Team List Warriors v Cowboys - [Round 9, 2025]

[Tohu’s_Knees]

It’s Leka vs Nanai that’s got me excited. I hope Leka carves him up.

 

[Noitall]

Big opportunity for Ali to make a statement

Not sure if seeing him on one news put him in your mind but great to see him further confirm that the group of him, Halasima, Vaimauga and Laban want to stay at the club long term. What a time to be a Warriors supporter

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Not sure if seeing him on one news put him in your mind but great to see him further confirm that the group of him, Halasima, Vaimauga and Laban want to stay at the club long term. What a time to be a Warriors supporter

Guru on the Bloke podcast made a comment about meeting them during Vegas. He mentioned how those young players in particular stick together and have formed a very close bond and how it reminded him of how tight players within the Penrith system were.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Nothing out of the ordinary. This team can do a job in the middle against the cows. Came across an interesting stat that we have the lowest number of tackles in our own 20 in the comp by far. We also have the highest number of tackles in the opposition 20 by far. If we repeat that trend for this game, we go a long way to shutting down the cows spine and winning this game.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Having just rewatched a couple of the cowboys games, they play a lot like Manly. They like to go sideways a lot during their own half and take advantage of their speed on the edges and through their ball running spine players. They are also in the bottom half for completion rates however: their high risk play makes them susceptible to a rushing, compressed defensive line like ours. If we get them into a grind, we can force a lot of errors out of them. Even in that Titans game, they turned over a lot of ball that a better side would have converted into a bigger lead than 18-12 at half time.

it's also evident that their backline is both their greatest strength and greatest weakness. Jaxson Purdue and Derby are young talented speedsters who can finish tries from anywhere but they are also still learning the defensive game. They have had a couple of shockers this year- Olakuatu absolutely gave Purdue a bath in their first game of the year against Manly. If Leka is on that edge, Webby will know what to do. We already know about Vailea's weaknesses given his time here. He doesn't seem to have addressed those during his time at the cows. Bateman also isn't the same player he was at Canberra. He's now a poor man's Capewah with none of his defensive traits. The Vailea/Bateman edge has leaked quite a few pts also.

One thing we should be careful of is their bench. They have started slow in many of their games, but they score a lot of their tries in the 30-50 minute mark of games when they bring on Neame/Hess. They've turned a lot of games for them this year. Gotta look to mitigate that impact, so Ford, Demi and Bunty have an important defensive job to do when they come on. If we can do that, we'll go a long way to winning this game.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Big game for us. With Canberra vs Storm, a win here puts us in outright 3rd and 2 pts ahead of 4th and 6 pts ahead of 8th. Also given 13 wins are needed for finals, we'd already be halfway to finals before origin hits. And that's before our triple bangers are even back in the side (DWZ, RTS, JFH).

 

[CWC]

Having 3 origin forwards and a kiwi captain in the pack would be pretty gangster

 

[sydneywarrior92]

This stat is what gives me confidence that we will win this game. Cows deadly attack is meaningless if they don't ever get out of their red zone. It's how we blunted even deadlier attacking teams like Manly and Brisbane.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Nice stats shows that our halves are combining even with clunkiness and a lack of polish.
Once they get some more experience we're going to be a bit of a force

We are dominating the league in meterage WITHOUT i) our marquee forward JFH and ii) our first choice wingers: RTS and DWZ. RTS and DWZ are both almost 200+ meters a game on a good day. JFH is good for 120-150m per game. Just imagine what our go forward is going to look like with all our triple bangers back in. Any halves pairing in the comp would kill for a forward pack that performs like ours. Halves clicking is what is blocking us from being a genuine top 4 team imo because we already have a top 4 performing pack.

 

[Lord Gnome of Mooloolaba]

Lot of Wahs shirts in Brisbane today.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

My wife surprised me & purchased tix to the games(Whole weekend) flights(Perth to Brissy) for magic round. Her folks live 15 mins from Suncorp. So our accom is sorted. I've never been to suncorp. And its been a dream of mine to watch a game there. Bit of bucket list trip for me. Feel like a kid again , Excited! Lol. Hope the boys get the W! I'll be smiling for the rest of the year.

 

[Warriorsfan92]

Rumours of a Healey debut

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Healey spotted at Auckland airport travelling with the FG team.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Are we about to witness one of the great one-two hooker combos in Warriors history...

Exciting times alright

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

 

[The Warrior Waka]

dam bro your darling must love you so much - I very jelly lol

We haven't been on a holiday in 5 years bro. Well deserved for both of us. She's a wahs fan too. Wears the jerseys i get her, Watches the games with me. And doesn't know one players name