April 16, 2025 • 10 mins
The Warriors are looking to bounce back from their 42-14 thrashing from the Melbourne Strom.
The side is expected to face off against the Broncos on Saturday.
Former Warriors captain Steve Price joined D'Arcy to discuss.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Darcy Wildergrave
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
It'd be all right, let's get amongst a bit of
rugby league now, shock horror? Was it really though? What
happened over the weekend when the Storm poll acts the Warriors? Hey,
Warriors did well on the second half, but by that
stage the game had been well and truly buried. It
was six foot under with no sign of life. So
(00:33):
what do we read into this? Why do we read
too much into this? What happens now? For more Warriors?
Skipper mister Stephen Price joins the program now to discuss
good evening, Stephen, I'm very well interesting turnaround for the
Warriors last week in the Melbourne Storm have done it again.
(00:56):
And I've said that the thing with the NRL is
that from time to time there's going to be a
lopsided whipping. It happens in this competition, but it's always
the Storm. What are your thoughts around that because back
in your day that wasn't the case, was it?
Speaker 3 (01:12):
No, it wasn't And that's sort of a bogey team
I suppose for the Warriors at the moment, and in
particularly in Melbourne, they've got a fair confidence when they
come up against the Warriors because they've had some really
good wins there. And yeah, as you were saying, when
I was playing, like the weather's very similar. You've got
a lot of Warriors fans in Melbourne, so it sort
of felt like a home game. So we always really
(01:33):
enjoyed playing in Melbourne, and obviously against a very good
footy team, and no better way to play against the
best to challenge yourself. And we come up with a
lot more wins and losses there, that's for sure, And yeah,
it's a challenge for the team at the moment, but yeah,
that game's in the rearview, miror now hopefully they can
learn from that and then sort of move forward in
a way that's to best prepare them for other situations.
(01:53):
First and foremost is the Broncos this weekend.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yeah, we'll look forward to that. We're still going back,
I'm sorry, Poom, back to the storm. Do they overthink it?
Do they think too much about that that smudge over
top of them with this team, because this is a
team that went into that game three on the bounds.
A couple of those people didn't think they would win.
They had essentially a very fit team. I'm missing a
couple of key players, but everything was there for them
(02:17):
to do well. Overthinking it, putting too much into it,
because that first half that has got blown off the park.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
So I reckon, there's your first mistake is that it's
not necessarily what the Warriors are thinking and what the
Warriors want to do. Sometimes it's what the opposition are
I allow you to do. And one of the great
things that Craig Dullomy's very good at is being able
to look at his opposition and be able to identify
their strengths and then he tries to really limit the
opportunities or the impact on the game that those strengths have,
(02:46):
and then obviously really push the strengths that you know,
the Storm have. And whenever they did really well against
us when I was playing, and I've seen it in
the last few years as well. As they start very
well and when they get to a good start, they're
very good leaders, and once they get to a lead,
then it's really hard to sort of chase him down.
So yeah, the start was obviously really important. As soon
(03:07):
as they do that and they get into you know,
the boys head a bit. It's been a while since
the Warriors of One in Melbourne, So then you know
whether that starts to come more to the front of
front of mind that you've probably talked about that during
the week of let's you know, let's change this, let's
change this sort of rotation that we've got at the
moment and try and turn that around so that we
(03:28):
get a win in Melbourne against the Storm. But yeah,
sometimes that can work against you when you're you're under fire,
things aren't going your way, you have a few injuries,
or you like with Fish coming off early not ideal,
and you know a few other things go away, sorry,
go against you, not ideal. When you're in a situation
like a team the Storm are playing really well at
(03:49):
the moment, pretty strong side they've got, and particularly at home,
pretty hard to beat. So you put all those together
and you don't always look at yourselves and say, well,
you know, it's all of our fault and there's other
contributing factors, factors when you're playing a team sport and
sometimes your opposition's got a bit to play and how
you play.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
No choice but to change the lineup. Suspension to Rocko Berry,
which is the real shame. But so it is that's
the laws. And then of course injuries to a couple
of the key players, so there's been a number of
changes in twisted position in the lineup. First up, your
thoughts on not having Fish, It looks like as peck
(04:27):
injury is not as bad as we think it. As
you means to me a fear that James Fitzhaharis not
being around Penrith it's probably been a big reason they've
collapsed as well, So he's a key part to not
be there.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Steve. Yeah, and that's one of the big things I thought.
