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NRL: Hurt Mannering set to miss Melbourne match
The Warriors' injury curse continues with captain Simon Mannering an extremely unlikely starter for Thursday's Anzac Day game against the high-flying Storm.
The Warriors' injury curse continues with captain Simon Mannering an extremely unlikely starter for Thursday's Anzac Day game against the high-flying Storm.
Warriors coach Matt Elliott described it as the difference in the agonising loss to the Rabbitohs last week while Shaun Johnson says it is a priority "work-on" for the team's playmakers.
They are still the nearly men, the Warriors, but at least they are beginning to look more like themselves.
The former Warriors player whose wife was paralysed in a flying-fox accident has told how her traumatic injury has changed their lives forever.
The Warriors have a dreadful record against the Raiders in Canberra but they will at least be able to field their strongest propping rotation for the first time in 17 matches.
The Warriors gave the Rabbitohs a good head start but then roared back in the second half only to see the Rabbitohs strike back and win in the final minutes.
Watch a replay of our live updates from the Breakers NBL playoff final against the Perth Wildcats and the Warriors NRL clash with the Rabbitohs.
In the midst of a difficult start to the season for the Warriors, Ngani Laumape has been a breakthrough bonus.
As Manu Vatuvei returns to the field today, it is looking increasingly likely that the veteran winger will be at Mt Smart next year and beyond.
The Warriors got over a sizeable hurdle with their win over the Cowboys on Monday but it doesn't get any easier and the key will be approaching Sunday's matchup with the Rabbitohs with the same attitude.
The wife of former Warriors player Ben Lythe will never walk again after severing her spine when she hurtled off a flying fox and crashed into a pile of rubble.
The Warriors may be without a win in eight months but they have no plans to replace Matt Elliott with Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens.
A coach in the west Sydney junior grades once said the secret to getting the best out of Feleti Mateo was to convince him he was a ball-playing second rower rather than a playmaker. He maintained the latter term placed too much pressure on his talent.
Opinions vary regarding players announcing early in the season that they have signed with rival clubs for next year and beyond.
A trough. A hole. A jam. Whatever your preferred name for a sports disaster zone, the Warriors are in it, big time.
The Warriors might have hoped Cronulla could be a little vulnerable on Sunday, given the emotional drain of the past month with the drugs investigation across the Tasman, but all of that will go out the window if Shane Flanagan is back on deck.
The Warriors are keeping a watching brief on Todd Carney's movements and could attempt to lure him to Mt Smart if things don't work out at Cronulla.