Vs Panthers Rd11

[Big Marn]

Feel good factor overflowing for Warriors | Warriors

Storylines galore add rich layers to One New Zealand Warriors' Magic Round win over Penrith.

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TMM played most of the game with a suspected broken finger.

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

I love Ivan, but this is sooky BS at his press conference. Unprofessional as hell

Panthers: Round 11

Isaah Yeo and Ivan Cleary chat to the media after their Round 11 clash against the Warriors

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My gosh.
I get the disappointment of losing, but yeah very dissappointing.

My favourite part was the look he gave the reporter who said we fielded a reserve team. That cold, almost shocked look and then the 'Excuse me'

 

[Philip_Smith007]

I love Ivan, but this is sooky BS at his press conference. Unprofessional as hell

Panthers: Round 11

Isaah Yeo and Ivan Cleary chat to the media after their Round 11 clash against the Warriors

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That was pretty bad!
Wayne like short answers and fully Ricky sook mode. The reserve team comment amd response was priceless!
Need to see the rematch stuff, he must have been very rocky, or just lost a lot of money on the game!

 

[Blair]

For true-blue since the start fans, where does this one rank in terms of all-time gutsy, against the odds efforts? Obviously the Storm 08-11 finals, but I mean in terms of round robin games, too. Any others stick out?

It was our first win in Australia that did it for me. We came home strong against Cronulla at Shark Park with an excellent display. We also (finally) won the Americas Cup that day too and I remember that Aussie commentator saying 'it's a great day for New Zealand sport, winning the Americas Cup this morning in San Diego and now this, the Warriors first win in Sydney...'

It's a lifetime ago though.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

My gosh.
I get the disappointment of losing, but yeah very dissappointing.

My favourite part was the look he gave the reporter who said we fielded a reserve team. That cold, almost shocked look and then the 'Excuse me'

Yeah, no doubt that was a disappointing performance but media/fans are entitled to know what went wrong and get more out of him. Bit pathetic, really.

Ivan can be a bit of a sook/hard to deal with...I know first-hand. I was in the media and covered the Warriors back in his day, and I'll never forget the day I asked him something about the default tactic of bombing to Manu. He gave me a glare which was unmistakably 'what an idiot thing to say' and shut it and me down real fast. Then he could turn really quick - I've never seen him more open and convivial than the morning after Steve Price got knocked out cold in an Origin and Justin Poore tried to lift him up.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Ivan will 100% go full Bennet in another 5 years and I’m totally here for it

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Not as epic as Sunday, but very similar start to the match.

I'm sure it was this: https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/...10/newcastle-knights-vs-warriors/summary.html

It's early into 2002 and we weren't taken completely seriously as a club yet - Wairangi Koopu dropped the kick-off straight out the sideline, let out an epic f-bomb, and usually that's all it took for us to get reamed.

But I remember this was one of the first times we put a gaffe like that behind us, stuck to the plan and ended up putting away Newcastle in their home turf (they ended up second on the ladder that season).

I recall Ray Warren specifically calling out a new "mental toughness" never before seen with us.

Yeah this was an incredible result at the time - away, against the defending premiers, with Stacey out and a 19 year old and 21 year old in the halves.

In retrospect though that's a weak looking Newcastle team with no Johns, Buderus, Simpson, Tahu - was it during Origin week or something? Would also explain no Campion for us.

Edit: I see it actually tells you who was out on that page, Ben Kennedy too. Must've been Origin week.