Special Interest

Gritty, scrappy, ugly, lucky…whatever adjective you use to describe the Warriors’ 14-10 win over a concussion-hit St George Illawarra side in Auckland last Friday, it can’t detract from the value of two competition points. The Warriors were in early trouble as the Dragons raced to a 10-0 lead after 20 minutes, but the visitors lost three middle forwards to failed HIAs inside half an hour. Chanel Harris belatedly put the Warriors on the board before halftime and a pair of Adam Pompey tries got them over the line in a tense thriller. Enjoying a near-even share of possession, the Warriors…

Beset by injuries and bogged down by the slippery Sydney conditions, the Warriors were overrun 32-14 by heavyweights Canterbury Bulldogs on Saturday. The Bulldogs always looked in control after building a 20-2 halftime lead, with a two-tries-apiece second half barely enough to get Warriors’ fans heartrates above resting on a gloomy night. The Warriors had just 44 percent possession and were restricted to a season-low 974 running metres, while they failed to make a line-break and broke just 14 tackles. The Bulldogs made six line-breaks and 44 tackle-breaks. An average set distance of just 26.35 metres (the Bulldogs posted just…

The patched-up Warriors had their hearts broken 20-18 by the Dolphins in a potentially damaging result to their top-four hopes, conceding a last-minute try at Mount Smart Stadium. Missing top-liners Wayde Egan, Chanel Harris-Tavita, James Fisher-Harris and Demetric Vaimauga on top of long-term injured group Mitch Barnett, Luke Metcalf, Rocco Berry and Ali Leiataua, the Warriors were on course for a famous rearguard win after clawing from 16-6 down to cling to a two-point lead until the dying seconds. Statistically, the Warriors laid a platform for victory. The hosts enjoyed 52 percent possession, completed at 83 percent to the Dolphins’…

The Warriors are reeling after a crucial 24-16 home loss to the bottom-placed Gold Coast Titans, blowing a gift-wrapped opportunity to pull five points clear in fourth spot. In a throwback to 2024, the Warriors gave up a double-digit lead for the first time this season – getting out to a 10-0 scoreline after eight minutes before getting overrun by a Titans outfit that beat the hosts at their own game. The battling Titans enjoyed 54 percent possession on the back of an elite 90 percent completion rate (40/44), consequently winning run metres (1,876 to 1,709) and post-contact metres (659…

The Warriors got out of jail 20-15 on the road against struggling Newcastle on Sunday afternoon, with teen sensation Leka Halasima producing an out-of-this-world try on the last play of the game to snatch the win. After leading 6-0 early, the Warriors trailed 12-6 at halftime but clawed back to 12-all in the 50th minute and 14-all in the 67th. Knights halfback Jack Cogger’s 74th-minute field goal looked set to consign the Warriors to their first one-point loss since 2022, before Halasima’s heroics saved the day. There was very little between the teams statistically, with the Warriors enjoying narrow advantages…