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A battle of two teams desperate for a win will start off our Monday double-header as the New Zealand Warriors host the North Queensland Cowboys at 4.00pm AEDT.
The two squads are a combined 1-5, with the only win coming in the first round as the Cowboys overcame a Ben Barba-less Bulldogs side.
Since then they have turned in two insipid performances, losing to the Storm and then the Knights by 20-plus points in consecutive weeks.
Things could be worse for Neil Henry’s men though. They could be the Warriors, who sit dead last and have looked completely second best in all three of their losses so far.
This may be their best chance to get a win in the next few weeks, as they next host the high-flying Bunnies before a two-week road trip takes them to Melbourne and Canberra.
Last week’s performance was particularly dreadful, with a late Konrad Hurrell try sparing them the embarrassment of being shut out after the Sharks had raced to a 28-0 lead.
They are clearly missing the attacking spark of James Maloney, and the void left by the new Roosters’ pivot as not been filled by Thomas Leuluai, whose decade in the UK has clearly not made him any sharper since his first stint with the Warriors.
Can they turn it around against a ragged Cowboys outfit? We’ll see. Regardless, neither of these two sides has proved to have any sort of defensive capabilities and are conceding an average of 27 points a game.
So it should at least be interesting and high scoring, if not high quality.
Join us just before 4.00pm AEDT for all the team news and action.
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