Round 4: New Zealand Warriors v Newcastle Knights

[DIEHARD]

New Zealand Warriors v Newcastle Knights

Sunday April 6, Mt Smart Stadium, 2pm

WARRIORS: Lance Hohaia, Patrick Ah Van, Brent Tate, Ryan Shortland, Manu Vatuvei, Michael Witt, Grant Rovelli, Sam Rapira, Nathan Fien, Ruben Wiki (capt), Simon Mannering, Sonny Fai, Micheal Luck
Interchange: Ian Henderson, Evarn Tuimavave, Epalahame Lauaki, Logan Swann, Wairangi Koopu (one to be omitted)

KNIGHTS: Kurt Gidley, James McManus, Wes Naiqama, Keith Lulia, Cooper Vuna, Jarrod Mullen, Scott Dureau, Daniel Tolar, Danny Buderus (capt), Jesse Royal, Chris Houston, Cameron Ciraldo, Zeb Taia
Interchange: Matt Hilder, Cory Paterson, Richard Faaoso, Danny Wicks, Adam MacDougall (one to be omitted)

Referee: Tony De Las Heras

[Hoppy2007Dragons]

Ive tipped the warriors on the home ground advanateg, mind you though if they play like last week newcastle will roll them.

[Ryan]

Ive tipped the warriors on the home ground advanateg, mind you though if they play like last week newcastle will roll them.

Same here, but it's still hard to tip a team that just conceded 52pts...........

[Capital_Shark]

Knights have surprised me this year, but I don't think this game is about them so much. Its all about how the Warriors come back from last Monday's blood bath at the hands of Manly.

Ivan Cleary at the post match press conference looked like a deer in the headlights. He had NFI what the hell just happened, and pretty much said so. I probably wouldn't focus much on the game gone though. For starters the 6 days between games wouldn't be enough time to point out all of the Warriors c0ck ups, and also cause I'm sure as pro footy players the blokes would have a fair idea of their own. Concentrate on some basics and building a good defensive platform, rebuilding team morale and let the team's pride take over in making up for last week.

Warriors at home, gotta go with 'em.

[Hoppy2007Dragons]

Thats the key with the warriors, don't know whether its the jet lag for oppositions, or just the hostile crowd, or the warriors just lift or all of them, but the would be one of the hardest away trips of the season.

[Meh]

Good that a specialist centre in Shortland is getting a go, with Fai starting he should get more ball and start to find his feet in first grade.

I'm expecting the Warriors to either fall into a slump or annihilate Newcastle at home depending on who has their coffee that morning.

[Across The Ditch]

Newcastle has won 3 of there last 5 at Mount Smart. I think the Warriors can win, I mean it can't get any worse than last week... can it?

[hugebrianfan]

it'll most probably be a really tough game! i hope the knights just hang in there..They have done well this year and only have lost one game!

wheather the knights win or lose Im sure it'll be a good game..

GOOD LUCK TO THE KNIGHS!!

oh and i must say Kurt Gidley has turned out to be an excellent player

[Across The Ditch]

Good win for the Warriors.

I thought we were going to run away with it after Shortlands 2 tries (what a nice debut) but the Knights got them selves back into it.

Thank god for Logan Swann's goal line intercept otherwise it would have gone to golden-point...