General Warriors Preseason 2026

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Jett with the ball in the bin

The players since Webster took over always say they are the happy Warriors.

Especially the guys from over the ditch, the relaxed fun culture is new to them.

It shows in these vids.

Very different to the scene under our other coaches, none of them unfortunately had the fun thing worked out because of the pressure of the club underperforming.

Having said that if you cast your mind way back to Happy Frank Edacott, he had a contented side that did ok given what we learned was going on off field. But Frank didn't have the training that Webster has had, nor the support of his owners and CEO.

These are our best years off the field, long many it last, a strong top four club is inevitable if you understand how to make a structured culture that suits all your ethnic groups.

People have claimed that the Poly players needed a special kind of management, well.....they have it....the young ones are thriving, the team is always fitter than the opposition or on par.
 

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The players since Webster took over always say they are the happy Warriors.

Especially the guys from over the ditch, the relaxed fun culture is new to them.

It shows in these vids.

Very different to the scene under our other coaches, none of them unfortunately had the fun thing worked out because of the pressure of the club underperforming.

Having said that if you cast your mind way back to Happy Frank Edacott, he had a contented side that did ok given what we learned was going on off field. But Frank didn't have the training that Webster has had, nor the support of his owners and CEO.

These are our best years off the field, long many it last, a strong top four club is inevitable if you understand how to make a structured culture that suits all your ethnic groups.

People have claimed that the Poly players needed a special kind of management, well.....they have it....the young ones are thriving, the team is always fitter than the opposition or on par.
Webster creates competition to the point of even seeing who can drink the closest to a mark that’s marked on a bottle. This is just another one of those, also a great way to challenge the players against each other for their selected positions. He’s got that and it’s healthy with players seemingly putting the club first and respecting the decision of others selected and working harder rather than dropping lips
 

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Sounds alright, couldn't get my brats to kick it without a gamming controller.
It's getting to that stage. My wife is better than me at getting them off their devices. If they aren't on their devices they are outside sending the balls over the fence.

Had one of the neighbours comment on teaching them some control. He doesn't realise it's not just his place. We get balls thrown back from all directions.

The funny thing is the neighbours throw them back. Sometimes I see tennis balls or balls I've never seen before. I have to figure out if I should be mad that they haven't put things away or its a ball being returned from the neighbour.

Mine are expert window smashers too
Been lucky We haven't had that. I've reinforced the back with double glazing as it is all the bedrooms. Also reinforced the deck in places a few years ago in preperation for them getting bigger and having more power.

Feels like our house is under attack sometimes with the balls hitting the deck or windows at the back of the house.

The front of the house we landscaped putting in a turning bay and rebuilt the sunroom. Before that they used to play out the front. Our small front yard looked like it had been trampled by a dozen horses. It was a miracle none of the old single glazed windows were ever smashed.
 

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Steer the team to 3 wins out of 11 games??
Maybe he could do better with a new 6 and 1. But everyone’s acting like he hasn’t had a shot yet, we did go decent against the panthers in the semi tbf.
I’d like to see a Boyd, Martin and Roger spine.
He's next guy up so that's what's likely to happen. Even though he shit the bed against Newcastle and had to be saved by Super Leka it counts as a win under his watch. I'm by no means his cheer squad but I can't see anybody else getting to drive unless he's got herpes. I mean an injury
 

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I was curious about how those hangtimes compare NRL wide, and the biggest I can find is a Burton bomb clocking in at 5.35 seconds (25% higher/longer than ours).
I wonder what a Cooper Cronk and SJ hang time would be.
They had bombs that came down with snow on the ball.
 
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