After back-to-back losses to teams they should really have rolled over, NZ Warriors took on Canterbury Bulldogs needing to make a statement about their NRL championship aspirations ...Bulldogs were 22/24, Warriors were just 11/12.
Makeshift winger Tyra Wetere had a couple of days to prepare for her unexpected NRLW debut, while the arrival of fellow NZ Warriors rookie Ivana Lauitiiti's was probably destined her whole life ... Warriors.
NZ Warriors v Canterbury Bulldogs...Amid the ruins of a heartbreaking, last-gasp defeat to the Dolphins, each and every NZ Warriors player has had to hold themselves accountable to some degree - and then move on.
As her NZ Warriors teammates acclimatise to the demands of NRLW, captain Apii Nicholls is locked into her own steep learning curve, trying to lead them through the minefield.
Warriors v Dolphins... NZ Warriors veteran Kurt Capewell has pledged his undying support to under-siege teammate Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, as the pair try to mend the team's leaky right-edge defence.
Like most of her NZ Warriors teammates, achieving her NRLW dream has not come without sacrifices for rookie halfback Lydia Turua-Quedley ...Last week, when the Warriors wahine took on Newcastle Knights ...
NZ Warriors v Gold Coast Titans... NZ Warriors phenomenon Leka Halasima has returned to earth this week, despite a breathtaking 40-metres dash that snatched an unlikely victory for his team over Newcastle Knights last weekend.
Warriors v Knights... With their home victory at Christchurch in April, NZ Warriors grabbed the historical bragging rights over Newcastle, winning 26 of their 52 previous meetings, with one draw ... Warriors.
Maarire Puketapu can probably thank the Covid pandemic for diverting her sporting career towards the NZ Warriors NRLW programme ... "I hung up and screamed, 'F**k, I'm going to be a Warrior!', but I was at work, so I had to tone it down real quick.".
NZ Warriors halfback Tanah Boyd admits wondering if he would ever get the chance to pull on the club jersey in NRL first-grade ... Boyd, 24, took his assignment in stride, guiding the Warriors around the ...
On a weekend when all four NZ Warriors teams produced extraordinary winning performances, the first-grade team set aside some mid-season wobbles to consolidate their top-four position on the NRL table.
Descended from NZ Warriors royalty - namely uncle Stacey Jones, a 261-game club legend - Albert-Jones, 27, is one of the most experienced members of the revived women's programme, which returns to ...
NZ Warriors star Luke Metcalf is out for the rest of the NRL season, after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee against Brisbane Broncos last weekend ... his debut for the Warriors.