New Zealand Warriors
Having joined the Australian Rugby League in 1995, the New Zealand Warriors experienced financial re-invention in 2000 to finally help the club become a force in the NRL. Since 2000, the Warriors won a Minor Premiership in 2002 but lost the Grand Final to the Sydney Roosters in the same season. New Zealand however became the first NRL side in Premiership history under the McIntyre system, to beat the Minor Premiers from eighth position in the first week of the 2008 finals series.
Friday, July 30th, 2010NRL preview panel for round 21 matches (all times AEST).
Friday
Canterbury Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium, 7.35pm
Head to head: Bulldogs 72, Rabbitohs 63, drawn 4
Last clash: Rabbitohs 38-16 at ANZ Stadium (rd 4, 2010)
TAB Sportsbet: Bulldogs $2.30, Rabbitohs $1.60
FootyTab: Bulldogs +2.5
Souths appear to be back after a rough match of mostly narrow losses [...] Read article
Monday, July 26th, 2010South Sydney coach John Lang compared halfback Chris Sandow to former Manly legend Cliff Lyons after the energetic No.7 inspired the Rabbitohs to a crucial 38-28 NRL win over the Warriors at ANZ Stadium on Sunday.
Sandow’s enthusiasm, skill and pin-point goal-kicking was the catalyst for the Bunnies bridging a 10-point halftime deficit as the home [...] Read article
Monday, July 19th, 2010With five wins in a row, the Warriors have notched up their longest winning streak in almost a decade and squeezed into the NRL top four, but the Kiwi side aren’t getting carried away.
A consistently strong defensive effort saw Ivan Cleary’s men emerge with a 13-6 win over a disappointed Melbourne side on Saturday night, [...] Read article
Monday, July 12th, 2010Warriors coach Ivan Cleary struggled to recall a more courageous performance than the one his NRL side produced in holding on to beat Penrith 12-6 at CUA Stadium on Sunday.
Parked on their own line as a mountain of errors and lopsided 11-3 penalty count seemed destined to crush their resolve, the Warriors somehow clung to [...] Read article
Friday, July 9th, 2010We’re heading into the business end of the season, so it’s only fair the round review heats up as well.
Tigers v Titans. Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown. Friday 7.35pm
Much has been said about ‘Paul’ the psychic Octopus who has famously been picking FIFA World Cup winners, but most people don’t know that Paul’s first love is actually [...] Read article
Monday, July 5th, 2010Five defeats in six games, 42 points scored in their last five encounters, Parramatta are a club in crisis, admits skipper Nathan Cayless.
Favourites to win the NRL grand final at the start of the season after a stunning second half to the 2009 campaign, a top-four spot looked a shoo-in even before a ball was [...] Read article
Friday, July 2nd, 2010Back from a work related hiatus (translation: Work controls my life).
Broncos v Tigers. Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. Friday 7.35pm
Whilst usually spending much of his time treating his players to wisdom and general rugby league martyr-like insight, Tigers coach Tim Sheens has decided to get a little selfish, and has treated himself to a new sports car. [...] Read article
Friday, June 11th, 2010Everyone in Australia seem to be talking about rugby league players at present. Some of them may even be aware that a competition is in place and we’ve just hit the halfway mark. It seems only yesterday that every player was talking about their hardest pre-season ever, so what has it counted for after 13 [...] Read article
Monday, June 7th, 2010A weary St George Illawarra will go into next weekend’s bye glad for the break after holding on for a 22-20 win over the Warriors at a wet and windy Mt Smart Stadium on Sunday.
Centre Matt Cooper was instrumental in the win, scoring two tries to get his tally up to 99 for the club, [...] Read article
Saturday, May 29th, 2010Wests Tigers have produced a blistering second-half performance to thrash the Warriors 50-6 in Friday’s NRL clash at Campbelltown Sports Stadium.
Inspired by an 11-minute hat-trick from centre Geoff Daniela, the Tigers were at their irresistible best as they scored 46 points in 40 minutes to leave the Warriors – who had looked the better side [...] Read article
Friday, May 28th, 2010Another cracking week of NRL action is coming our way, but not without some laughs first.
Dragons v Eels. WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah. Friday 7.35pm
Hot on the heels of Apple’s iPad launch in Australia, Parramatta have announced a major sponsorship deal with the technology powerhouse and will be releasing a new product of their own [...] Read article
Monday, May 17th, 2010The standard of refereeing in the NRL has come under fire again with coaches from both the Warriors and North Queensland claiming officialdom wasn’t up to scratch in their clash in Auckland.
Cowboys coach Neil Henry questioned whether referee Ashley Klein was up to NRL standard after his side’s 24-12 loss on Saturday night but Warriors [...] Read article
