. EIT has been on the extended bench before this year without playing in cup. So I don't think Fats moving out of the cup side tells us anything about webby's plans. Assuming Jacko plays 80 again and Demi subs for Erin, I'm thinking the third interchange forward needs to be a middle. So EIT makes more sense than Fats, unless there's a possibility that webby is thinking of playing Laban in the middle which I doubt.

 

[BarnesNZ]

Whoever is reffing needs to shut down Moses Crying and wingeing early i cant tolerate that shit

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Still put my money on EIT playing rather than Fats. EIT has been on the extended bench before this year without playing in cup. So I don't think Fats moving out of the cup side tells us anything about webby's plans. Assuming Jacko plays 80 again and Demi subs for Erin, I'm thinking the third interchange forward needs to be a middle. So EIT makes more sense than Fats, unless there's a possibility that webby is thinking of playing Laban in the middle which I doubt.

EIT played in the middle last year when he debuted. Actually looked much better than TSS at the time.

 

[CWC]

Fats purely for injury cover but excited to see EIT again in the 2nd half the guy is Ford without butter hands (glued hands )

 

[WAH MAN]

Whoever is reffing needs to shut down Moses Crying and wingeing early i cant tolerate that shit

As long as he does it by the rules and by what the ref allows there's not much we can do except to wallop him.

 

[Beastmode]

I’m off to watch a top-league rugby union game today representing in my Wahs jersey. Hoping to find a pub downtown willing to show the game afterwards.

Must be a first XV schools game then aye?

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

Must be a first XV schools game then aye?

I actually have no idea who is playing. A mate arranged tickets. Maybe Sungoliath and somebody else?

 

[mrblonde]

Agreed. But it exposes him to the environment and is a great coaching move to not baptise him in fire

I always liked the idea that you expose a new player to the Game Day environment 2-3 times without actually debuting him unless circumstances ie last minute injuries etc dictate that you need to.
Then it's all relatively normal when they do Debut.
And after that, they're not a Definite NRL Player for a while. Regular time back at NSW Cup for body recovery/mind recovery/learning or improving skills etc

 

[Makasene]

I always liked the idea that you expose a new player to the Game Day environment 2-3 times without actually debuting him unless circumstances ie last minute injuries etc dictate that you need to.
Then it's all relatively normal when they do Debut.
And after that, they're not a Definite NRL Player for a while. Regular time back at NSW Cup for body recovery/mind recovery/learning or improving skills etc

Enviable position to be able to do that.

Other clubs are starting these guys!

 

[mrblonde]

As long as he does it by the rules and by what the ref allows there's not much we can do except to wallop him.

But hopefully he does what the Storm did last night and burns their Captains Challange early.

 

[enterthewarrior]

We need KF's running game here. EIT is a worker type. Not what we need against the Eels.

 

[WAH MAN]

We need KF's running game here. EIT is a worker type. Not what we need against the Eels.

Depending on how we apply our plan if we can dominate their pack we should be able to carve them from long mid or short range