Whereas did well with obviously Bindfish bringing him over and
the money that he's got and the way that he
goes about his work and the impact he can have
one of those young forwards that are coming through the
club as well as the rest of his teammates. And
I think, you know, other than probably Game one where
(05:02):
it wasn't just Fish, whole team sort of struggled over
in Vegas, I think they've really found sort of a
little bit more of their groove and how it's going
to work. Yeah, the weekend was disappointing, but didn't give
the Warrior's way, and that happens two at times. Now
it's going to be who's going to stand up, you know,
who's going to take over that role for how have
a long fish is out for He'll still play a
(05:24):
role at training and in the preparation of the game.
But as you say, fingers crossed, the injury isn't as
bad as what first thought, and he's back sooner than later.
But that's the other great thing made about the NRL
and about a regular league about sport is you know,
one disappointment for one person gives another person opportunity. And
there's a highly young fellows there at the Warriors that
are looking for an opportunity and a few of them
(05:46):
are getting that this weekend. So now it's their opportunity
to front up and against the Broncos team that you
know I have have had some really good games this
year and then a below the Warriors had some disappointing
games this year. So huge game for both clubs. But yeah,
there's a bit of unknown there for the Warriors, which
would be a bit worrying, I reckon for the Bronx
coming over and not really knowing what they are facing
up against. Yeah, they probably can't come into it the
(06:08):
way they might have wanted to knowing you know, there's
no chance, no Roger, no Fish, sort of, some of
those regular faces aren't there that they normally be used
to playing against.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
They've got some tweaks because of that. Jackson Ford is
up the front. Now you've had some changes. It means
Capball has gone on to the centers and this potential
superstartion really lays this on them because he's probably going
to curse him. But alek Alas gets his first start.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Yeah, Jackson going into the front row, mate, I don't
think that's a bad thing. I think the more Jackson's
involved in the game, the better he plays. So front
row because that sort of happened to me. I was
a back rower and then my coach Steve Folk assuming
in the front row and it was the best thing
that happened in my footy degree. So I think like
Jackson's played there before, and he's a work great man.
(06:59):
You know, he loves getting his hands on the foot,
he loves being defensive, plays a big role on the team.
So I think that's going to be a positive for
the team. You know, with Kurt Ghana Sena, he's done
that at the origin level. Very good defensively with the ball.
He can certainly do things that other players can't do,
and he's going to be really good for that that
(07:19):
edge that he's on defensively, So I'm not sure who
he's marking, whether it's Katani or Shivasaki. I'm not sure
which side he's on, but it doesn't really matter. I mean,
that's just going to give them a little bit more
settled sort of experience on an edge. And then Leka. Yeah,
there's been a lot of talk about him for a
long time and he's going to get a chance to
(07:40):
go out and just be him at the end of
the day. That's all we want as fans and supporters
of the Warriors is for him to go and do
what he's been doing. Because tries to be someone else,
that's when he's going to bring himself undone. Not to
be nervous or be more excited than nervous, because you
can waste a lot of energy being nervous, whereas being excited.
I think that's more of a better positive way to
(08:01):
put it, and you should be. If you're not excited
and a bit nervous, then obviously you're not doing the
right thing. You should be because it's exciting for you.
You've been waiting a long time for it, and you
want to prove yourself in the big league.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Frank Endecott's come out and see the fifth tackle option
hasn't been great, and he also says that probably we
haven't got the pace that we need. Is there some
truisms in their steam?
