Team List Warriors vs Panthers - [Round 16, 2025]

[ThePaKid]

So Ivan has decided to hold his trump cards and bluff.
His plan for this game has been in play weeks before the event and the result not only hinges on the players selected, but those who give him the insight to execute.
Failure to win means they accept they can still survive pass this point.
If they win, then like the Raiders their belief in their systems is still alive.

 

[Wrighty]

Forward pack is very solid.

I think indeed the Panthers pack is NRL standard. The back line though is full of first and second year players plus Daine Laurie. We should win 13 plus.

 

[watcher]

This team has won 4 out of 5 consecutive finals. They deserve respect. They will be tough, Ivan is no mug

 

[kos]

I want to see MGT have a game that afterwards we are regretting losing him

Mgt needs to think that Wayne Bennett is going to watch a replay
And push his chances for a fg spot at South Sydney in 2026

 

[snake77]

I know Grahan-Taufa is moving on. But he's been a loyal servant to the club and has toiled away in reserve grade. He deserves a run in first grade.

Hopefully, we will get some stability in that position towards the end of the season.

Good to have a team naming Tuesday. It's been a long two weeks. Let's hope it's closed out with another 2 points this weekend.

 

[shuffle]

Nice a debut for Wayne Egan. Not to be confused with Wayde Egan.

 

[sup42]

So if MGT plays instead of EIT it confirms EIT is either A) not NRL ready or B) not a backrow Center utility in the fashion people have been hoping....or a combination of both.
Which is fine, he doesn't have to be NRL ready this week, no shame in it. Just how it is.

Otherwise you don't give the spot to a departing Rookie over the extended contract Rookie in a game against a depleted NRL team.

My sense is they think EIT is not really a serious center option at all and have given up on that experiment in favor of throwing him there one day mid game when a Center is lost in the battle, rather than having any serious designs about him ever starting there in an NRL game.....because if ever there was a gimme chance to have a run at Center for the Warriors for EIT this is it.

Good luck to MGT, hope Charnze has worked out he has to guard him and pretty much not worry about the others this time, just body guard our weak link in formation mate.

 

[snake77]

Nice a debut for Wayne Egan. Not to be confused with Wayde Egan.

I hope we don't get in any salary cap trouble for playing this other Egan.

 

[WHB]

Nice line up.
Happy as with this team.

 

[Noitall]

So if MGT plays instead of EIT it confirms EIT is either A) not NRL ready or B) not a backrow Center utility in the fashion people have been hoping....or a combination of both.
Which is fine, he doesn't have to be NRL ready this week, no shame in it. Just how it is.

Otherwise you don't give the spot to a departing Rookie over the extended contract Rookie in a game against a depleted NRL team.

My sense is they think EIT is not really a serious center option at all and have given up on that experiment in favor of throwing him there one day mid game when a Center is lost in the battle, rather than having any serious designs about him ever starting there in an NRL game.....because if ever there was a gimme chance to have a run at Center for the Warriors for EIT this is it.

Good luck to MGT, hope Charnze has worked out he has to guard him and pretty much not worry about the others this time, just body guard our weak link in formation mate.

NSW cup thread says Caelys Putoko will be playing which you’d assume will be at centre. Either we don’t have enough second rowers for EIT to play centre or Kayliss Fatialofa, or we don’t see either at centre, or they rate Putoko and want to bring him up

 

[Get them onside ref!]

Hoping the cockroaches can do us a solid and hold on the Lindsay Smith for an extra day or two so he doesn't travel to NZ...

Nah bing all the best they got
We gotta beat anyone
With all their guns
Otherwise we maybe only popguns

 

[3rdstriker]

Not mad about MGT but I thought Rocco was good to go??

Keep him on ice, so he can make his mark properly!

 

[sup42]

Nah bing all the best they got
We gotta beat anyone
With all their guns
Otherwise we maybe only popguns

Especially after pumping the Sharks, the risk being we get ahead of ourselves through one good win and then a string of easy wins.

We need to be awake to our flaws, limits etc.

 

[watcher]

Just attend to the fundamentaks, if so they will be fine.

 

[Get them onside ref!]

This team has won 4 out of 5 consecutive finals. They deserve respect. They will be tough, Ivan is no mug

Agree
Treat this game like a final
Full house don’t mean jack shite!
Raiders proved that
Wahs watch out

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Great looking team. Bit disappointed about Healey but not unexpected given Webby's preferences. As others have said, great to get MGT some NRL game time before he leaves. He'll do a job for us there and has been defensively sound in cup I think. If Berry needs another week, give it to him. The team list really does showcase the depth we have in our outside backs. Contrast that with the sharks who are running out of centres at this moment. Also pretty hilarious that almost half the starting team have triple barrel names. Surely we deserve some sort of award for that.

That Panthers backline has holes everywhere. But their forward pack has some regular NRL players, though I'd say we still have a clear edge in the middle. Ivan knows their only chance will be to make this a grindy affair, which is fine for us because that is how we roll this year. Expect this to be a dog fight for the first 20-25 minutes before we pull away towards the end of the first half and into the second.

 

[Makasene]

Unfortunately for Penrith this lineup is not worthy of their 9th position.

This is more like 3rd v 13th (or worse)

If we are a proper top 4 side (which we are) then Penrith have no business getting anywhere near us.

You won't hear the coaches say it but privately they will be targeting a big-margin win

 

[Makasene]

This team has won 4 out of 5 consecutive finals. They deserve respect. They will be tough, Ivan is no mug

The club has won those finals. This team hasn't.

It's a reserve grade side. We should be far too good for them.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

The club has won those finals. This team hasn't.

It's a reserve grade side. We should be far too good for them.

if a Ponga-less Newcastle could beat them 13+ without their SOO stars, I'd be terribly disappointed if this ended up being another 1-12 affair. Need to take the game seriously, but if we come out with the same intent as the Cronulla game, we should be way too good.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

13+ if we play what’s in front of us rather than worrying about reputation.

The betting odds are accurate, we’re heavy favourites.