Thought TSS had a great little cameo. Guy has some serious leg drive and post contact metres. Can put some starch into defence as well. Another good Webby call.
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Was pretty stoked to be going up by 6’s and not 4’s yesterday
Gotta love, Pompey. Such a no fuss, just get it done player.
Can play left or right, centre or wing at a pinch. Solid defender, has come up against the best centres in the league and they rarely do a number on him. Handy attacker and solid goal kicker also.
They drop like flies around him and he just keeps turning up. Bit of an unsung hero in the squad, we'd be in a spot of bother without him plugging gaps continuously.
Can play left or right, centre or wing at a pinch. Solid defender, has come up against the best centres in the league and they rarely do a number on him. Handy attacker and solid goal kicker also.
They drop like flies around him and he just keeps turning up. Bit of an unsung hero in the squad, we'd be in a spot of bother without him plugging gaps continuously.
games aren't won on paper, as origin showed. Us, Canberra and the Dogs are over performing this year no doubt. But I think it's important to take the long-term perspective. I don't think any of us really thought 2025 was the window. Rather this year was all about setting up the future. With our youngsters coming out of a dominant NSW cup side that is only used to winning and a two-time winning Harold Matts team further down on the pathways, I think we can all agree that we are a side on the up and that we will only get better.
Even if we don't win it this year, a second top 4 finish in 3 years will give our young guns valuable experience in understanding what is still needed to challenge for a premiership. I firmly believe on the trajectory generated by this year, we'll be on track to seriously challenge those sides in a couple of years (maybe even next year if all goes according to plan).
Just FANtastic! The tigs came to play alright. That early try was a gimme though, just MO.
Glad for Berry to score the 1st, his defensive read is brutal (in a good way.) So sad he's made of glass. Heal up, wired glass is what you need mate, a quick recovery to ya Rocco
You'll become one of Our Greatest Centres in NZ history, you'll see.
That Challenge was awful! I almost threw my jandal at the TV! Pfft.
Cool, Calm and Menacing "We have the greatest Fans in the World." - JFH. O.K, he didn't say that exactly but that's what 'I' heard haha!
Anyhow, sleep well All you NZWarriors.com'ers. And to All those fans up there that went to MSS... I envy you seen it live.
We gonna roll the ny-nites next week. Up the Wahs!
Glad for Berry to score the 1st, his defensive read is brutal (in a good way.) So sad he's made of glass. Heal up, wired glass is what you need mate, a quick recovery to ya Rocco
You'll become one of Our Greatest Centres in NZ history, you'll see.That Challenge was awful! I almost threw my jandal at the TV! Pfft.
Cool, Calm and Menacing "We have the greatest Fans in the World." - JFH. O.K, he didn't say that exactly but that's what 'I' heard haha!
Anyhow, sleep well All you NZWarriors.com'ers. And to All those fans up there that went to MSS... I envy you seen it live.
We gonna roll the ny-nites next week. Up the Wahs!
Tits really fucked up Tanah's development imo. Just like they screwed with Sexton and Fogarty. He's actually probably what they need right now given they have too many ball runners (Brimson, Kini, etc) and not enough game managers other than Foran who is on his last legs. Well done Des for giving us Erin and Tanah.
I agree with you. Not just with the injuries you mention, but all year we've shown incredible fight when faced with a bad injury situations (especially in the centres). Even last game against Brisbane, with everything going wrong, we really put up a good fight imo. Most other teams probably get blown apart by Brisbane who just decided to be on against us.
I noticed over the bye week that many Aussies are predicting that we will fall apart and drop out of the four entirely. After all the hard work from the first half of the year, I don't think we're giving up our position in the 4 without a fight. Tanah, TT and co will rise to the challenge as others have done.
That was a B for me. Promising signs, but we played a bit too loose for my liking. To start the year we've been completing at near 90% range. Today we dropped a lot of ball and many of those errors led directly to the tigers 3 tries. That miss by Jackson through the middle for the third try was not acceptable and you could see how pissed JFH was (and rightly so). Nonetheless, we were in control for most of that game and the scoreline did reflect our dominance, especially through the middle. Tigers are just too weak in the forwards to contend for the 8 anytime soon.
Tannah was great. Certainly different from Luke. Doesn't run the ball or pose the same X factor threat. But he makes up for that by giving us a lot more structure in our attack. The number of times we stripped the tigers for numbers and put DWZ in space was amazing. We haven't seen that since 2023 and certainly never under Luke. Luke just doesn't have the long pass that Boyd provides. He's also a better kicker than Luke. Luke would have missed those two kicks across to the side and made the game closer than it should have been.
TT at FB was phenomenal. Provides a different point of attack against a staggered defensive line, even if his defensive work rate is lower than CNK. Might provide some of the X factor in attack we lose without LM. Maybe with Berry out, and Ali suspect with injuries too, we give the TT at 1 and CNK at centre a shot?
