toss of a coin here

i think kearney will turn them around

if i knew the results of last years games i could make a better decision, 50/50, undecided

Warriors...even if we aren't at home

i feel for u mate!

Eels look a poor side - very uninspiring half backs, Kearney has his work cut out but he has been brought through by the best so hopefully something has rubbed off on him

The Warriors look very impressive on paper. Very strong bench. They'll be my tip.

Somethings happened, not sure what. I don't think Inu is a particulary good buy for the Warriors. Very poor defender and got shown up far too many times last year.

Warriors for me by 3 scores. Their pack is very strong, and very workman like, and with Berro off the bench Heramaia doesn't have to play the full 80.

I won't completely write Inu off yet, but it's such a shame to watch (figuratively of course, he won't be on TV) his massive talent go to waste. In 2007, he looked like he could possibly be the best out of him, Hayne and Folau. I hope for better.

just remembered about mateo going to the warriors

he is going to cause havoc throwing the ball around with the warriors

and berrigan on the bench

probably changed my mind and going warriors now

Over by HT, Eels comfortably

I cant understand why the Warriors have spent 300k a year on Inu when he couldn't get a game at the Eels alot of the time and looked poor when he did play.
He's a talented player as he's proved before but he needs to be consistent, maybe a long run in the side will do him the world of good but it's alot to spend on someone who isn't playing.
I think the Warriors are weakest in the backline, Hohaia is okay but nothing special. Vatuvei needs to stay fit but he never stays fit for long. the rest of the backs will be in and out of the team if they dont perform straight away and Inu will get his chance early on. The halves looked good last year, espaecially Maloney.

I watched a lot of videos of them in the 80's when I was a kid growing up.

I still have quite a few here at home and watching the likes of Kenny and Sterling was a jot to behold.

pre sales for eden park are at 32,000 with over a day to go ....

record crowd for the warriors

really good game

1. parra are a fantastic side. their completion rate was 90% for much of the game

2. hayne was brilliant. his spiral bombs and his positional play at fullback. set up a few tries with nice cut out passes or kicks

3. the warriors are a talented side and tried hard

4. vatevi is out for at least 8 weeks with a medial knee, tough luck

5. the inability of hohiai and the warriros winger to catch hanynes bombs cost the a chance of winning

38k turned out fantastic

Vatuvei is injured far too much for the Warriors. He never gets a run of games together without getting injured. Wasn't he injured in the 4 Nations and the All Stars game aswell? At least Inu will get a crack next week.
I didn't expect the Eels to win this one. I thought Kearney would have them playing error free and completing sets, he has worked with Bellamy and Bennett before.
How did the halves go for Parra, Robson and Mortimer?

You cant blame the player for a broken bone. And also today he was injured after a massive hit to his thigh when he was at full speed.

Anyway, if the Warriors could catch they'd have won today. It was a good game though and was great to see so many in there.

Anybody know why Chris Hicks didn't play for Parra?

Yeah, he's not good enough



Picked for the Wentworthville Magpies in the NSW Cup.

He was the best finisher by a country mile in SL last year and the year before.

Hey, i'm British and a season ticket holder at the Rhinos so I don't like to bag the SL unless it's warranted but if ever you wanted to see why our outside backs are deemed poor compared to our Aussie counterparts it's your post above.

parra halves were very good

but hayne was playing like an extra half anyway

not only his bombs which the warriors couldnt catch

he was creating tries through cut out passes and kicks

and apparently kearney is so happy with his halves the club will no longer be chasing quade cooper

....could have (and I thought it was) more....

the warriors were pretty good too

had a number of questionable ref calls go against them

their outside backs dropping haynes bombs was the big difference

and lost manu early

yet they fought back every time and came close

some good kids there

their winger, number 2, he runs like uate from newcastle.

always like packer

Parra really muscled up in the forwards and the likes of Hindmarsh and Moi Moi were making plenty of good metres. Timmy Mannah also had a very stong game and kept putting his hand up to take the ball forward. I was impressed with Mitchell Allgood too. Got me some good fantasy team points, even though he only played 30 odd minutes.

The Warriors were their own worst enemy for mine. Very poor discipline and made plenty of errors. Turning too much ball over is what cost them the match. They gifted the Eels far to much easy ball, leaving themselves far too much to do in defence.

Fantastic crowd