Gameday Sydney City Roosters v NZ Warriors - [Round 1, 2026]

[wizard of Tauranga]

Great half of footy!

Biggest positive for me is no injuries, which is very important when your playing the teams in spoon contention…

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Just go on with it!

 

[CWC]

Best half since cowboys game?

 

[afakasi247]

Honestly we look pretty sharp
Effort way better

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

How good was that

Still pissed of ali's "tackle" though

Its a concern

 

[sup42]

Just imagine what young Gannon is thinking right now watching this.

His mind and heart will be racing eh....after a preseason with his new mates, young athletic side, seeing it come together against a club he grew up thinking was the bench mark in the Roosters.....

Dudes family will be yelling in the cold of the North of England gathered around the telly.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Best half since cowboys game?

Pls don't suggest we need our heart pills again this yr

 

[BabylonPink]

So what I'll say so far.
We have look to evolved.
Kept the same defensive standards and game plan as last year.
But now we are more emotive in attack more risky prepared to play.
What webby said basically.

I'll add CHT and the left edge looks amazing. WoW. Metcalf and the right , plus Barney, wow.

 

[Canonball]

We're playing some fucking footy.

fuck yeah we are - this team is for real - it's like this is the first time ive really seen the game plan roll and keep rolling

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Man I am fucking erect.

How good. Leka, Fish, Clark largely play the last 25-30 min which is exciting as I feel we kinda started to lose a bit of direction in that last 10 minutes or so.

 

[skinnydippng]

i need to say it and please let me have it just this once i love chanel that's my goat that's our 6 i hope he gets the respect he deserves

 

[xWarrior]

For all the ball we’ve had our attack is pretty bad.
Roosters look like they will score everytime they get the ball.

 

[Inruin]

Looks like Webby has taken the shackles off. We've had just about everything go our way too. I'd rather watch us play like this regardless of the result, than dour grinding footy.. This is much more fitting of our clubs DNA

 

[Dannevegas]

How good was that

Still pissed of ali's "tackle" though

I’m so bummed about Him and Kali I thought they were gonna be our game breakers in the top side

 

[BabylonPink]

I could imagine TMM at 7 now ripping it up, short passing his go too.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Capewell my player of the half. Running good lines, setting up Boyd’s try and his own.

Boyd is playing with confidence.

The forward pack is bullying their pack.

I found Laban was struggling with the 1%er, not doing the work off the ball where 2 breakaways got through that shouldn’t have.

Games not over yet - there will be a lot of square ups second half. We need to not drop off and let them back into it.

 

[Evil_Mush]

Liking the effort so far, not perfect and some luck going our way (thanks for burning your challenge Roosters ), but feeling positive.

Please go on with it boys

 

[BabylonPink]

Looks like Webby has taken the shackles off. We've had just about everything go our way too. I'd rather watch us play like this regardless of the result, than dour grinding footy.. This is much more fitting of our clubs DNA

It's evolution. You gotta start with simple defensive foundations. Now the attacks been figured out.

 

[xWarrior]

Capewell my player of the half. Running good lines, setting up Boyd’s try and his own.

Boyd is playing with confidence.

The forward pack is bullying their pack.

I found Laban was struggling with the 1%er, not doing the work off the ball where 2 breakaways got through that shouldn’t have.

Games not over yet - there will be a lot of square ups second half. We need to not drop off and let them back into it.

Yea leka provides more
But it’s also like having a weapon to unload off the bench

 

[JaggedJ]

Is this the best round 1 first half we have ever played?

Dogs in 2019 would go close - terrible year though.

Our best round 1 was probably 1996. Held the Broncos to 0 without breaking a sweat.