Pick Your Team Storm v Warriors - [Round 6, 2025]

[mt.wellington]

Storm v Warriors - [Round 6, 2025]
PICK YOUR TEAM
13th April, 2pm AEST 4pm NZST
AAMI Park, Melbourne

WARRIORS HAVE THE BYE IN ROUND 5


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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...

WARRIORS HAVE THE BYE IN ROUND 5...​

 

[Noitall]

Dragons gave a template of getting a victory over storm, but they’ll have Hughes and NAS back. NAS can be hard to handle, but can be a bit of a liability for storm in recent times too. Bellamy might drop him back to Queensland cup for a stint?

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Dragons gave a template of getting a victory over storm, but they’ll have Hughes and NAS back. NAS can be hard to handle, but can be a bit of a liability for storm in recent times too. Bellamy might drop him back to Queensland cup for a stint?

I imagine NAS will be back, to counter our big boys.

It would be an immense effort to contain them with our current play style.

 

[Noitall]

I imagine NAS will be back, to counter our big boys.

It would be an immense effort to contain them with our current play style.

They know there’s massive work ons, but don’t think tigers are getting enough credit for how much they’ve improved. Round 1 we leaked points, but the following 2 games we were fairly good defensively. We came back fresh against manly and will have the opportunity to the same against storm after a bye

 

[sydneywarrior92]

I hope the boys savor the win tonight. They deserve that and have a well-earned rest before turning our attention to this immense task. NAS and Hughes will both be back. Storm really missed Hughes in particular. I suspect Melbourne will be back to their damaging best with their full compliment back on a dry track rather than the torrential conditions at Jubilee. I can't see us winning this, but if we keep it to 1-12, I think we can take a lot out of the game. I can see us beating Brisbane at Mt Smart though. 4/6 after the next 2 weeks would be ideal.

 

[Dannevegas]

Tauapiki
Pompey
Leiataua
Berry
Nicoll-klokstad
Metcalf
Harris-Tavita
Fisher-Harris
Egan
Barnett
Capewell
Niukore
Clark

Healey
Vaimauga
Ford
Halasima

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Great work Kosi but I'd like Berry to come in for this one. Wasn't the last time Kosi played the storm that 70-10 catastrophe in 2022?

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Can't wait for Leka vs Eli Katoa. Not sure if they are on the same edge but I'm sure they'll find each other on the field at some pt.

 

[run_it_str8_again]

Can't wait for Leka vs Eli Katoa. Not sure if they are on the same edge but I'm sure they'll find each other on the field at some pt.

I can't wait for Leka vs everybody. Particularly their edges and middles.

But it's really going to need this process thing where we trust what we're doing and not deviate.

Every other team's plan against us is to wear us down.

 

[run_it_str8_again]

1. CNK
2. Tuaupiki
3. Leiataua
4. Berry
5. Pompey
6. CHT
7. Metcalf

8. JFH
9. Egan
10. Barney
11. Capewell
12. Niukore
13. Clarke

14. TMM
15. Ford
16. Halasima
17. Vaimauga

18. Healey
19. Laban
20. EIT
21. Afoa
22. Anybody

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Surely Webby’s playing replays of Coates try from last year all week to get the team fired up.

 

[KO WAI RA]

If it’s a dry field then TMM time to shine….
Berry pushes in for Kosi…
Great game by Ed in the wet & hopefully carries that confidence back into Cup …..

This is our 1st benchmark game this season….!!!!!
Time to return that thunder bolt right up the storms rissoles…..
Let’s eat……

 

[MrFrankWhite]

No changes apart from Berry back.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

I can't wait for Leka vs everybody. Particularly their edges and middles.

But it's really going to need this process thing where we trust what we're doing and not deviate.

Every other team's plan against us is to wear us down.

I think most teams try to go around us rather than through us. That's what the tigers seem to be trying to do as it became clear that we were too strong for them through the middle.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Seems like last years game (minus the last 2 minutes) is a good model for how we should approach this game. We did outmuscle their pack (without NAS) for much of that game. If it wasn't for a late RTS error that gifted them rare field possession to snatch two tries in two minutes, we would have won that game.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

I don’t expect us to beat the Storm. Just be competitive and stay in the fight. Put the hurt on them a bit.

 

[The Undertaker]

1. CNK
2. Tuaupiki
3. Leiataua
4. Berry
5. Pompey
6. CHT
7. Metcalf

8. JFH
9. Egan
10. Barney
11. Capewell
12. Niukore
13. Clarke

14. TMM
15. Ford
16. Halasima
17. Vaimauga

18. Healey
19. Laban
20. EIT
21. Afoa
22. Anybody

As above but with Berry on Right and Ali on Left. Also TMM swaps with Afoa.

I thought Bunty did well against the Tigers. Melbourne can’t do to us what the Tigers did in that middle stint. We need to be tight between minute 30 and minute 50. I thought Bunty added some steel which meant JFH Barny and Erin could run over the top of their middle in the last 25-30 min. Tigers are a good side. They’ll be competitive in all games and I reckon could go close to the 8 - which probably means a traditional 9th place finish for them.

Bunty is strong defensively and he gets the nod over TMM/Healy for this game.

Still…. Two weeks of rest. Storm have eagles at 4 Pines first which will be a tough game. Turbo looks out though for 5-6 weeks (kind of the norm for them) but they are a different beast at home.

Still feet up this week and looking forward to Storm and Broncos getting beaten up whilst we iron out the wrinkles and work on attacking shapes.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

But worried about our outside backs and their meters.

*Tauapiki makes meters but not by bending the line
*Both Ali and Berry aren't meter eaters.
*Pompey also isn't a big meter water, averaging just over 100m this year.

Tbh I can't see how we fit TMM into that backline currently.

It makes me think that we might need someone like Kosi on a wing to help with those tough carries, as outside of CNK well struggle to make meters when we're getting in the grind with Melbourne

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

It makes me think that we might need someone like Kosi on a wing to help with those tough carries, as outside of CNK well struggle to make meters when we're getting in the grind with Melbourne

Cracks me up that prior to last night, no one wanted him anywhere near the team. (Not having a crack, I was one of them).

What a difference 24 hours makes..

 

[Bluecat]

I'm picking the same team that was supposed to be playing last night. Berry back in and Kosi out.
I would like to see Berry have a couple more weeks in the lower grade but I'm sure if he's fit he'll be playing first grade. As for which side he plays? Not sure. Does either he or Leiatua have a preferred side?

I can't see TMM getting back into the team in the near future unless there's an injury. I think Metcalf has a few more weeks grace to prove himself. And nobody did themselves any great harm last night apart from some embarrassing missed tackles up the middle so business as usual from AW