Pick Your Team Warriors v Raiders - [Round 12, 2025]

[roguei]

why? We are the form team of the comp having won the last 5 and 8 of the last 9. We are at home and in front of a packed crowd. The betting seems fair for once.

I think any team will find it tough when you lose your captain. Let alone both of em.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

I think any team will find it tough when you lose your captain. Let alone both of em.

they will be missing three of their best forwards for this game too. Both teams are in the same boat injury/SOO wise.

 

[roguei]

they will be missing three of their best forwards for this game too. Both teams are in the same boat injury/SOO wise.

Gotta disagree. We are both missing major parts of our great forward packs, but we'll be missing a large chunk of leadership. They will not be, if anything that part might improve with horse gone.

 

[Makasene]

Assuming Capewell & Barnett are on Origin stand down and JFH suspended

1. CNK
2. DWZ
3. RTS
4. Pompey
5. TT
6. CHT
7. LM
8. Niukore
9. Egan
10. Bunty
11. Laban
12. Halasima
13. Clark

14. Healey
15. Ford
16. Vaimaunga
17. TSS

 

[Tohu’s_Knees]

Niukore < Tapine
Egan > Starling
Ford < Papa
Halasima < Hosking (JUST, Leka fanboy btw)
Laban - Sasagi
Clark > Smithies

It’s Tapine and Papa that concern me. They essentially still have their alpha. I’m not confident Ford and Niukore can go with them. Hopefully Bunty plays tbh.

Selfishly I hope Capewell doesn’t get selected for origin. (He probably deserves it tbh)

With more dominant forwards and a dynamic backline with no injuries. Lead by a controlling Half and running 6. I don’t see us winning this game. Happily be wrong btw.

I just don’t feel we have enough strike in our backline. It’s a shame Ali in injured as watching the Raiders v Titans game. Timoko side looks a little soft. Hopefully CHT-Pompey and RTS can expose it.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

we'll see on Sunday. I recall you said pretty much the same thing in the lead up to the Broncos game that we'd get rolled by their superior forwards. Didn't really turn out that way from memory. Dogs have a smaller pack than ours and ended up handling them just fine last week.

Niukore < Tapine
Egan > Starling
Ford < Papa
Halasima < Hosking (JUST, Leka fanboy btw)
Laban - Sasagi
Clark > Smithies

It’s Tapine and Papa that concern me. They essentially still have their alpha. I’m not confident Ford and Niukore can go with them. Hopefully Bunty plays tbh.

Selfishly I hope Capewell doesn’t get selected for origin. (He probably deserves it tbh)

With more dominant forwards and a dynamic backline with no injuries. Lead by a controlling Half and running 6. I don’t see us winning this game. Happily be wrong btw.

I just don’t feel we have enough strike in our backline. It’s a shame Ali in injured as watching the Raiders v Titans game. Timoko side looks a little soft. Hopefully CHT-Pompey and RTS can expose it.

 

[Tohu’s_Knees]

we'll see on Sunday. I recall you said pretty much the same thing in the lead up to the Broncos game that we'd get rolled by their superior forwards. Didn't really turn out that way from memory. Dogs have a smaller pack than ours and ended up handling them just fine last week.

I’ll own it. The boys proved me wrong.

But if you look at the numbers Haas and Carrigan pretty much did roll us.
We obviously matched up fairly well on the night to cancel it out.

The rest of the Broncos are just grossly out of form. In particular Walsh on the night who was playing with 1 leg.

I’ll happily take the win btw. That night and this Sunday

 

[Blain]

Reports from Aus are saying Barnett stayed in Aus, and Capewell came home. So I think we will have Capewell thankfully.

I would go;

CNK
DWZ
Pompey
RTS
Taine
CHT
Metcalf
Marata
Egan
Afoa/Ale
Halasima
Capewell
Clark

Healey
Ford (50 mins+)
Demetric (not sure why he got 15 minutes, I heard HIA but don't think so?)
Laban

Capewell was great in the centres, but we're down in troops and need our best 17 on the field, and Taine is in that group easily. Healey to give us some energy with 20 to go. Really needed Fish this week, someone is going to have to front up to Tapine and Papalii..

