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He’s extremely handsome but massively over rated. I’d start both Laban and Leka ahead of him and still have Fatialofa, Eddie and Neal coming through. A bit of a pointless signing if this is true
Stacey Waaka joins NRLW Warriors
Another outstanding article outlining our pathways system, players to watch & the depth we have as a club. This guy is one of the most underrated content creators & deserves more appreciation, I learn a lot every time I see his stuff. Make sure we have a read, watch his YouTube, & give some feedback cos this guys one of, if not the best, on warriors content imo.
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A Summer Of Transition For New Zealand Warriors In NSW Cup Ahead Of The 2026 Season — The Niche Cache
New Zealand Warriors did the NSW Cup and State Championship double this year, which was their third consecutive year finishing in the NSW Cup top-four during the two Andys era.
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The biggest improvement in our attack needs to come from fullback.
At the moment there's not a lot of threat coming from there.
The sporting fan still can’t quite comprehend or appreciate professional sports
The same knob that would change employer for a $1 an hour pay difference can’t wrap their head around a player weighing up between potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“Testing the market” is not “I’m leaving the club”. Its due diligence, and when it comes to down tens or hundreds of thousands a dollar a year then rightfully so I say. What kind of fool would not talk to the market.... Your telling me that every couple years I am free to go have a chat to other employers in my industry and either bring back better offers to negotiate with (and not have that be frowned upon) that i wouldn't do it????
These are all things some ppl need to try understand before they realize they just fell for the media spin/bullcrap in the first instance lol
The same knob that would change employer for a $1 an hour pay difference can’t wrap their head around a player weighing up between potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“Testing the market” is not “I’m leaving the club”. Its due diligence, and when it comes to down tens or hundreds of thousands a dollar a year then rightfully so I say. What kind of fool would not talk to the market.... Your telling me that every couple years I am free to go have a chat to other employers in my industry and either bring back better offers to negotiate with (and not have that be frowned upon) that i wouldn't do it????
These are all things some ppl need to try understand before they realize they just fell for the media spin/bullcrap in the first instance lol
Mysogeny and stupidity go hand in hand.
Whenever someone brings up AFBs wife, I remind myself that she wasn't there when he decided to be a tit and walkout on the dressing room....
She's a keeper Luke.
I think the criticism of Boyd overlooks the fact that if his issue is confidence (don't disagree) that time playing the game will resolve this, especially under the type of coach we have.
I think he gets written off wayyy too prematurely, confidence or the lack thereof is not a permanent irreversible deficit - the world is full of great achievers who suffered confidence issues coming up through their rise.
The problem really is the Warriors expectations based off past experience, this is a club that has failed to turn around confidence issues in players and almost without exception sent them to the scrap heap where they have never recovered. Ergo the fans see someone choke in a game and they're written off forever.
This year Ben fecking Hunt won a title.
The thing about Boyd is that he has superior core skills of a seven, his tool kit of variation with his field kicking is decent, his passing game is solid, his playing at the line is good.
He has to fix his freeze under pressure. It may well be in his best interest to find a club where he is behind a dominant forward pack (like he enjoys in the NSW cup) which will lessen the pressure on his overall game and he will become a very fine NRL half. But then....aren't we the turning into the type of club that will have a dominant forward pack?
I think Boyd will be a very good half back one day. I also think it is fair to ask the questions around whether we need to be the club that takes the long term risk with a gamble on Boyd. And I might be wrong, he might never get there, but then can level that censure (never getting there) at any player we have coming up.
Lets not forget CHT has had a rocky career in FG, he is solid now, but he has had bags of shit too coming up - the solid player that is our six did not magically turn into one, he was given time and investment, he was allowed to play shit games and still get picked till he found his role/ and most importantly found the right partner.
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Some shocking comments in there. Good on her for the response, could be why he acknowledged her so much when he spoke. Looks like he’s got a top lady
Taking the wahs kits away on honeymoon was a dead giveaway that he was staying.
Really positive signing, hopefully puts a dent to the narrative that Aussies come over here to establish themselves then piss off back to Aus as soon as they can.
Optics to other potential recruits is a reserve grader came over here and led the Daly Ms and despite courting offers from Sydney chose to remain. Certainly puts faith in our trajectory as a club and hopefully sways a few more on the fence about taking up an offer with us
Optics to other potential recruits is a reserve grader came over here and led the Daly Ms and despite courting offers from Sydney chose to remain. Certainly puts faith in our trajectory as a club and hopefully sways a few more on the fence about taking up an offer with us
tajhay posted a new item update Resigned till end of 2028 on the Item Luke Metcalf
Great work. Thank god that's over in these forums.
Obviously been sitting on this news for a while. Video they posted on social media signing the contract he wasn’t wearing his wedding ring… so assume sometime a few weeks ago!
Regardless… fricken awesome news!!
Regardless… fricken awesome news!!
I started tearing up too!! By I cry at anything. Hairs on my arm raised when he said he would leave no stone unturned to win a premiership for New Zealand.
Dont even need to go back a decade. Remember when Walsh was here and how he was surprised noone else in the team watched any NRL games?
And Walsh was the rookie...
He gives 3 sentances to his family loving NZ and how the coaching staff supports that. And then the final 1 min is just "I want to win it all here, i'm gonna do anything to win it all here".
Brought tears to my eyes. Massive endorsement for Webster and Metcalf’s Mrs. Genuinely thought he was gone
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