Post Match Warriors v Dolphins - [Round 12, 2024]

Warriors vs Dolphins
Warriors

Warriors

24 - 20
● LIVE
80:00

Go Media Stadium

26 May 2024

Dolphins

Dolphins

Match Statistics

Warriors Dolphins
4 Tries 4
4 / 4 Conversions 2 / 4
0/0 Field Goals 0/0
0/0 2P Field Goals 0/0
4 Try Assists 3
Warriors Dolphins
52% Possession 48%
35/6 Complete/Incomplete Sets 28/7
54 Time in Opp Half 46
1518m Metres Gained 1312m
5 Line Breaks 7
9 Offloads 7
25/582m Kicks/Metres 24/774m
Warriors Dolphins
8 Errors 7
0 Penalties Conceded 5
3 Set Restarts 2
30 Missed Tackles 35

Player Statistics

Warriors Players
# Player T Pts TA LB TB Off Tkl MT IT Pos DH K KM M E P
2 D. Watene-Zelezniak 1 4 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 27 1 0 0m 202m 0 0
22 E. Kosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 20 0 1 0m 157m 3 0
23 M. Graham-Taufa 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 5 0 17 1 1 12m 99m 0 0
4 A. Pompey 0 8 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 9 0 0 0m 55m 0 0
5 M. Montoya 0 0 1 1 3 2 6 4 0 17 0 0 0m 113m 0 0
20 C. Harris-Tavita 1 4 0 0 1 1 18 4 0 22 0 8 246m 66m 0 0
7 T. Martin 1 4 2 1 5 1 20 0 0 43 0 15 324m 45m 1 0
17 M. Niukore 1 4 0 1 4 0 14 2 0 11 0 0 0m 104m 0 0
18 P. Roache 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 1 0 0m 6m 0 0
10 B. Afoa 0 0 0 0 3 0 19 2 0 10 0 0 0m 77m 1 0
11 J. Ford 0 0 0 0 1 0 45 2 0 14 0 0 0m 91m 1 0
12 M. Barnett 0 0 0 1 2 1 23 2 0 20 0 0 0m 179m 0 0
13 D. Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 12 1 0 0m 72m 1 0
9 F. Lussick 0 0 1 0 1 0 39 1 0 7 2 0 0m 32m 0 0
14 T. Ale 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 1 0 13 0 0 0m 89m 0 0
15 J. Tevaga 0 0 0 0 3 0 26 2 0 14 0 0 0m 114m 1 0
16 J. Laban 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 0 3 0 0 0m 17m 0 0
Dolphins Players
# Player T Pts TA LB TB Off Tkl MT IT Pos DH K KM M E P
1 H. Tabuai-Fidow 1 4 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 26 1 0 0m 128m 2 0
2 J. Isaako 2 12 0 2 5 0 1 1 0 21 0 0 0m 105m 3 0
3 J. Averillo 0 0 0 1 3 0 8 0 0 15 0 0 0m 112m 0 0
4 H. Farnworth 1 4 1 3 10 1 12 1 0 18 1 0 0m 183m 0 0
5 J. Bostock 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 22 0 0 0m 168m 1 1
6 K. Nikorima 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 3 0 18 0 3 71m 21m 0 0
7 I. Katoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 9 0 55 0 21 703m 24m 1 0
8 J. Bromwich 0 0 0 0 1 1 23 2 0 12 0 0 0m 92m 0 0
9 J. Marshall-King 0 0 0 0 2 1 42 4 0 4 3 0 0m 25m 0 1
11 F. Kaufusi 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 10 0 0 0m 76m 0 0
17 C. Lemuelu 0 0 0 0 1 1 36 6 0 9 0 0 0m 70m 0 1
12 E. Aitken 0 0 0 0 3 2 47 0 0 13 0 0 0m 81m 0 1
13 M. Plath 0 0 0 0 1 1 45 2 0 8 1 0 0m 54m 0 0
10 M. Nicholls 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 0 10 0 0 0m 84m 0 0
14 J. Kerr 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0m 19m 0 0
15 K. Bromwich 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 0 4 0 0 0m 26m 0 1
16 R. Stone 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 6 0 0 0m 44m 0 0
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Posted this in the game day thread and said I would re post in this thread if we win...

