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Chris Rattue: Blues and Warriors have let some good ones get away
Oh for a magic wand, and the chance to wave it around the footy fields of the world to call a few of our best Auckland players back home, writes Chris Rattue.
Oh for a magic wand, and the chance to wave it around the footy fields of the world to call a few of our best Auckland players back home, writes Chris Rattue.
It's the bane of sports fans everywhere - their favourite club changing kit yearly, forcing them to spend big dollars to look up-to-date.
Neither the Kiwis nor the Warriors have ever won at Eden Park and the Warriors came up agonisingly short 16-14 against the Roosters tonight.
Self-doubt is crippling the Warriors from what I observed in the round one game against Parramatta.
The players have clearly been put through a difficult pre-season, and that's encouraging because there is no substitute for hard work.
The NRL have lined up yet another combustible first-round clash. The Broncos are desperate to start their season on a winning note, as talk echoes around Queensland about their long premiership "drought".
The Warriors have been handed a break with halfback Shaun Johnson being passed fit to play against Parramatta in their NRL season opener on Saturday night.
The Warriors have put together a motivational video that opens with images of them putting a line in the sand around what happened last year.
He's a part-time DJ, a prolific user of social media and could be the surprise key man for the Warriors.
New coach Matthew Elliott is holding off predicting how well the Warriors will bounce back from a forgettable 2012 season.
It seems some people found our media conference last July, where we outlined an ambitious new vision for the Vodafone NZ Warriors, quite controversial.
Stephen Kearney admits the departure of Darren Lockyer in 2012 left a bigger than expected hole at the Broncos.
Eric Watson jokes that he'd like to tow New Zealand into the Mediterranean so that he can pop across from London at weekends.
Dane Nielsen, the Warriors' star recruit, makes his debut in an NRL trial against Penrith at Hamilton this evening as the club sets about wiping away the 2012 horrors.
He's confident the Warriors won't be implicated in the drug scandal rocking Australian sport.
Diminutive playmaker Pita Godinet and strapping super utility Carlos Tuimavave would appear to have the most to play for when the Warriors begin their trials' campaign.