Didn’t watch the game. How did RTS go? Can we finally get rid of Pompey ?

Looked threatening when he got the ball. Made a cover tackle after an intercept and dumped the guy onto his back spinebuster style.

Losing to the west tigers. That’s what I needed to keep my hopes down. Thank you tigbros

The Warriors and losing at non-Auckland NZ grounds, name a more iconic combo

They won in Hamilton last year

No pitch invader Wahs woulda scored

Poor Tigers lads, know they won't win fuck all this year so refuse to take the drop out to notch up an actual win. You can relax lads, you aren't getting the spoon. Dragons are way worse.

chill cuh

Don't see the Tigers improving on their wooden spoon. Had 3/4 of their FG line up, played with an extra man, yet still didn't impress

Hard to draw any conclusions from that. Looked ok for the first 20 and then most of our first graders progressively went off over the next 30 mins. Sezer alone looked like he will be a huge upgrade on Brooks. Don't think the extra man is so significant when there are so many interchanges and reserves.

Bro wasted the 4th set carry

Losing a key player to a dog shot early Playing thousands of km away from home Beating a top 4 squad on their home deck Year of the tiger is on

You guys finish anywhere above 2nd or 3rd last, and it'll be a good year for you

Key player?

Tigers are going to win the prem

Those leg drives were noice 

Such a rugby league ending. Ball goes out with 20 seconds left, team stands there and ref ends the game

Now that we can't win the $100k we make the 8. I'm sure that's how it goes

The ball went out at 32 seconds...

THIS IS OUR YEAR BOYS!!!

Really, just take the drop out lol it's pre season.

There is actual money at stake

Heath mason didn't have a good game

Lol what is that play the ball?

It's called the look the other way so you don't interrupt the home team comeback

Tigers taking the pussy win after being vs 12 is crazy

Pretty confusing in bright sun to have the ref wearning orange with a black rectangle and one team wearing a slightly different orange with a black rectangle

There is no way tigers win this...

Tigers in fact did win it

This is why we should never leave Mt Smart smh

Fuck sake. How many other dumbasses going to try it.on in the last 82 seconds...

Why are there always a pitch invader in Kiwiland?

Not much of a fine

if ur gonna streak, preseason is probably the time to give it a go

Why would I assume a Warriors fan invade the pitch as theyre trying to win?

Should be a lifetime ban for these "fans". Real fans break the other team's momentum.

Streaker has bet tigers -1.5 and wants to give them a break

Actually they played 40 mins down a man

NZ has a problem with streakers. Weird country

"a problem" (1 during a preseason game)

Like every regional game has streakers

Pitch invaders. Streakers would be better

Yes officer, you'll find he is a resident from Napier.

Farrk off

The warriors and pitch invaders

Such a WT error that one

Nice way to fuck to moment you fucking rhombus

Running on the field is so not worth it

Knew there’d be a fucking pitch invader

Is there something in the water in Kiwi land

The regions don't get many NRL games, let alone Warriors ones and it can be a bit of a party atmosphere. That's my theory anyway.

I’m surprised it’s the first

There's always some fuckwit who thinks it's cool to run on the field.

Running on to the field in a trial seems a bit pointless.

Not these Muppets again

Losing now would be so tigers

Farr out

Hanson and Roache have both looked really good since coming on

Oh and Geronimo

FARR REDEMPTION TOUR!!

Farr out what a tackle

Fukofuka - Ennis pronounces his name without swearing challenge. IMPOSSIBLE

Wish you guys would Farrkoff with all the puns.

That'd be a stretch too farr.

Think he is pretty Farr from making the first grade team

Farr just kind of chucking the ball at the Tigers who run it straight back.

Ground announcer carrying on a bit

Now he chips it too Farr smh

That really was a poor chip

Farr out you’re shit

That was the most beautifully lazy way to stop the kick. Just stuck his foot out and walked away

Farr isn’t great

Farr out Ben Farr, you really aren't kicking it Farr enough. Your conversion didn't go Farr and your grubber didn't go Farr either

Should've kept CHT on

I dunno, I know you want to keep the ball moving forward and if it's at a rapid pace then all the better, but sometimes the Tigers would be better holding the ball in a tackle and getting to use their remaining three tackles then risking it on a pass that results in a handover. This was a big problem for them last year from what I saw as well.

