New Zealand Warriors

‘A really big five weeks of rugby league’: Mature Warriors preparing for finals footy but not getting ahead of themselves

2 August, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The New Zealand Warriors aren’t getting excited – yet. Andrew Webster’s team has been the fairy tale story of NRL season 2023 so far in their first full season back at home since spending two

‘Croker 300’: A kid from Goulburn and one from Papatoetoe – separated by fourteen long winters and the same rugby league dream we all share in common

7 June, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Fourteen long years ago, on a Sunday afternoon at Canberra Stadium, a slight 18-year-old Goulburn native ran out in the number 20 jersey for the Raiders against the New Zealand Warriors.

‘Difference in opinion’: NRL head of football Graham Annesley tries to defend officials after howlers in Warriors loss to the Panthers

8 May, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS NRL head of football Graham Annesley has come out in defense of the game’s officials after a sensational blast from the CEO of the New Zealand Warriors’ major sponsor on Twitter after

2023 predicted ladder: Broncos, Sea Eagles, Wests Tigers, Warriors, Bulldogs to miss the finals

27 February, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is that time of the year which means every man and their dog are putting together their best guesses – we mean ‘predictions’ – for season 2023. Curtis Woodward is

Former Warriors cult hero David Fusitu’a left “scratching his head” at speculation he wants out of Super League

1 February, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Former Warriors cult hero David Fusitu’a has been left “scratching his head” amid reports he was unhappy at the Leeds Rhinos and wanted to return to the NRL. Whispers began last week that the winger

Have you ever, ever felt like this? The anarchy of the NRL has gone from its normal downright dumb to completely bloody weird

8 July, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Rugby league you son of a bitch. Just when you thought the sport couldn’t get any stranger, peculiar and downright silly – rugby league has decided to take it to another

What’s in a logo? Random history into some of the NRL’s current mascots

18 June, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY STAFF WRITERS What is in a logo? Lots apparently! Imagine the Melbourne Mavericks instead of the Storm or Auckland Bittermen than the Warriors? Here’s a bit of history around footy clubs and their emblems.

‘Stop pretending’: Former Kiwi International rips Warriors to shreds as beleaguered club prepares to hobble back to Auckland

31 May, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Former Kiwi International and one-time New Zealand Warriors coach Tony Kemp has blasted the club as it counts down the days until they return to Auckland after a number of years living and playing in

Warriors young gun Chanel Tavita-Harris announces shock retirement at tender age of 23

23 May, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

New Zealand Warriors young gun Chanel Tavita-Harris has announced his shock retirement at the tender age of just 23 but will finish the season for the nomad Warriors who are yet to return to Auckland.

Mitch Barnett headed to Warriors after being granted release from contract in Newcastle

20 April, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Newcastle Knights enforcer Mitch Barnett is headed to the Warriors in 2023 after being granted an early release from the remainder of his deal at Newcastle. “The Warriors presented me with an opportunity to further

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