Team v Cowboys

[Penrose Warrior]

Leiataua maybe at centre if he’s available. But yeah I’ll take that.

Being a proud indigenous bloke he may have also found being away from his culture and people hard too, which would be understandable.

Leiataua is a month or so away I think, pretty serious ankle injury - which makes it significantly noteworthy that he made it through the rest of the game and played so well

 

[Big Marn]

Warriors eye home sellout record

The Warriors will just need to fill the stadium in their final three games to reach 14 consecutive sellouts for the season.

www.rnz.co.nz

Despite mixed results on the field, the Warriors fans have been keeping the faith.

The club has enjoyed a hot run of crowd attendance, and are now eying an NRL record of selling out every home game in a season.

With upcoming clashes against Melbourne and Brisbane already sold out, the Warriors will just need to fill the house in their final three games to reach an unprecedented mark.

With sellouts for their two trials in February as well, it leaves them on track to deliver 14 sold-out home games for the year.

Warriors chief executive Cameron George said the fan base has taken its support to another level in 2024.

"It's absolutely brilliant seeing the way members and fans have got behind their club. To sell out the Melbourne game almost three weeks ahead of game day and the Broncos almost five weeks out is unbelievable."

After the blockbusters against the Storm and Broncos, the Warriors end their home season with games against the Tigers, Eels and Bulldogs.

"If we can sell out those games as well it will be an amazing achievement and another statement about what the club and rugby league mean to New Zealanders."

The Warriors have sold out 17 of their 22 home games since the start of 2023, which saw home games in Wellington, Brisbane, Napier, and Christchurch.

In 10 matches at Go Media Stadium last year, the crowd average was 22,739 with the biggest 26,083 against the Knights.

The crowd average for five matches at Go Media Stadium so far this season is up to 23,658.

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

Anyone who is not absolutely 100% fit can sit out another week. The backup guys have more than earned some trust.

Almost worth giving Harris another couple of weeks off as we have lost nothing with Walker starting at 13

 

[Matua]

Well this frikkin annoying, I checked the Tribe app to see what time kick off was today and there's no game this week. Now what am I supposed to do with my Sunday?

 

[Leber]

This will be a really hard team to pick. I’d go something like

1 cnk
2 dwz
3 mtg
4 pompey
5 montoya
6 tmm
7 johnson
8 afoa
9 egan
10 niukore
11 ford
12 barnett
13 walker

14 cht
15 tevaga
16 afb
17 harris

I’d start harris on the bench. He hasn’t been himself this year and as someone alluded to earlier, playing at prop might spark him up. Also Addin on the bench will pack a huge punch.

for mine, at full strength, capewell doesn’t make the squad.

 

[Rich102]

Well this frikkin annoying, I checked the Tribe app to see what time kick off was today and there's no game this week. Now what am I supposed to do with my Sunday?

Watch the SailGP and support NZ

 

[Matua]

Watch the SailGP and support NZ

I don't give two f**ks about sailing.

But thanks for the suggestion.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I don't give two f**ks about sailing.

But thanks for the suggestion.

I’d rather watch my cat lick his own arsehole, it’s more entertaining than sailing

 

[Blair]

Well this frikkin annoying, I checked the Tribe app to see what time kick off was today and there's no game this week. Now what am I supposed to do with my Sunday?

Get called into work on your day off because a silly young workmate would rather watch 'UFC with his mates' than do an eight hour Sunday rates shift.

 

[Matua]

Get called into work on your day off because a silly young workmate would rather watch 'UFC with his mates' than do an eight hour Sunday rates shift.

I'm salaried with flexible working so Sunday rates don't apply to me - I've made the best of the slight break in the awful recent Sydney weather and went for a long walk this morning.

 

[TheDMC]

Tomorrow's team announcement is a big day - if AFB is in the team + plays well/normal on the weekend, we are looking good for him to play out the season, and big boost to our chances of making the finals.

If he isn't named, for whatever reason given, I think it's game over for AFB at the Warriors, and probably our season too.

 

[vvvrulz]

Surely if we've learnt anything these last weeks, is that one man doesn't make a team.

Obviously we can't endure an injury list this bad for much longer, but with enough key guys returning I think we can make a shake for the eight even without AFB. Be better if he came to the party of course, but I like our resilience.

 

[TheDMC]

Surely if we've learnt anything these last weeks, is that one man doesn't make a team.

Obviously we can't endure an injury list this bad for much longer, but with enough key guys returning I think we can make a shake for the eight even without AFB. Be better if he came to the party of course, but I like our resilience.

Agreed, but when you outside the 8 and playing catch up on points, you are going to need your best players more than ever.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Agreed, but when you outside the 8 and playing catch up on points, you are going to need your best players more than ever.

You do, but you can also use something like that as motivation if he does go. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Barnett has stepped up since AFB originally indicated he wanted to leave. If the rest of the pack took it as an opportunity to shine more, we’d cover him.

 

[TheDMC]

For sure. But also you would hope that the "stepping up" of the other players (Barnett, TMM, for example) over the past few weeks will continue even with AFB and SJ back ...that's really what the the team needs to go to the next level (which means making the finals and then being a force to reckon with there).

 

[Wheeled Warrior]

Tomorrow's team announcement is a big day - if AFB is in the team + plays well/normal on the weekend, we are looking good for him to play out the season, and big boost to our chances of making the finals.

If he isn't named, for whatever reason given, I think it's game over for AFB at the Warriors, and probably our season too.

Maybe Warriors of the past rely on one player to get us over. Not this mob they have proven that we can still hold our own without Karen Fonua-Blake.

If he wants to be part of our team then great stuff. If he plays up and doesn't play then NSW Cup or boot cleaning duties for the remainder of 2024.

 

[hitro]

 

[Leber]

Not totally impressed with that team tbh. Both bunty and mtg play great, then get dropped. And ford at prop.

 

[hitro]

ok no Shaun this is good if he's not 100%. Ford at prop?? I guess Walker is the other dummy half unless Wade gets knocked out or something and Lussick comes on from 18. No Bunty, well I guess everyone was not going to fit in...

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

Loving this squad