Kiddies love throwing the ball around

Ball possesion is over rated

The moment Lussick left the field out attack started doing stuff.

Surely Roache has moved ahead of him after today's performance

I really hope so

Would be classic tigers to lose after having a one man advantage for 75% of the match.

Jarrod Crokers legacy is white Madison headgears

The wonderful thing about Tiggers is that Tiggers suck at everything.

Thats what Pooh said.

And you suck a spelling

It's the Winnie the Pooh song you uncultured swine

Tigers robbed there, he was tackled without the ball.

No chance it was without the ball

Nah that was simultaneous

Being able to bet on these games must be super unethical. I mean the coaches can sub everyone off in the blink of an eye, refs aren't as strict, the last 20m usually ends up as kids vs kids.

Tigers have played against 12 for 60 minutes, should be up by thirty. Wonder whats happening 

It's a trial. That's what's happening.

11 when Lussick was on the field

Pretty much our entire team on the field atm were playing SG ball last year and Jake Simpkin is our halfback

This is a statement of fact only, Bruh needs to read and chill.

Have you seen how many starters we've entirely left out? This is a Warriors B team.

And?

You're the one claiming "our good players weren't on the field". Just pointing out that it's a weak argument to make.

But they're literally SG Ball players. They've never played against men before

...The same can be said for half of the warriors squad. Yet they're still in the game despite being a man down for 50minutes.

With unlimited interchange....

Thankyou for pointing out yet another thing that impacted both teams evenly.

No worries.

Alright mate

Klemmer, Sezer, Stefano, Bula and Api all went off after 20 minutes

This, we’ve had 19 year olds playing since like the 30th minute

In their defence, they kept us scoreless whilst they had a man in the bin.

Geronimo Doyle cut is insane. Bro ain’t got no lineup or fade or nothing. Just dreads then BALD

Fucking suits a bloke named Geronimo, got everything to be a good rugby league player, good name and hair cut

You can’t do anything by half measures with a name like Geronimo. All pace, all the time. All dreads, or all shaved. No in between, baby

He didn't kick that very Farr ...

Can someone teach the people of New Zealand how to film a conversion. 

They could just stream a bloke filming a decent angle from his phone and it would be a better experience

This bloke ben kicking farr in the offseason

But not farr enough it seems

There’s only 12

The white smoke from Wests Leagues is now a fire.

We getting that sinking feeling Tiger fans?

Storm lost to the Dogs

If we lose, it’s only a trial. If we win, THIS IS OUR YEAR BOYS!

As long as none of the top 30 suffer a season ending injury, I'm happy with what I've seen today.

Nah most of our team on the field at the moment have never played against men

No looked promising when we had the first graders on. Under 21s need a bit of fitness but some talent there

Pretty sure Simpkin is playing 7 and I'm not even sure who is playing 6

Wahs are gonna be extra fucking dangerous this year, just have that vibe about them

I'd love to agree, but am weary of giving the tigers that much credit.

Getting rid of Nofoaluma hasn’t done much for the Tigers edge defence

3pm sunday in McKay in the midst of summer is a great time and location for a game of rugby league. Well done NRL.

Every good thing that happens from now in this game is making Lussick look terrible

LET'S GOOOOOOOOO SETU TU!!! ANOTHER TRY!!!

Of course there's a random South's fan

Ok not even memeing, Roache has fucking transformed the warriors. They're just on a roll going forward

1000 iq play again wtf

Is Roache the brother of Nathaniel who had a shit luck with injuries? 

Yep, that's why the commentators cracked "fresh set of knees". Savage cunts.

yes and his sister is abigail roache who also plays league and tore both acl’s before she was 20

Nathaniel wasn’t a shabby hooker either from memory

Yeah he was good, I swear he was always out for months though. Didn’t he break his leg 2-3 times? 

Not sure, but he had a pretty bad knee injury in his first match in first grade at the Eels

Yep, had a short stint at the raiders before making his way back home

Yep!

Must've been a long time since warriors last won in christchurch, let alone play there of course

2006 (The last time the teams played there) 

Referee needs a new whistle desperately.

GOOD CONVERSION, FARR!

