The Making of the Warriors - 30 Years On

[Big Marn]

The Making of the Warriors

30 years on, NRL.com talks to the major players involved in bringing the Warriors club into existence, highlighting their first ever match against the Broncos

www.nrl.com

 

[Meth]

Any good?

 

[Big Marn]

Any good?

its ok. Probably too much Ian Robson on it for my liking. Focusing on the first game, not the 30 years after. Stacy Jones, Dean Bell and Greg Alexander are the other main interviewees.

I think the main takeaway i took from it was noticing that we havent really had a backrower with height for a long time. Old Tony Tatupu could be a real handful with his ability to get the ball away, and Kearney of course. Cant think of a player in the last few years that fits that height/build coming through in our homegrown system. I think Matulino started in the back row before moving into the front row. Shaun Lane from Aussie is the most recent i reckon, and we sent him away. Edit.. Actually Katoa would be the most recent. Oh yeah we let him go too...

 

[Blair]

It all seems a bit empty without a premiership.

 

[vvvrulz]

Any good?

Underwhelming - it's mixture of high school field-trip documentary, a PNG team sales pitch & a nice shitty reminder of how Alfie stole that inaugural match.

This could have been the first 5 minutes - the real 30 year story of the Warriors is how we took the NRL by storm in 2002, all-time classics in the Cleary era, pushed through COVID, the Webby fairy-tale, etc. - with the likes of Pricey, Mannering, John Simon..

 

[Penrose Warrior]

I thought it was pretty boring, to be honest. Nothing I haven't seen before.

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Keep forgetting how young and green Robson was when he got that gig. 31yrs old, never been a CEO before but was trusted with setting an expansion club.

Dude still comes across as the typical super polished PR exec but even so, he must’ve made a hell of a sales pitch.