Ok guys time for more beer talk....

I say lean into our ridiculous nightmare.

This post is for rugby league purists, a meta view of how to enjoy a game like today in difficult circumstance that we should on paper lose.

If you are a 'Warriors lose' -'Warriors bad' - guy/gal....skip and move onto the next post.

If you are a train spotting freak trying to make lemons from lem.....you get the point....

On the face of it we are literally fielding a team as scary as the one the Dolphins thrashed 34 to 10, round 27 last year. The game where Webster pulled all of his best players to cotton wool them and ran out his expendables.

Take a look at the side that day:

1. Taine Tuaupiki
2. Ed Kosi
3. Rocco Berry
4. Adam Pompey
5. Marcello Montoya
6. Te Maire Martin
7. Ronald Volkman
8. Bunty Afoa
9. Freddy Lussick
10. Barnett
11. Josh Curran
12. Marata Niukore
13. Dylan Walker

14. Bayley Sirronen
15. Tom Ale
16. Kalani Going
17. Paul Roache.


Spooky to look at the comparison of how depleted that Warriors side look compared to today right?

Like dejavu.

So today is an excellent measuring stick of Andrew Webster and the Warriors development programs progress.

The score to beat today is 34 Dolphins, 10 Warriors.

That is the litmus test the gauge the parallel to the last time we rolled out a C team.

Go the C team welcome back to the glitch in the Matrix against the exact same club that thumped you last year which was a Warriors epic season. Lets see what the same type of team can do from a form slump with backs to the wall.
 
I think it’s clear now.

We can only have players here that are fully invested in our kaupapa.

Because the last 2 weeks have been the best we’ve looked all season, and it’s been the bench players who have come in, with the role players still healthy really stepping up.

Some of the players currently out might not walk straight back into their jerseys.

Maybe a certain someone’s release request can be granted for the sake of team morale.

Regardless - what a win and past 2 weeks. Enjoy the bye round everyone!
 
Never been prouder of the club after that effort and 50 beers. How good was Graham-Taufa, reminds me of a young Blackmore, we've got another player there. Credit to Lussick too for playing the full 80. Ale was fending them off like swatting blowflies, our D was swarming like flies on shit. We're back baby, if I die in my sleep it was all worth it whanau.
 
DWZ at fullback was great. A bit of a throw back to pre Billy Slater where everyone wanted passing out the back as well.

Was like a 90's - early 2000's style fullback. Fast and running direct from the back to start our sets. Kind of like how CNK suits us better than Walsh with him being so dependable. DWZ probably suited us today with everyone out without a stable line up. Took his high balls and ran hard. The try was well deserved.

I was looking forward to seeing Tuaupiki back up. Enjoy the birth of your child young fella. It is a special time.
 
Good work from Pompey with his goal kicking. Isaako is a pretty good kicker as well but a few of there tries were on the side line.

Pompey getting his kicks helped stretch the lead.

I hope they don't just drop him when RTS is available. It should be debated. He is dependable on defence and if Johnson isn't kicking we have a goal kicker.
 
snake77 said:
Good work from Pompey with his goal kicking. Isaako is a pretty good kicker as well but a few of there tries were on the side line.

Pompey getting his kicks helped stretch the lead.

I hope they don't just drop him when RTS is available. It should be debated. He is dependable on defence and if Johnson isn't kicking we have a goal kicker.
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Yeah it's crazy how solid Pompey has been. Hasn't let us down this year (or last) and kicks goals well. Pompey centre with RTS wing maybe?
 
would be good if we could get Martin and Johnson to complement each other because Martin’s been awesome.

Ale and Afoa stood up big time in AFB absence. Niukore and Barney are absolute dogs.

