Pick Your Team NZ Warriors v St George Illawarra Dragons - [Round 12, 2026]

[The Warrior Waka]

2 sub standard games when he was clearly not mentally ready for the physical contact and now he’s being treated like he has Ebola disease by several posters.

Its not the 2 sub standard games Ref that some are pissed off about. He threw his toys out of his cot because he wasn't getting his way. Asked for clarification. Got it. Didn't like it. Said fuck y'all, I'm out. I think they have legitimate reasons to be pissed off.

 

[Lance155]

How many times did tmm give away 7 tackle sets? His first attacking kick was uncontested straight into in goal and caught on the full. Those mistakes will kill us

Everyone’s got rose tinted glasses on because we beat the broncos (who beat themselves as well)

I just don’t understand the hate for metcalf? He was literally the architect of our success last year and now, because fans are weird and vindictive and create little loyalty storyline’s in their own minds, we shouldn’t play our best option at 7?

I could understand the boyd/metcalf conundrum given Tanah was in great form, was happy to not have been a coach in that situation, but now the answer is so obvious. Metcalf is the 7

Take it from me, it's not worth it bro.
According to most people here, if we win everyone was awesome and noone should get dropped. If we lose, drop them all and the coach

 

[CWC]

Imagine if Luke had returned from injury for a few cup games around round 7-8 (as initially scheduled on injury lists start of season) and not done his hammy and played relatively well, he might have been due to reclaim his spot around Magic Round or this week anyway without all the dramas. Good old Captain Hindsight

He would have been ripping it at cup since R4-6, been the ultimate team man, throwing his support behind Tanah, and now 100% of the supporters will be like



Oh well at least now it's good to know What Would Luke Do and What Would Tanah/Te Marie/Chanel Do and the club made their decisions

 

[Ref]

Its not the 2 sub standard games Ref that some are pissed off about. He threw his toys out of his cot because he wasn't getting his way. Asked for clarification. Got it. Didn't like it. Said fuck y'all, I'm out. I think they have legitimate reasons to be pissed off.

Pre season we all couldn’t wait for Metcalf to come back into the team. Fact
2 sub standard games when he was clearly not mentally ready for the physical contact. Fact

He threw his toys out of his cot because he wasn't getting his way. Asked for clarification. Got it. Didn't like it. Said fuck y'all, I'm out. I think they have legitimate reasons to be pissed off. Speculative. No one knows exactly how this went down and have just got their own summations.

Anyway. Do you want him to play out the year.

 

[watcher]

Pre season we all couldn’t wait for Metcalf to come back into the team. Fact
2 sub standard games when he was clearly not mentally ready for the physical contact. Fact

He threw his toys out of his cot because he wasn't getting his way. Asked for clarification. Got it. Didn't like it. Said fuck y'all, I'm out. I think they have legitimate reasons to be pissed off. Speculative. No one knows exactly how this went down and have just got their own summations.

Anyway. Do you want him to play out the year.

LM is s gun and for me hard to argue his ceiling is not higher than TMM. However, both can get the job done if our forwatds maintain dominance. Also after watching NSW Cup Linnane looks extra promising too.

 

[Garry Saloon]

We're neck deep in the race for the premiership. If Luke is looking good as our number seven, play him.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Anyway. Do you want him to play out the year.

Whoever plays. I hope they have a passion for our jersey and are committed to the team. We have lofty goals this year. And its not a pipe dream. We have a seriously good team.


Whether its TMM, Mets or Jett. I don't care. I will back them. As long as they're team first.

 

[Bluecat]

Let us all know when Metcalf has earned your respect back and can take his place in the team with your blessing

2027?

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

confirmed ACL for Boyd

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

confirmed ACL for Boyd

Absolutely gutted for him.

The rugby league gods can be very cruel on the mere mortals.

 

[Noitall]

Absolutely gutted for him.

The rugby league gods can be very cruel on the mere mortals.

Must admit that I shed a tear watching him in the changing rooms with his parents. Looked like absolute silence

 

[Canonball]

Jett's not ready. Kade Reed situation is different because dragons are desperate. They are literally being forced to feed their young stars to the wolves way earlier than they should because of their predicament. Reed and their young forwards (Couchmans, LKP, etc) are going to be traumatized for years to come due to their being part of perhaps the worst NRL team in 100 years.

We have the luxury of easing our youngsters through a more gradual process that involves playing at least a season against grown men in cup.
With the benefit of hindsight, we can all see that Webby was right in 2024 when he was resisting calls to blood our young forwards early during a tough year when everyone on this forum was calling for him to do so. His more gradual approach of doing it over the 2024, 2025 and 2026 seasons is bearing fruits now when we see how Leka, Demi, Laban, TSS, etc have started to take off.

I'm sure that's the plan with Jett. We may see him towards the back end of the year with a debut if we are in a position to rest players for finals. Until then TMM is more than serviceable as a fill in 7 (Cogger style for 23 Panthers). I'm not comfortable with Mets being even considered until a) he gets some reps under his belt and ii) it is clear that there are no harmony issues with the team (SJ seems to think there are none and this is all driven by the fanbase ie us). We don't want a repeat of rounds 4-5 again if we reintroduce him. Dropping consecutive games again will be detrimental to our top 2 chances.

This is the sensible take.

However I'm looking at Jett in Cup and seeing a kicking game and the ability to play structure - plus off-cuff running and know there's a whole package there - that's obviously not being tested in the same way it would be at NRL level and he definitely 100% needs a pre-season up a grade before even considering a debut .... yet... and same with Linnane all of a sudden

 

[steakncheese]

Jett's not ready. Kade Reed situation is different because dragons are desperate. They are literally being forced to feed their young stars to the wolves way earlier than they should because of their predicament. Reed and their young forwards (Couchmans, LKP, etc) are going to be traumatized for years to come due to their being part of perhaps the worst NRL team in 100 years.

We have the luxury of easing our youngsters through a more gradual process that involves playing at least a season against grown men in cup.
With the benefit of hindsight, we can all see that Webby was right in 2024 when he was resisting calls to blood our young forwards early during a tough year when everyone on this forum was calling for him to do so. His more gradual approach of doing it over the 2024, 2025 and 2026 seasons is bearing fruits now when we see how Leka, Demi, Laban, TSS, etc have started to take off.

I'm sure that's the plan with Jett. We may see him towards the back end of the year with a debut if we are in a position to rest players for finals. Until then TMM is more than serviceable as a fill in 7 (Cogger style for 23 Panthers). I'm not comfortable with Mets being even considered until a) he gets some reps under his belt and ii) it is clear that there are no harmony issues with the team (SJ seems to think there are none and this is all driven by the fanbase ie us). We don't want a repeat of rounds 4-5 again if we reintroduce him. Dropping consecutive games again will be detrimental to our top 2 chances.

Yeah bro Bulldogs reckoned there was no disharmony when Galvin arrived BUT we all know the players have rebelled and not shown up