Post Match Warriors vs Broncos - [Round 7, 2025]

[1995warriorsfan]

I haven't read all the thread but we are currently 3rd. WFT.

 

[Gods_17]

I forgot to mention, Clark. He looks to big to be a #13 in this day and age of footy but By J3sus he was massive today. Can't wait till he get's over the paint!

 

[Gods_17]

The good: Ground down and overpowered their forward pack. Young guns continue to impress, going to be well set going forward.
The bad: Ford, Kosi, Pompey. Attack looks clunky as anything. I’d like to see TMM or Boyd get a run.
I like the hypothetical look of our full strength team once everyone’s back. If we can keep playing hard while down on troops we’ll be set up for a strong push in the middle to late season.
Cautiously optimistic.

The Good, the Bad and the Cautiously Optimistic. That's a Great Title for Our Boys!

 

[run_it_str8_again]

You won’t make the 8 carrying Kosi. It’s beyond a joke now.

We might have to. And as of tonight we are in the 8. Weird

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

Cuddles is actually nailing the bench usage this year if you ignore rd 1, no one is sneaking on for 5 minutes at the end, does not have Tohu anymore to try and ruin over 80 so minutes are shared around well. Laban looked impactful. Gosh Ford is a trier.

Strange game for the fullbacks, they shoulda taken Walsh off and put Cobbo back there to break a tackle on a kick return. Reecey just lying down every time really helped us pin them.

Taine got better as it went on, looked kind of slow and tentative at the start.

Metcalf clutching that hand grenade from capewell was unreal, how you can demonstrate that bit of skill and then spray a FG from right in front - what a strange player.

 

[Dannevegas]

With us sitting in 3rd and playing no where near to our potential imo I wonder if we could really push for a top 4 spot this year. We’re one of the best at getting into attacking red zones but struggle to execute due to our spine.
I think this side at full strength will take us up a few levels,

Martin
Tuivasa-scheck
Leiataua
Berry
Watene-zelezniak
Metcalf
Boyd
Fisher-Harris
Egan
Barnett
Halasima
Niukore
Clark

Harris-Tavita
Ford
Vaimauga
Afoa

 

[CWC]

Cuddles is actually nailing the bench usage this year if you ignore rd 1, no one is sneaking on for 5 minutes at the end, does not have Tohu anymore to try and ruin over 80 so minutes are shared around well. Laban looked impactful. Gosh Ford is a trier.

Strange game for the fullbacks, they shoulda taken Walsh off and put Cobbo back there to break a tackle on a kick return. Reecey just lying down every time really helped us pin them.

Taine got better as it went on, looked kind of slow and tentative at the start.

Metcalf clutching that hand grenade from capewell was unreal, how you can demonstrate that bit of skill and then spray a FG from right in front - what a strange player.

Hope the coaches advise on his mental game, he nailed the first one from the left, then the wind against him pushed it to the left, the next kick with the wind he thought he needed to chip it to the right and the ball stayed right, and he didn’t adjust for the next 2 kicks all going to the right

Quite amusing he chipped the winning goal from 50m out with limited wind, surely he has a SJ style bomb in him if he let it rip

 

[sydneywarrior92]

I like reading the comments on other fan forums after a win. Bulldogs are generally alright except for some expat kiwi dog fans. Scooby in particular. He is a absolute retard whan talking about us! Would love to jump off a building on to his face.

nothing annoys me more than kiwis who don't support the wahs.

 

[PhilsySH35]

nor did he land on his head..

agree, however, he was put into a position where it could have been serious injury, my initial reaction was oh oh, man the tackler is going o be in trouble, thought it was deliberate and ugly. Watched the storm v phins game thought storm going to smash the phins nix minit they got pummeled by the phins, point is I thought I knew a little bit about this beautiful game, ends up I don't know squat, thought we were gonna get a bloody good hiding from the donkeys, nix minnit, so maybe I will quietly withdraw my korero or as my kids love quoting from the movie happy gilmore ("drink a cup of shut the hell up" he he), and enjoy other korero from more learned folk on this forum, I am totally flummoxed just when I think I've got it all worked out??? (I mean everything was against us, no fish, no rts, no berry, no dwz, no chanze, tropical storm brewing, bad weather, donkies on a loss previous week, capewah playing at center, my favourite players tmm and noddy (boyd) not playing, all signs pointing to a big loss, and the boyz pull it out their arse! - chur family up the bloody wahz! - what do I know .

