Mormon NRL Will Hopoate has chosen faith over football, with the Bulldogs star opting not to train or play on Sundays.

Michael Burgess looks at three of the Warriors' losing streaks and three of the worst in modern first-grade history.

Frank-Paul Nuuausala had a brain snap that cost his side victory against the Gold Coast Titans in the nation's capital.

Craig Bellamy has never experienced an extended losing streak as a coach but the Melbourne Storm mentor can relate to what the Warriors are going through.

COMMENT: It's time for the NRL's witch-hunt around players touching referees to stop.

Johnson inevitably becomes the focal point for criticism and frustration, above just about anybody else in the squad.

Misfiring Warriors star Shaun Johnson hits back at critics of Andrew McFadden, arguing that sacking the under-pressure coach won't solve their NRL woes.

If the Warriors have faith in the abilities as Andrew McFadden as coach - which they continually say they do - it's probably best that they stop their public search for a mentor.

The powerful centre, who has yet to play at NRL level this season, has been named on the interchange bench for Monday's match against the Newcastle Knights.

Warriors hooker Jazz Tevaga admits he was shocked to learn he would be making his NRL debut, just 24 hours before taking the field in Sunday's narrow defeat to Melbourne Storm.

Shaun Johnson says he is "pissed off and frustrated" after failing to take the game by the scruff of the neck in the dying stages of Sunday's 21-14 defeat to Melbourne Storm.