Calls For Warriors To Be Axed

[Iron Lion]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/leagu...t-to-be-put-on-warriors-in-competition-review

An Australian critic claims the Warriors have "done nothing in 25 years" and their NRL status should be reviewed.

Brisbane Courier Mail chief sportswriter Robert (Crash) Craddock made the allegation after speculation the NRL could be in for a shakeup with calls for a second Brisbane team.

Reports from Australia have suggested one of three teams could make way for a second side from the Queensland capital.

The three teams thought to be in the firing line were the Cronulla Sharks, Manly Sea Eagles and Gold Coast Titans.

But speaking on Fox Sport's Back Page, Craddock said the Warriors' spot in the NRL should be under more scrutiny as well.

"They've done nothing in 25 years", he said.

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As ownership negotiations continue Cameron George says he's committed to not letting it affect the players before Saturday's season ending game against the Raiders in Canberra
The Kiwi club have another more immediate battle on their hands at the moment however, with the ownership saga in Penrose set to play out behind closed doors over the next few weeks.

Warriors coach Stephen Kearney backed Autex Industries' bid to take full control of the club, while insisting it was no excuse for his side's late-season collapse.

Still calls for the club to be axed entirely will not come as welcomed news to club chief executive Cameron George who, in just his second year at the helm, is attempting to juggle another ownership drama along with getting his all-important football department in order.


All of which will of course would count for nothing if the club were thrown out of the Australian competition.

Craddock's point related specifically to the Warriors' sad history of under-achieveing, and it's an easy punch to throw.

Compared to the Sharks and Manly, the Warriors have had little to no success since entering the competition in 1995, and 2019 showed no signs of that turning around anytime soon.


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Still there are plenty who view the New Zealand club's involvement in the NRL as vital to the future of the game.

And with a high membership rate and impressive crowd numbers week to week it would appear to be a long shot that the club are in any genuine danger of being axed.

 

[Rich102]

The only thing that will save the Warriors is the TV rights for NZ.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Who?

Scrub reporter for a scrub newspaper. File it under "who cares" and move on.

 

[JJ]

Journalists - along with comedians somehow they think their views are more important than the rest of us...

They're right in that the Warriors have been a clusterf**k for the most part, and right now are at as low a point as they've ever been, but they won't be ditched - nor should Sydney clubs be ditched, nor our cluster f**k buddies the GC...

 

[SpaceMonkey]

The only thing that will save the Warriors is the TV rights for NZ.

Which is a big thing. It might not seem like it but there’s no way in hell the NRL will get rid of us. We’re the code’s major presence in the NZ market, they’re just not going to risk largely conceding it to Rugby. We’re pretty safe.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Journalists - along with comedians somehow they think their views are more important than the rest of us...

They're right in that the Warriors have been a clusterf**k for the most part, and right now are at as low a point as they've ever been, but they won't be ditched - nor should Sydney clubs be ditched, nor our cluster f**k buddies the GC...

This is just some spud from Queensland trying to deflect from the fact that despite wanting a fourth team his state is underperforming massively. The Broncos are coming right again but the Titans are a worse clusterf**k than us and the third successive rubbish GC team, and the Cowboys are only one Grand Final win better than the Warriors despite having had the services of JT for the bulk of his career.