Tannah was great. Certainly different from Luke. Doesn't run the ball or pose the same X factor threat. But he makes up for that by giving us a lot more structure in our attack. The number of times we stripped the tigers for numbers and put DWZ in space was amazing. We haven't seen that since 2023 and certainly never under Luke. Luke just doesn't have the long pass that Boyd provides. He's also a better kicker than Luke. Luke would have missed those two kicks across to the side and made the game closer than it should have been.
TT at FB was phenomenal. Provides a different point of attack against a staggered defensive line, even if his defensive work rate is lower than CNK. Might provide some of the X factor in attack we lose without LM. Maybe with Berry out, and Ali suspect with injuries too, we give the TT at 1 and CNK at centre a shot?
Gotta say how good having a goal kicker you can back in 9 times out of 10, much better for the blood pressure. Awesome debut, he suits the calm methodical Webby style, sets up good shapes running into the line like that. He's Cool Hand Tanwah, welcome to the whanau son.
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Finally played well after the bye, hallelujah.
Boyd diving into the line and squaring up the D line in attack well which we have struggled with all season, as Metcalf is still working on that part of his game. Great club debut, and the attack will only get better with time together.
Last try could have been avoided, not sure why Webby had Ford out there for 60mins straight, so I don't blame Ford for that one.
Happy to finally get a win, feels like an eternity.
Boyd diving into the line and squaring up the D line in attack well which we have struggled with all season, as Metcalf is still working on that part of his game. Great club debut, and the attack will only get better with time together.
Last try could have been avoided, not sure why Webby had Ford out there for 60mins straight, so I don't blame Ford for that one.
Happy to finally get a win, feels like an eternity.
Boyd with one of the great debut ever?
Our middles fucked up their middles.
Leka is a freak
CHT is our long term 6
Leka is a freak
CHT is our long term 6
A for me, we needed the win and we got it. Well done boys 
Speechless… Chuck Norris, the kid from the Northern Territory, scores yet another solo try, 42 all. Kick to come!
Never seen anything like that final 10 mins. I said this game would be a point a minute. Kicks it, we win 44-42. WTF
Never seen anything like that final 10 mins. I said this game would be a point a minute. Kicks it, we win 44-42. WTF
This upcoming run provides the perfect storm not to panic about change. If Tanah Boyd can settle in and find rhythm in these next few weeks, the Warriors could be entering the finals with both momentum and flexibility. If there had to be a change in the halves, this really is the best stretch to do it. Facing teams like the Tigers, Knights, Titans, and Dolphins, while never easy games, does allow for a more manageable transition for a new chief playmaker. Had it been a run of games against the Storm, Broncos, or even the Bulldogs at Belmore, that pressure would’ve forced a "sink or swim" scenario from day one. Instead, this run gives room to build combinations, manage confidence, and sharpen systems ahead of the finals push.
Webster has cultivated a belief system that allows for new players like Tanah Boyd to step in without needing to be a miracle worker overnight. The team’s structure and systems are solid, so it becomes about slotting in and executing rather than overhauling. Many fans will probably view Boyd through the lens of his Titans stint. But this is a completely different scenario: better coaching, a more consistent forward pack, and a much more disciplined team around him. He doesn’t need to overplay his hand—just direct traffic, play short sides well, and kick smart.
The real concern for me is the Bye. we have looked sluggish post-Bye already on both occasions, and the Tigers can sting you early if you're not ready. Their up-tempo style can catch teams on the back foot, so matching that early energy and completing sets cleanly in the first 20 will be key.
That Bulldogs game away is shaping up to be a litmus test. If the Warriors can bank some points in the next 4 weeks and then give a good account of themselves in that fixture, it will say a lot about their finals readiness—not just from a ladder position, but in terms of grit, control, and execution under pressure.
Webster has cultivated a belief system that allows for new players like Tanah Boyd to step in without needing to be a miracle worker overnight. The team’s structure and systems are solid, so it becomes about slotting in and executing rather than overhauling. Many fans will probably view Boyd through the lens of his Titans stint. But this is a completely different scenario: better coaching, a more consistent forward pack, and a much more disciplined team around him. He doesn’t need to overplay his hand—just direct traffic, play short sides well, and kick smart.
The real concern for me is the Bye. we have looked sluggish post-Bye already on both occasions, and the Tigers can sting you early if you're not ready. Their up-tempo style can catch teams on the back foot, so matching that early energy and completing sets cleanly in the first 20 will be key.
That Bulldogs game away is shaping up to be a litmus test. If the Warriors can bank some points in the next 4 weeks and then give a good account of themselves in that fixture, it will say a lot about their finals readiness—not just from a ladder position, but in terms of grit, control, and execution under pressure.