Don’t know if I want to see Harris back, all respect to him but these boys are doing a job and we still have our 2 most promising young fords in cup.
 
Worried2Death said:
Never been prouder of the club after that effort and 50 beers. How good was Graham-Taufa, reminds me of a young Blackmore, we've got another player there. Credit to Lussick too for playing the full 80. Ale was fending them off like swatting blowflies, our D was swarming like flies on shit. We're back baby, if I die in my sleep it was all worth it whanau.
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MGT was better than all our noobs in the Webster era, he was incredible and did not even show his hand with his attack on the try line which will open a few eyes around here.

Moala is a guy I love because no one was talking him up, Zyon, Ali, Dimitric, Ale, Halasima got all the hype....while Moala was boiling away quietly in cup like a Brian To'o thick body threat on the three quarter line.

The exciting thing is this is the most No names we have ever seen debut in this clubs history and prove themselves NRL ready.

The insane thing is there are more....like Tupounia and Fatialofa...so many others you could name that do not get a mention in this forums threads.
 
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I thought Moala Graham-Taufa was exceptional!! Tbh I wasn’t expecting what he done I thought he’d get gassed and miss a million tackles on Herbie but fuck! He was awesome!!!

That tackle he made in goal it was only him there!! I never seen him go backwards while taking a hit up. Gonna be against the Berry fan boys but I’m on the MGT train now!
 
Was going to quote a post i made in the game day thread but tbh that just comes across as a bit of ego stroking,

Thought the turning point in that game came after the Hammer try. Felt like the Phins thought they had it wrapped up and we we're going to fold for them......they run it on the last from halfway (with that forward pass to Kodi) when they shouldve just put it in the corner.

Was clear then these guys wanted the easy win and weren't prepared to grind it out. Meanwhile our confidence grew in the grind and some of that defence to end the game was bloody mighty,
 
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The last two weeks shows webby's versatility as a coach. He's been criticised alot the last few weeks for the gameplan and bench selection when the results weren't forthcoming. He has clearly taken the criticism on board and addressed the shortcomings. The last two games we've seen so much added variety to the attack away from the one-dimensional play we were seeing only a short few weeks ago. That's the sign of a good coach.

I couldn't help but notice that in the lead up to the break, the first person webby was seen talking to was Kosi. He put his arm around him and probably was letting him know not to worry about the mistake he made leading up to the first try. He's definitely not first grade standard, but he certainly had a crack after that first error. That's all you could ask for from him.
 
I know we don't really care now, because we won, but did we score a try at the end of the first half that the NRL just ignored? If so, I think even though we won we should not let this slide. Every other team in the NRL, they at least check. Warriors.....no try.
 
Just read that Addin was in the gym working his backside off on game day and was among the best trainers last Thursday when news went public. Cameron George has said that Addin has been accountable for his actions and we move on. He said we love Addin and he is a big part of this team and is committed to having a successful rest of the season for the team - NRL.com.

If Webster and the team can move on and know the smaller details around it that we don’t…. I’m sure we can all agree that we should continue to support Webster decisions and support our alpha! Let’s go! Past is past… he can only control what he does next ….as can we!
 
Ever Hopeful said:
I really hope that we see a much more balanced attack when SJ is back. Both halfs touching the ball a lot more, with us using our whole team rather than just the one side. No more SJ monopoly.
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We saw TMM playing dominant half in Panthers game because we needed him to with CNK there at 6. Tonight you saw a really good balance with TMM and CHT. At times they swapped sides, both got involved, shared the kicking and had their own input. That's what I was hoping to see from SJ and TMM. Regardless of whether TMM or CHT are at 6, hopefully SJ, and Egan, have been watching.

There doesn't look to be any egos in the team the last two weeks and everyone working hard and supporting each other. Everyone is stepping up and contributing because they are being allowed to.
 
