NRL 2019

[Sneakdefreak]

VODAFONE WARRIORS v GOLD COAST TITANS
8pm, Friday, April 5, 2019
Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c)
2 David Fusitu’a
3 Peta Hiku
4 Solomone Kata
5 Ken Maumalo
6 Chanel Harris-Tavita
7 Blake Green
8 Agnatius Paasi
9 Karl Lawton
10 Leeson Ah Mau
11 Isaiah Papali’i
12 Tohu Harris
13 Adam Blair

Interchange:
14 Jazz Tevaga
15 Bunty Afoa
16 Lachlan Burr
17 Ligi Sao
18 Gerard Beale
20 Leivaha Pulu
21 Adam Keighran
22 Blake Ayshford

[mariner4life]

@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2019:

4 Solomone Kata

JESUS H FUCKING CHRIST!!!!!

Every single person who watches the NRL knows this prick isn't good enough to play first grade, and yet he keeps getting fucking picked!!!!!

What the actual fuck?

[raznomore]

@Sneakdefreak mate I only know he's going shit because you said so :winking_face:

[raznomore]

@mariner4life Either Kata has pictures of Kearney doing rails or he and Kearney are an offfield item.

[Nepia]

Kata :man_facepalming_medium-dark_skin_tone:

[canefan]

@Nepia said in NRL 2019:

Kata :man_facepalming_medium-dark_skin_tone:

Kearney rejigged the whole line to accommodate Kata on the right. Time to revert back to last year's combinations, put Hiku and Harris together on the right again

[canefan]

And someone has to fire up the forwards. We are losing the desire battle and that is half of the contest right there

[raznomore]

Beale must be really average at training to have to sit behind Kata game in game out.

[Sneakdefreak]

I think losing to last placed Gold Coast is the only way Kearney will make a change with Kata.

[MN5]

@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2019:

I think losing to last placed Gold Coast is the only way Kearney will make a change with Kata.

It's the Warriors and they're looking shit even for the Warriors.

[raznomore]

3 games in - 1 complete 80 minute performance. One patchy game and finally a steaming pile of dog shit.

Based on that I'd say we are likely to annihilate the Titans. There is no pattern to Warriors failure.

[SammyC]

I switched off with 15 to go and am already off the warriors bandwagon this year.

So unfair to drop the new young halfback when it was obvious the problems all stem from the weak ass forwards being bitch slapped all over the park.

[Sneakdefreak]

Interesting cross-code promotion this weekend with the Warriors and the Blues - if you have a season pass (maybe just a ticket but I have a season pass) to either team you can use it to attend both games.

Haven't been to a Super Rugby game in a few years, and don't know anyone in the Blues team apart from the All Blacks, but maybe give it a twirl.

[canefan]

@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2019:

Interesting cross-code promotion this weekend with the Warriors and the Blues - if you have a season pass (maybe just a ticket but I have a season pass) to either team you can use it to attend both games.

Haven't been to a Super Rugby game in a few years, and don't know anyone in the Blues team apart from the All Blacks, but maybe give it a twirl.

Who knows, you might get to see a winning NZ team

[Sneakdefreak]

@canefan said in NRL 2019:

@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2019:

Interesting cross-code promotion this weekend with the Warriors and the Blues - if you have a season pass (maybe just a ticket but I have a season pass) to either team you can use it to attend both games.

Haven't been to a Super Rugby game in a few years, and don't know anyone in the Blues team apart from the All Blacks, but maybe give it a twirl.

Who knows, you might get to see a winning NZ team

Who's that? Are the Blues playing the Crusaders?

[Godder]

@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2019:

@canefan said in NRL 2019:

@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2019:

Interesting cross-code promotion this weekend with the Warriors and the Blues - if you have a season pass (maybe just a ticket but I have a season pass) to either team you can use it to attend both games.

Haven't been to a Super Rugby game in a few years, and don't know anyone in the Blues team apart from the All Blacks, but maybe give it a twirl.

Who knows, you might get to see a winning NZ team

Who's that? Are the Blues playing the Crusaders?

To be fair, the Blues will probably win at home against the foreign teams, so any Blues home game is a good chance of a winning NZ team.

[raznomore]

a fair indication of everyone's feels about the rest of the season for the warriors when the discussion is about the Blues have better chances on winning..

[mariner4life]

Roosters giving Brisbane a complete touch up

[Gunner]

Warriors back in the winners circle 26-10, but the Titans are shit.

Harris-Tevita looks ok, Green understandably took the reins most of the first half and gave the young fulla a chance to get the feel of the game. He put on a great dummy to no one and step to make one good break.

The Anthony Kiedis/Tevaga combo at dummy half worked well, they made plenty of metres with their darting runs.

The Warriors gave away a shitload of penalties, which a better team would punish them for. The majority of them came the 2nd and 4th quarters thick and fast. Certainty something that needs addressing.

[Sneakdefreak]

After last week's shitfest the Warriors needed to win this game against the Titans and they did 26-10.

• The officiating in this game was dire. So many missed calls or wrong calls by the refs. The Titans were obstructing on several attacking plays and were allowed to get away with it, and in one play were awarded for it with a penalty. Baaaddd.
• Chanel Harris-Tevita didn't have to do anything tonight except kick field goals and look like he is only 15 years-old. So the Titans knew to target Blake Green all night long and he was bashed around including on a suspect tackle by Moiaki Fotuaika. He played on but once the game was decided Greeny was on the sideline with ice around his ankle.
• Having Green as the only playmaker is a problem for this team but it is fixable, especially when Isaac Luke returns. But even when Luke is back, the Warriors would be smart to keep Karl Lawton on the bench as an extra playmaker. Lawton only played about 40 minutes tonight (first 20 minutes and the last 20 minutes) but his play-calling around the ruck area was impressive, passes were accurate and he helped reignite the Warriors in the final 20 when it "felt" like they were going to let the Titans run them down in the home straight.
• The defensive effort was solid tonight but some weak tackling is still there. Dale Copley's try was scored because Adam Blair (and others) were just grabbing at the jersey and not wrestling Copley to the ground. Poor positioning meant the edges were exposed out wide instead of being one on one with their opposite number.
• This was the first game where I noticed Tohu Harris. He made about 150 metres tonight plus a try late in the second half. Mate sitting next to me is adamant Harris will play in the halves this season, especially after Green went off. Have to say, sadly, he might be right in that thinking.