Laban seems to have the motor of a lock, if he's done some training there defensively he could do some minutes there you would think.

 

[~Navigator~]

Assuming Capewell & Barnett are on Origin stand down and JFH suspended

1. CNK
2. DWZ
3. RTS
4. Pompey
5. TT
6. CHT
7. LM
8. Niukore
9. Egan
10. Bunty
11. Laban
12. Halasima
13. Clark

14. Healey
15. Ford
16. Vaimaunga
17. TSS

Kurt Capewell spotted flying out of Queensland
Gilbert was tipped to start in the second-row for Slater in Origin 1, but is now no chance of playing. Considering Capewell has 10 games of Origin experience and can play in the back-row or centres, some felt he might retain his place after Gilbert went down.

But AAP reporter Joel Gould revealed that Capewell was flying out of Brisbane airport on Sunday morning, effectively ruling him out of contention. "Unless a spate of injuries today he won’t be coming back," Gould wrote on social media.

 

[sup42]

That’s good news for us with JFH and Barnett out

Great news.

I couldn't give a stuff about the Australian rep trials compared to the Warriors.

 

[CWC]

Reports from Aus are saying Barnett stayed in Aus, and Capewell came home. So I think we will have Capewell thankfully.

I would go;

CNK
DWZ
Pompey
RTS
Taine
CHT
Metcalf
Marata
Egan
Afoa/Ale
Halasima
Capewell
Clark

Healey
Ford (50 mins+)
Demetric (not sure why he got 15 minutes, I heard HIA but don't think so?)
Laban

Capewell was great in the centres, but we're down in troops and need our best 17 on the field, and Taine is in that group easily. Healey to give us some energy with 20 to go. Really needed Fish this week, someone is going to have to front up to Tapine and Papalii..

Laban seems to have the motor of a lock, if he's done some training there defensively he could do some minutes there you would think.

Demi copped Kosi’s swinging arm in the eye, played 4+ min before “HIA” then another 10+ min second stint so should be fine for the next game

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

one Negative thing Is it looks like Corey horsborough sp? didn't make queensland soo team so he'll play us.

 

[Five&Last]

Last week

1. CNK
2. DWZ
3. Capewell
4. Pompey
5. RTS
6. CHT
7. LM
8. Marata
9. Egan
10. Bunty
11. Leka
12. Laban
13. Erin

14. TMM
15. Demetric
16. Ford
17. Eddie

I think Eddie to make his debut this week. They'll need some second row cover minutes off the bench if Laban starts.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Capewell's been doing good in the centres for the last little while, and building that combination with LM, so we reckon he stays there this week? Our forward stocks seem better than our back stocks atm, so might see another week there
? Then we've likely got one of Ali or Berry back next week so problem solved

I also think Niukore has been pretty good in the back row so I can't see him being moved.

CNK
DWZ
Capewah
Pompey
RTS
LM
CHT
Ford
Egan
Vaimauga
Niukore
Leka
Clark

Healy/TMM
Bunty
TSS
Laban

Would love Vaimauga to get a start with the outs that we have. Give him a taste of the starting team and see if he steps up to the challenge, which is quite different from coming off the bench

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

one Negative thing Is it looks like Corey horsborough sp? didn't make queensland soo team so he'll play us.

18th man apparently. Will find out in a couple of hours anyway

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Great news.

I couldn't give a stuff about the Australian rep trials compared to the Warriors.

It means a lot to the players though.

I'm also happy that he's playing this weekend, but he's got to be gutted and he's definitely in some of his best form at the moment.

 

[RobRoyMcCoy]

If Horsburgh is named 19th man for Queensland, does that mean he can play for Canberra or not?

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

If Horsburgh is named 19th man for Queensland, does that mean he can play for Canberra or not?

19th yes 18th no

 

[Warriorsfan92]

So round 12 starting props, bunty & ford?

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Capewell remaining in the side this week is great. Capewell/Pomps is definitely the best defensive center pairing we have. Timoko/Kris will find it very hard to breach our edges with those two out there. Capes in particular made Herbie look like a cup player at times last week. Only 3 weeks previously, Herbie was making mince meat out of the Raiders edge defense.