Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck admits the team is approaching the rest of their NRL campaign as 'must-win' territory if they want to play finals football at season's end.
While the top six teams have emerged and separated themselves from the chasing pack through 15 rounds, there is a logjam of teams vying for the lower seeded places in the playoffs. The Warriors are one of three teams currently on 12 points, while their opponents this Friday, the St George Illawarra Dragons, are one of three teams on 14 points.
Reaching the business end of the campaign, Tuivasa-Sheck said a win over the Dragons this weekend would be the ideal way to start their run home.
"It's definitely a game that we need to win to keep the playoffs a reality for us," he said. "I know there's still a lot of footy to be played and a lot of different decisions out there you can't control, but just putting on a good performance, trying to get the win and march on game by game is really important for us from here on in."
Over the remaining 10 rounds of the season, the Warriors only have two fixtures against teams currently in the top four which means they will have the power to take points off rivals also bidding for a spot at the lower end of the top eight.