 

[roguei]

Just got back, will probably go over my thoughts later after watching the broadcast of the game. Quickly though:

Man the wind picked up after the NSW grade match, that was some weirdly strong wind for Mt smart.

Broncos lost that game in the first half. How you don't dominate field position with that wind at your back is something else. Don't think we could kick past 30m for that first half because of that wind.

But fuck it just feels good to win

 

[Leon Black]

The kick off in the first half that Pompey was out of position for that went out. Who kicked that Roberts or Walsh?

I thought it was Roberts.

Coaches should keep Walsh away from kick offs. He often kicks them out on the full. He did it a lot for us which would put the side under pressure. Then he'd compound it by another mistake.

I was hoping we'd kick off so we'd get field position and could put some pressure on them defensively. Instead we probably got the shortest golden point of all time.

Roberts hasn’t played for the ponies in years

 

[Leon Black]

We usually lose those games, what a night to be in Sydney and enjoy that win…. Luka you legend

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Another fact that this game demonstrated is that the much vaunted Broncos pack is actually quite average once you take out Haas/Carrigan. When they went off, we started to dominate the ruck. That fightback from 18-6 to 18-18 happened as soon as they both came back onto the field.

 

[CWC]

Another fact that this game demonstrated is that the much vaunted Broncos pack is actually quite average once you take out Haas/Carrigan. When they went off, we started to dominate the ruck. That fightback from 18-6 to 18-18 happened as soon as they both came back onto the field.

It almost became the Storm game last year blowing a 2 try lead within minutes late in the game, they need to address making unforced errors late against these teams

 

[Makasene]

Another fact that this game demonstrated is that the much vaunted Broncos pack is actually quite average once you take out Haas/Carrigan. When they went off, we started to dominate the ruck. That fightback from 18-6 to 18-18 happened as soon as they both came back onto the field.

This was already speculated quite a bit.

Particularly after what happened to them at home v Roosters last week.

A lot of chat during the week was that the Broncos have lacked any sort of plan B when their forward back is nullified.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

nothing annoys me more than kiwis who don't support the wahs.

Its not that i care that he doesn't support us. Its what he says about us. Hes possessed! Lol...Have a look on his site(Ofher games). A wahs fan must of stole his wife & slept with his mum & took his dog

 

[Brightman]

agree, however, he was put into a position where it could have been serious injury, my initial reaction was oh oh, man the tackler is going o be in trouble, thought it was deliberate and ugly. Watched the storm v phins game thought storm going to smash the phins nix minit they got pummeled by the phins, point is I thought I knew a little bit about this beautiful game, ends up I don't know squat, thought we were gonna get a bloody good hiding from the donkeys, nix minnit, so maybe I will quietly withdraw my korero or as my kids love quoting from the movie happy gilmore ("drink a cup of shut the hell up" he he), and enjoy other korero from more learned folk on this forum, I am totally flummoxed just when I think I've got it all worked out??? (I mean everything was against us, no fish, no rts, no berry, no dwz, no chanze, tropical storm brewing, bad weather, donkies on a loss previous week, capewah playing at center, my favourite players tmm and noddy (boyd) not playing, all signs pointing to a big loss, and the boyz pull it out their arse! - chur family up the bloody wahz! - what do I know .

Bro, it's just a matter of faith..

 

[Brightman]

Metcalfs the guy. You can see it. Wants it more than anyone on the field, that’s who you want steering the ship.

Yep, one day the penny will drop and he'll be cooking. He just needs to find his way to that groove, AW is doing a great job bringing on the halves. CHT has taken on more responsibility over the last two games to ease Metcalf's load.
Looking forward to Healy playing soon, Egan will always be inconsistent when what we need is a leader but he does have very good games in him.
These are the reasons we look like we have no footy nous..

 

[Damo]

Combined with the conditions, looking clunky is bound to happen with the amount of changes we had to our team. Has not been ideal for building cohesion, but here's hoping for minimal injuries going forward.

 

[watcher]

A good win based on effort and bloody mondeness.
Those criticising Kosi his stats and efforts are first class. What alternatives do we have. The man has stood up for his team. You need the Kosis of the eorld to stand up when required.
Metcalf another effort player. A few misses it happens came good in the end.
CHT, it is so important to have a strong defensive Half. Probably the best defender there since Andrew Johns.
Everybody contributed and out efforted Broncos