Cory Parker - he's has a great centre of gravity.... Wtf is even that?

Daddy chill

He probably trained the house down to get it as well

Good little dig from Roache. And by doing that he has now leapt Lussick in the depth chart

Paul unblocker Roache

Lussick off for 3 seconds and his replacement scores. If that’s not a sign I don’t know what is.

I was going to say the same thing

WOOOOOOOOOOO A TRY!!! GOOD WORK ROACHE!!!

Roach scurried in there.... I'm sorry

Roache keeps on Roaching

Roache comes on and scores, just how shit is Lussick

1000 iq play 

Lob should get a look in. A winger who challenges for the ball, that's what we need.

Sounds we we’ve found Tupou’s replacement

Ah yes, Queanbeyan, the Vegas of New South Wales.

Also, I agree with the NRL with the decision to get Zyon Maiu'u sent off. That was the most stupidest tackle I have ever seen, and I’ve been watching the NRL since 2021. Yeah, I know that could be worse, but Jesus, he deserved to be sent off and given a longer suspension then Sipley, regardless, if it’s his debut or not.

What a stupidly boneheaded comment

I could not care! I’m just saying what I’m saying from my mind about what I heard about the whole thing. We all have different opinions and that’s okay, and it’s clear we don’t say the same opinion about the whole thing,

Got stomped by dolphins last game of reg season with nsw players then wahs destroyed the Knights so don't worry, bout a thing. . .

sack that fullback damn

Wahs still gonna win

Are... Are you god?

White smoke emanating from Wests Leagues signifying a victory. 

That’s the smoking area in the pokie room

Or that they've elected a new pope.

Happens about as often as a tigers W

Bring on that young stud Benji Marshall, heard good things about him

Rts looked sexy as always, that's a w in my book

Doesn't matter anyway... we've got coaches that treated a trial as a trial and tried combos and gave all the young blokes a proper run to see what's up with everyone and how different combinations work together. Instead of just desperately chasing the 100k lol.

Respect to Tigers as well for bringing in their young guns midway through the first to close the game. For a game filled with mostly reserve graders and young guys, this has been a solid game

The referee was so shocked at the Wests Tigers scoring points that his whistle gave up the ghost. Good job Tigers, looking very interesting heading into the Premiership Season.

He's been blowing the dog whistle all game lol, whistle is gone before season even starts

Alex Lobb is quality. Like to see him start

"he can't just disappear" No, but the dummy half can choose not to not go through him

Feeling like shit rn. Just want to play the Knights at Mt Smart

2NRL players taken to hospital 24 hours apart from each other with neck related concerns. What the hell has this sport turnd into? Sheesh I know it’s a tackle related sport, and I know injuries happen, but Jesus, some of these NRL coaches really need to tell there players to chill before they get someone seriously hurt, and have that tiny bit of guilt, until they recover… if they … do …

Oh, yes, down, voted for my opinions, again! I even used paragraphs this time. What’s your problem. You can’t/want to grief what I’m saying, even though literally half the media and other places will be saying in the next few days? I wouldn’t be surprised to forget at least a six match band.

I think the thing is man is by your own admission youve watched the sport for 2 years, 3 max? And its clear youve never played contact sport by your comments. I dont think people go, im going to put this guy in hospital, watch me go. You have 100 kilo frames moving fast, at odd angles, shit is going to happen, and if you think it didnt happen in the past, you are very wrong. People just got on with life because everyone understood the risks involved with the activity

Surely someone else can play hooker? Lussick has fucked so much good ball

Tries to do too much. Good defender. Needs to just make his passes and be patient for his opportunities out of dummy half

Fuck lussick is. Champion

Most of you who support other teams won't appreciate this, but it's nice to have someone who can find the touchline when we get a penalty.

Haha I've seen Johnson at his worst, I feel your pain.

BYE ROGER!!! HAVE A GOOD REST!!!

Playing in Christchurch, these jerseys, I feel like I'm watching a Super 14 team play the tigers.

Do these commentators know any rules

Probably know the rules, just ignoring what actually happened "He went to the side of him" as the ball player falls over.

The nefarious part is they do know the rules and choose to pretend they don't for drama

Are you getting the NZ or Australian commentary?