Hey Mr Mayor and anyone else in charge. This one is aimed at you, writes Chris Rattue.

Life gets that little bit harder for the Warriors after their performance at Eden Park yesterday.

If the week-to-week motivation of the NRL is not enough, many key Warriors are also playing for their futures over the next few weeks.

The Warriors still can't beat the Dragons or win at Eden Park, losing their fourth in four years, but more disconcertingly have opened their season with two-straight defeats.

Canberra is seen as a graveyard for visiting NRL teams but the Warriors have a better winning record at the Australian capital.

The Warriors need to review how many home games they take away from Mt Smart Stadium because their record in these games is hurting their premiership chances.

The Warriors have some lofty goals, like all teams in the NRL, and one of them is to be the best defensive team in the competition.

Centre Jerome Ropati has been handed the job of trying to stiffen a right-edge defence that was woefully inadequate last weekend.

The Warriors were good, they were bad and often quite ugly and, in the end, disappointing.

Join us here for live updates of the Warriors 2014 NRL season opener against the Eels at Pirtek Stadium.

Matt Elliott thinks the Warriors should hire a private investigator to look into John Palavi's background.

The Warriors are a top-eight side and they have the potential to finish in the top four, writes Richie Barnett. They have acquired good players in Sam Tomkins, Jayson Bukuya and Chad Townsend - all three will be key to their success.

Sam Tomkins always thought his future would be in golf. It wasn't that he had any particular talent in the sport - in fact, he was quite ordinary.

Last season was supposed to be a big one for Sione Lousi.

His name - and game - is still a mystery to most Warriors fans but Chad Townsend is set to become a lot more familiar over the coming weeks.

The Warriors identified last year they needed a more competitive edge and signed Sam Tomkins, who is not only one of the world's best fullbacks but also a player who is hugely driven.

The New Zealand Rugby League and their Australian counterparts are expecting to find out today whether they will host the 2017 World Cup.

The Warriors are very much in NRL mode after the diversion of the Auckland Nines and will field a team as close to their best as possible in Sunday's pre-season match against the Broncos.

The Warriors are on the march - and the Nines look here to stay.

Apart from those first up, teams will be watching and learning right up to kick-off

Shaun Johnson once played for a touch team called Kryptonite.

Injured Vodafone Warriors players swapped rugby league for acting yesterday as they delivered an anti-bullying message.

Shaun Johnson thinks the Warriors can win the NRL premiership - and that is why he has signed a new four-year contract with the Auckland team.

With most league interest focused on next weekend's Auckland Nines, it's easy to forget the Warriors, like all clubs, are preparing for an assault on a more prestigious prize.