The valuable thing the last two weeks was it showed Webby has the game plan or solutions and players need to have healthy competition and discipline to play in the 17, even if you are the captain or the highest paid prop on the game, and the coach is willing to pull the trigger if you are not up to premiership chasing attitude or standard
 
Watching the Sky 51 replay, the opening prologue gave me goosebumps

TMM was in football god mode in that 60-70th minute choke

CHT playing to his strength backing up, and SJ type bombs from halfway

Moala I thought was CNK, we had these guys in the backyard!?

DWZ grew into the game, some clunks (pass to Kosi too high etc), but overall a fantastic fill in

Pompey is our No.1 centre, ironman and kicks goals, kick offs too. Monty was immense back to pre-extension form

Ale continues to be a beast, shows he has an offload game, needs to calm down a bit

Afoa 🤯🤯🤯

Marata was immense, aggressive on defense too, IMO we don’t win without him. Was he playing middle or edge at the end??

Jazz, Walker, Ford all good, Walker gave Ford a hospital pass lol

Barney could be co-captain for the rest of the season, what an inspirational story this year

PS As an introvert, is TMM 1 of those shy guys and sits back at meetings and work, even if he has the experience, talents and ideas? Looks like one. Especially when SJ is dominant and an icon in NZ? Webby needs to make sure he takes the talking ball off SJ and let TMM contribute and plan/execute ideas for the sake of the team balance and attacking threats going forward “Thank you Shaun, Te Maire what do you think?” 🤣
 
Falcon said:
Barnett just keeps getting better!
Moala Graham -Taufa bought speed and energy to today and looked at home in first grade.
The thing I’ve noticed the past two weeks is a loosening off of over structured game plan - heck there have even been some off loads in the tackles!
DWZ - 0-100Kmh in 3 seconds.
Love this team! 💪🏾
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Thought Ale played his best game ever yesterday.
Monty also very good.
 
As I mentioned in the gameday thread, the minute we switched up to the NSWarriors, we stopped giving up soft ruck penalties. I'm pretty sure we were giving up multiple penalties for slowing the ruck, cos the old fellas couldn't get up and back 10. Last two weeks we have looked much fitter and faster and no surprise, winning the penalty and 6 again counts.
 
Just a few late thoughts on the game.

- MGT is one hearty mofo. Second and Third run on the exit set are tough carries and he was getting pcms all day. Defence is FG standard.
- Bunty made Plath his bitch.
- Dyl Walker's speed and ball playing at the line generates good mid set momentum - this suits Ale and Jazz.
- Where to fit SJ? TMM has shown the control enough to run that right side and get the team around. Also some 1v1 defensive efforts have been heroic. Let SJ make magic on the left side?
- Pompey surely has won his spot over RTS. Just so safe and has good hands for his winger because he doesn't get rushed and shut down like Roger.
- Niukore's impact on the edge has been sorely missed. His lack of match fitness is to Laban's benefit. The rise of the Webby Era stable is a pleasing sign towards the top 30 all being capable of first grade.
The last 2 weeks the aggression and intent in contact has won it for us because we're not relying on stars to carry us - no point in having icing without a cake.
- The thought of a Barnett and JFH combo next year is mouthwatering.
 
Garry Saloon said:
The bombs with Berry are great. They keep us in the right end of the field they were never the problem.
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Trapping the opposition inside their 10 is a powerful play for sure. And yes, the major issue with it, was our discipline after we had done it.

However, when our gameplan is so incredible simplistic, it becomes robotic. There is no eyes up footy, you almost have muscle memory taking over. The opposition knows what we are going to do, builds a corresponding gameplan, and gains confidence from it. And I believe the NRL will encourage refs to manage ultra-conservative tactics.

I definitely don't want to see it disappear entirely, but I'd like to see the whole team using their skills and intuition together rather than playing the percentages to that degree.
 
Been critical of TMM in the past but in the last two performances he has really stood up. HIs defence and workrate was fantastic yday. Those repeat sets were master-like.

How well has Chanel blended into the team? We have the makings of a really good team here if we can just learn to add some flair and unopredictability into the side. SJ, Egan and Berry being out at the same time has been a good wakeup call to the coaching staff where much of the strategy has been devised around them.
 
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