Gameday Warriors vs Roosters - [Round 3, 2025]

[MrFrankWhite]

Definitely an early definer. Brought down to earth by the Raiders, who are looking like bolter out the gate. Then show we can hang by touching up Manly who were overconfident by beating whats looking like the early spoon winner.

Roosters on the same trajectory. So one team is is going to go on with the job and for the other, last week would have been a false dawn.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

I think most of my feelings have been covered by someone in this thread.

Was the Roosters win over Penrith akin to ours in magic round last year?

Was our performance last week an extreme bounce back from a poor start to the year or are we going to become stronger with more consistently named teams?

I'm cautiously optimistic, but hesitant to get overly excited.

 

[run_it_str8_again]

Now they know the standard needed they will need to go up a gear. Last night's game showed us what showing up and doing it tough needs to look like.

Earn it. Win it.

 

[Bluecat]

Wahs 12 and under. But I really don't have a clue as so much will depend on the top 6 inches of the players. Hopefully the Raiders were a false start and we're on our way.
I guess tonight will show us one way or the other

 

[Noitall]

Wahs 12 and under. But I really don't have a clue as so much will depend on the top 6 inches of the players. Hopefully the Raiders were a false start and we're on our way.
I guess tonight will show us one way or the other

Raiders knocking over a full strength broncos team in a similar fashion to us shows it was no fluke and their early season form is probably best in nrl

 

[WA Warrior]

Raiders knocking over a full strength broncos team in a similar fashion to us shows it was no fluke and their early season form is probably best in nrl

Raiders are the real deal this year imo.
To dominate up front against the Broncs even without Tapine was eye opening.

 

[Noitall]

Raiders are the real deal this year imo.
To dominate up front against the Broncs even without Tapine was eye opening.

Really long season but if they can continue they’ll be tough to beat. Many say they have an unconventional style that troubles many teams systems

 

[Evil_Mush]

I'm not going to be able to watch this live, so picking it will be our most amazing performance all year

 

[KO WAI RA]

We only 1 HIA away from seeing Leka get more game time….
Also going for 3 in a row of CHT cleaning up a loose carry then running eyes up into our own player…
EaT rooster tonight…..
Let’s gone….

 

[Garry Saloon]

Wonder why TMM has been retained in the squad? Cover for whom?

 

[Canonball]

Wonder why TMM has been retained in the squad? Cover for whom?

Could be any of Luke, Chanel or Charnze... and it may be a possibility too given the secondary cover of Hanson at 18 for cup

 

[regenerated borg]

I reckon, home advantage with a rowdy crowd is the difference here...
Wahs by 10

 

[Inruin]

Could be any of Luke, Chanel or Charnze... and it may be a possibility too given the secondary cover of Hanson at 18 for cup

And with only being able to carry two extra outside of your named 17 it makes sense to have a back and a forward. TMM covers the key 1,6,7 positions and Laban covers back row with others being able to be shifted to middle. I wouldnt read anything in to it in terms of potential injured players.

 

[Garry Saloon]

And with only being able to carry two extra outside of your named 17 it makes sense to have a back and a forward. TMM covers the key 1,6,7 positions and Laban covers back row with others being able to be shifted to middle. I wouldnt read anything in to it in terms of potential injured players.

And with only being able to carry two extra outside of your named 17 it makes sense to have a back and a forward. TMM covers the key 1,6,7 positions and Laban covers back row with others being able to be shifted to middle. I wouldnt read anything in to it in terms of potential injured players.

Thanks. Reassuring!

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Defense is going to be critical and will largely dictate how this one goes.

Roosters have given up loads of points in these last two games, while we were good defensively against Manly and even though we had 32 put on us against the Raiders, weirdly I actually think we were pretty good defensively against them, with 3 tries/16 points being scored from uncharacteristic errors from one player.

We'll get enough opportunities in attack, it's just whether or not we ice them.

I'm picking we do. Wahs 13+

Manly did also have 2 controversial tries awarded to them.

Final score should have been 36-6.

 

[CWC]

It will be an interesting game. Last week was a massive turn around from Vegas. Was that just a one off fueled by stinging criticism or is it the new norm?

I've gone Roosters 1-12 but this is my least confident pick of the round I think

Remind me your % of success again last week?

 

[The Undertaker]

I'm still bitter about last year against the Chooks. They tore us apart early and we pretty much gave up from memory. We were a busted broken team and that performance pretty much summed up our season. That result and the Titans 'thou-shalt-never-mention- the-66-point-loss-again' were the lowest of the low.

Frankly, we need a win against this mob who have been a team who have ripped us a new one for the last 5-6 years.

We need to go up a level from last week - they'll likely come down a notch after lifting for the Penny Panthers - but we need to be better than last week. Especially in the first 25 minutes.
Our forwards use line speed and bully them, we will go a long way to plucking them and eating roast chook for supper. But if we don't we could get a lesson

Looking at the bench, i think we have a clear advantage there. Laban at 18 is interesting.

Beautiful day in Auckland - not a cloud in the sky so champagne rugby league should be played... 25 degrees, light winds. Perfect autumnal weather for a throwback Wahs hot potato performance in attack...

If we turn up, Wahs by 14

 

[Inruin]

Remind me your % of success again last week?

Shall I remind of the week prior and this week so far as well?

Where are your picks?

 

[The Warrior Waka]

We need plenty of luck like last week. They bombed plenty of tries the first half. Could of been a different result if they hung on to the ball.

 

[Dlenai]

From the top of my head, this is our 2nd longest losing streak against an NRL team

1. Storm - last time we won against them was almost 10 years ago at Mt. Smart (Nathan Friend Backflip, SJ stepping the entire world)

2. Roosters - 2018 round 4, Mason Lino masterclass

I unfortunately don’t think we’re going to win today. Here’s hoping they prove me wrong once again