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

[Falcon]

Marata + Bunty to start in the front row.
Ford and Leka in the back row with Clark at Lock.

Bench
Vaumanga
Leban
TSS
Healy / Ale

 

[sup42]

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.

Capewell will be Captain.

I watched the Vegas game again this morning and I hope we play Capewell at Center too.

Thing about Vegas is our defence was not terrible, we were well positioned, we were hustling and trying hard, but the Raiders dynamic and difficult to contain attack wrong footed our guys time and again and we went down hard.

That is the problem with the Raiders, dynamic attack that wrong foots you, ball movement, angles, second phase, all the shit the old school Warriors sides were famous for.

It has finally clicked for me that the Raiders play New Zealand rugby League in the traditional sense of what New Zealand rugby league is. They are amazing eyes up play what is in front of you players and stay live with the ball players.

Kind of ironic that the threat to the Warriors is Kiwi Rugby league style attack.

All that said if Capewell plays Center then yes we can cut them off at their main strike points in the Centers. Capewell and Pompey will make a huge difference from the Vegas game.

And of course in Vegas they beat us in the middle yet here we are going up against them with even weaker Warriors middles.

Ergo the winning of this game will be whether Capewell plays center and whether the Warriors middle forward B side go nuclear on the Raiders and match up with far more vaunted and bigger NRL veterans.

In summary:

We can win if Capewell plays center and our middle forward replacements can hold the center. It is that simple.

Real stretch to win without Fish or Barney. Jackson Ford is back however so we have another hard worker, we are just lacking that hard Edge from the captains. It will be our biggest win to date if we win without the captains. Go hard boys.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Real stretch to win without Fish or Barney. Jackson Ford is back however so we have another hard worker, we are just lacking that hard Edge from the captains. It will be our biggest win to date if we win without the captains. Go hard boys.

Dogs beat them with a much more depleted pack than the one we will be fielding only last week. Dogs knew they didn't have to dominate the middle, just hold their own or close to parity and then win enough field possession to exploit their significant defensive deficiencies out wide. Canberra's youthful outside backs are both a source of strength and weakness for them. Savage, Tamale possess speed and serious attacking threats but can be defensive turnstiles. You only need to look back to their previous 2 home games where they conceded 30 and 32 respectively in one single half against the Dolphins and Bulldogs respectively. Weeks is also a defensive liability under the high ball. He has single handedly cost Canberra two games this year with his poor kick defusal (think Manly rd 3 and Cowboys rd 4).

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

209m from RTS last night plus earned x2 penalties coming out of yardage. He makes errors, but less so then Kosi, and Tuaupiki only made 115m on that Wing last week. RTS's spot isn't in jeopardy this season.

What the hell is this world coming too!

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

1 C N Klokstad
2 D W Zelezniak
3 K Capewell c
4 A Pompey
5 R T Sheck
6 C H Tavita
7 L Metcalf
8 B Afoa
9 W Egan c
10 M Niukore
11 L Halasima
12 J Laban
13 E Clark

14 S Healey
15 J Ford
16 D Vaimauga
17 T Ale

18 E I Toeava
20 T S Smith
21 T Boyd
22 M G Taufa
23 T Tuaupiki

 

[Po11um]

Hope the home advantage helps with a weaker team

 

[Riz]

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.

Exactly the same team I'd be going with, EIT deserves his debut and provides a bit of versatility off the bench.

 

[CWC]

Capewell will be Captain.

I watched the Vegas game again this morning and I hope we play Capewell at Center too.

Thing about Vegas is our defence was not terrible, we were well positioned, we were hustling and trying hard, but the Raiders dynamic and difficult to contain attack wrong footed our guys time and again and we went down hard.

That is the problem with the Raiders, dynamic attack that wrong foots you, ball movement, angles, second phase, all the shit the old school Warriors sides were famous for.

It has finally clicked for me that the Raiders play New Zealand rugby League in the traditional sense of what New Zealand rugby league is. They are amazing eyes up play what is in front of you players and stay live with the ball players.

Kind of ironic that the threat to the Warriors is Kiwi Rugby league style attack.

All that said if Capewell plays Center then yes we can cut them off at their main strike points in the Centers. Capewell and Pompey will make a huge difference from the Vegas game.

And of course in Vegas they beat us in the middle yet here we are going up against them with even weaker Warriors middles.

Ergo the winning of this game will be whether Capewell plays center and whether the Warriors middle forward B side go nuclear on the Raiders and match up with far more vaunted and bigger NRL veterans.

In summary:

We can win if Capewell plays center and our middle forward replacements can hold the center. It is that simple.

That’s pretty depressing knowing we will have BOTH starting props out this time

At least Leka and Demi will get big minutes this time, plus Laban, maybe we need youth to win it

 

[MrFrankWhite]

At least Leka and Demi will get big minutes this time, plus Laban, maybe we need youth to win it

So much attention on Leka, Laban is flying under the radar. He was phenomenal on defense on the weekend

 

[3rdstriker]

Hope the home advantage helps with a weaker team

Be careful just because we're young doesn't mean we're weak

 

[The Undertaker]

My Team for the Raiders

1. CNK
2. DWZ
3. Ali (if available) otherwise Capewell
4. Pompey
5. RTS
6. CHT
7. Metcalf
8. Niukore
9. Egan (c)
10. Ford
11. Halasima
12. Laban (Capewell if Ali is fit)
13. Clark

14. Healy
15. Vaimauga
16. Afoa / TSS
17. TSS / Laban

18. TMM
19. EIT
20. MGT
21. Kosi
22. Lussick
23. Ale

HEALY Over TMM as we need power in the forwards this week.

Still a solid team.

 

[miket12]

Man, my brain is running a bit slower than its normal snail's pace today..... I was wondering why the team hadn't been announced yet.... then I remembered it's only Monday!!! DOH!!!!

 

[CWC]

So much attention on Leka, Laban is flying under the radar. He was phenomenal on defense on the weekend

Didn’t realize his body was this huge, he could be the next Katoa

 

[Ref]

TT
RTS
Pompey
CNK
DWZ
CHT
Metcalf
Niukore
Egan
Bunty
Halasima
Capewell
Clark

Ford
TSS
TMM
Vaumaga

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Didn’t realize his body was this huge, he could be the next Katoa

Hes undergoing the Coates effects. Hes morphing into an old man with a mustache instead of a kid with facial hair

 

[CWC]

Hes undergoing the Coates effects. Hes morphing into an old man with a mustache instead of a kid with facial hair

 

[run_it_str8_again]

If you're attending the game please make a massive sign saying

UP THE REFS!!!

Then we can get some more free knock ons and forward passes. That should help again.

 

[CWC]

Thinking our top pack planned for playoffs in a few months would be

Fish/Clark/Marata the aggressors and Barney/Capewell leaders

Leka off the bench with Demi and Ford, Laban next up

Like we have a serious pack here

 

[cock_o]

My Team for the Raiders

1. CNK
2. DWZ
3. Ali (if available) otherwise Capewell
4. Pompey
5. RTS
6. CNK
7. Metcalf
8. Niukore
9. Egan (c)
10. Ford
11. Halasima
12. Laban (Capewell if Ali is fit)
13. Clark

14. Healy
15. Vaimauga
16. Afoa / TSS
17. TSS / Laban

18. TMM
19. EIT
20. MGT
21. Kosi
22. Lussick
23. Ale

HEALY Over TMM as we need power in the forwards this week.

Still a solid team.

How good would it be to have 2 of CNK

 

[3rdstriker]

[QUOTE="sup42,
Capewell will be Captain.

Doesn't that honour usually go to Egan?