It's strange seeing the Warriors near the front of the sports news on TV these days. For the last few years, they've been pushed right to the back, even behind some of the really small sports that barely anyone follows.
League in NZ really needed this by the Warriors after what went down last year. It seemed like the sport was on a long road to recovery not too long ago.
Good article.
I especially liked the bit about the player who was late to pre season training having to watch his team mates be put through a 2x tougher than normal training session as punishment.
@antipodean in an age where the players have the power, at least more so than they used to, it does come as a surprise that this type of thing still goes on in a professional sport. Happy that it does but I can see the Eels team all being seen to early grave having to account for the lack of effort Hayne was putting in preseason.
@antipodean said in NRL 2018:
@gunner I'm astonished that's note worthy. It was the first lesson I can remember joining the military; you fuck up, everyone else suffers. Small wonder the club was a laughing stock last year.
If anyone is wanting to join the bandwagon, move quick coz the wagon is filling fast.
Tonight’s double header at Mt Smart is going to be a sell out. Over 22,000 tickets sold already.
If anyone is wanting to join the bandwagon, move quick coz the wagon is filling fast.
Tonight’s double header at Mt Smart is going to be a sell out. Over 22,000 tickets sold already.
That's a bloody great result. I don't follow much league any more, but amazing how people come out of the woodwork when there is League success, and a shambles over at Eden Park. Good for teh Warriors, adn I hope they do well tonight
At the double header, great atmosphere. Benji and the Tigers edge the storm in a defensive dominated game in greasy conditions after a rainy pregame. Now for the Warriors!
For a mrs Hooroo first. She asked to see the warriors score and we haven’t turned back.
Amazing what a bit of momentum can do for support. Hope chiefs are winning.
5 on the trott, fucking outrageous. This is a very different Warriors side this year, they were still pumping in the final 10 there - a NQ comeback was never really on the cards. Good shit.
If there is a concern , fuck they are peaking early , finish line is a long way away, can they keep this going ?
@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2018:
If there is a concern , fuck they are peaking early , finish line is a long way away, can they keep this going ?
Hopefully they have a good run during State of Origin.
@no-quarter said in NRL 2018:
5 on the trott, fucking outrageous. This is a very different Warriors side this year, they were still pumping in the final 10 there - a NQ comeback was never really on the cards. Good shit.
We never looked in danger, but old habits die hard so I was waiting for a warriors surrender that never came. In person our wingers are massive and run the ball up like forwards. We look super solid all over the park, now if we can reduce Adam Blair's errors and penalties we'll be even more dangerous. Great atmosphere at Mt Smart on a clear night as the crowd fed off the team, at times the din was amazing. 100x more raucous and fun than your average Eden Park crowd
@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2018:
If there is a concern , fuck they are peaking early , finish line is a long way away, can they keep this going ?
Hopefully they have a good run during State of Origin.
Our typical S of O bounce could catapult us well clear at the top of the table. We have no players likely to be involved?
@no-quarter said in NRL 2018:
5 on the trott, fucking outrageous. This is a very different Warriors side this year, they were still pumping in the final 10 there - a NQ comeback was never really on the cards. Good shit.
We never looked in danger, but old habits die hard so I was waiting for a warriors surrender that never came. In person our wingers are massive and run the ball up like forwards.
Don't know who remembers 2007, but that was one of our best ever years, and was heavily built on Manu Vatuvei and Wade McKinnon running huge metres both on kick returns and generally to really take the heat off the forwards.
