Post Match Redcliffe Dolphins v NZ Warriors - [Round 8, 2026]
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Evil_Mush
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Fun first half, tense as hell second half, didn't help ourselves with the dropsies and random penalties that were hard to figure out from the crowd to halt momentum and whatnot but held firm at least 
I'll take a 2 point win, but with a man advantage late should have definitely iced it earlier.
I'll watch the replay tomorrow to get more clarity hah!
UP DA WAHS to each and every one of you
I'll take a 2 point win, but with a man advantage late should have definitely iced it earlier.
I'll watch the replay tomorrow to get more clarity hah!
UP DA WAHS to each and every one of you
Two points is two points, and I’ll take it.
That said, we’re still making too many mistakes. Handling errors, little lapses in concentration, the sort of things that will cost us against better sides. We got away with it today. Lucky those moments didn’t come back to bite us, because they easily could have.
But again, we bank the win. That’s what matters at this stage of the season.
The event itself for ANZAC Day was done really well. The build-up had a great feel to it. You could see it in the crowd . Warriors gear everywhere, proper energy around the place.
The sound system absolutely goes. Loud, clear, and adds to the atmosphere.
Only downside for me is the stadium setup the crowd just feels too far away from the field. You lose a bit of that intensity you get when fans are right on top of the action.
And I’ve got to say it – the Mexican wave
Felt like half the crowd didn’t really know what was going on in the game. That still winds me up. We’re in the middle of tight moments and people are doing the wave… not for me. I guess a rugby city.
We’ve got the points, we move on.
Another two next week and then we hit the bye in a strong position. That’s the goal now , keep stacking wins, tidy up the errors, and build into something more consistent.
Plenty to like, but still plenty to fix.
That said, we’re still making too many mistakes. Handling errors, little lapses in concentration, the sort of things that will cost us against better sides. We got away with it today. Lucky those moments didn’t come back to bite us, because they easily could have.
But again, we bank the win. That’s what matters at this stage of the season.
The event itself for ANZAC Day was done really well. The build-up had a great feel to it. You could see it in the crowd . Warriors gear everywhere, proper energy around the place.
The sound system absolutely goes. Loud, clear, and adds to the atmosphere.
Only downside for me is the stadium setup the crowd just feels too far away from the field. You lose a bit of that intensity you get when fans are right on top of the action.
And I’ve got to say it – the Mexican wave
Felt like half the crowd didn’t really know what was going on in the game. That still winds me up. We’re in the middle of tight moments and people are doing the wave… not for me. I guess a rugby city.
We’ve got the points, we move on.
Another two next week and then we hit the bye in a strong position. That’s the goal now , keep stacking wins, tidy up the errors, and build into something more consistent.
Plenty to like, but still plenty to fix.
Were the crowd singing the ‘na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye’ song with 10 minutes to go, or was I hearing things?
Nah you heard right, there was a fight in the crowd and when security removed the guy the crowd started singing that.
Too many beers for some.
Ref
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Yes
Yep, hopeless
Noitall
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That was a big kick in the context of the game because he’d left a few points out there missing a couple of others, but to take the lead it definitely showed some resolve to own the moment. I was interested to see Demitric get visibly frustrated with him at one stage
I love how we are here talking about the number of mistakes we are making as being too high. We still completed at 85% this game. I swear most teams this weekend are completing in the 50s and 60s. If that is the lower end of our performances that the team gives us, I think we are in for a good year.
It was pretty noisy where I was sitting.
Or maybe that was just me?
It was a hard game for the crowd to get excited about. So many errors from both sides and so stop start.
But an awesome event. The crowd was huge and everyone seemed to have a good time. Please Warriors HQ can we have more games in Wellington?
CWC
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Thought Ford ran away from the support btw, ali ran to the other side probably why Egan couldn’t catch up, need to work on what they wanna do when a break happens, we have weapons out wide
Defense was pretty epic though too many mess ups in our half at the death and still held out
Gonna miss barney he kinda lifted the boys when he came on
Defense was pretty epic though too many mess ups in our half at the death and still held out
Gonna miss barney he kinda lifted the boys when he came on
sounds like your typical Hurricanes rugby game then aye?
Good to see AKP getting tries, but he's a bit Dallin '25 on defence. Got to trust his centre a bif more, given his positioning contributed to both of Isaako's tries. Webby alluded to it in the presser, when a journo asked about Lofi's scoring rate. A talented finisher but, "He is still learning our defensive patterns..."
One of them certainly he was too close to Roger and didnt trust RTS enough to make the tackle, but problem was not him. The Dolphins stacked that side and we were outnumbered from the get go. Our players in the middle slide out to nullify it.
I actually think our defence in the last two games on the edges, for the most part, have been better than we have been for a while. At least they have been proactive and taking the players which leads to slowing down the attack for our cover to come across, force an error or stop the play. Our reads seem to have improved.
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