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Yeah, you know, it's a really interesting comment, and Frank's
definitely got the kudos to be able to say whatever
he thinks. I haven't seen a whole lot of the
Warriors games this year, but one of the things that
I have noticed in a lot of the games is
when you know, those fifth tackle options, if you're really
(08:52):
tight on the try line to try and score, that
can be detrimental to attacking team. That's why a lot
of teams give the sixty goal away on their trial
line because or the short dropout and all that. I mean,
worst case scenario, the opposition get the ball and you're
defending on your trialline, you don't have to go as far,
you don't get worn out as much. You can get
up off the line really quickly. Put pressure on all
(09:15):
of those type of things. So you know, sort of
thirty out to sort of fifteen meters out from the
trailine is probably your ideal attacking zone anywhere further out
from there, and you definitely do need speed and the
skill and obviously a tactic to try and undo some
of the defense patterns that are in the league. But yeah,
I think obviously the middle needs to be getting that
(09:36):
go forward to try and get that field position and
your back five play view role coming out of trouble.
If the boys are doing that, then they'll put themselves
into a position and then all you do is you backyard.
You know your halves or whoever's doing the kicking to
come up with the right decisions or right tactics, execute
it correctly, and then whenever there's a ball put in
(09:57):
the air, just making sure you're competing for it. I
get really frustrated, whether it's the Warriors, the Bulldogs, or
any other team in the camp, if there's no one
competing for the ball in the air. I always used
to think, what do you do to the opposition? You
do what you don't like being done to you. And
if I was a fullback, I wouldn't like someone jumping
up and trying to catch the ball in front of me.
So that's what you should do every single time. I
(10:20):
reckon and you see a lot of teams score tries
and get errors that do that. So they're just extra
effort areas that you know any team can do, but
certainly be good if the worries. We're able to bring
that type of footy this weekend.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Steve Price, if I was a fullback, I've heard.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
It, or when you may or whoever.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks.
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You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Darcy Wildergrave
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
It'd be all right, let's get amongst a bit of
rugby league now, shock horror? Was it really though? What
happened over the weekend when the Storm poll acts the Warriors? Hey,
Warriors did well on the second half, but by that
stage the game had been well and truly buried. It
was six foot under with no sign of life. So
(00:33):
what do we read into this? Why do we read
too much into this? What happens now? For more Warriors?
Skipper mister Stephen Price joins the program now to discuss
good evening, Stephen, I'm very well interesting turnaround for the
Warriors last week in the Melbourne Storm have done it again.
(00:56):
And I've said that the thing with the NRL is
that from time to time there's going to be a
lopsided whipping. It happens in this competition, but it's always
the Storm. What are your thoughts around that because back
in your day that wasn't the case, was it?
Speaker 3 (01:12):
No, it wasn't And that's sort of a bogey team
I suppose for the Warriors at the moment, and in
particularly in Melbourne, they've got a fair confidence when they
come up against the Warriors because they've had some really
good wins there. And yeah, as you were saying, when
I was playing, like the weather's very similar. You've got
a lot of Warriors fans in Melbourne, so it sort
of felt like a home game. So we always really
(01:33):
enjoyed playing in Melbourne, and obviously against a very good
footy team, and no better way to play against the
best to challenge yourself. And we come up with a
lot more wins and losses there, that's for sure, And yeah,
it's a challenge for the team at the moment, but yeah,
that game's in the rearview, miror now hopefully they can
learn from that and then sort of move forward in
a way that's to best prepare them for other situations.
(01:53):
First and foremost is the Broncos this weekend.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yeah, we'll look forward to that. We're still going back,
I'm sorry, Poom, back to the storm. Do they overthink it?
Do they think too much about that that smudge over
top of them with this team, because this is a
team that went into that game three on the bounds.
A couple of those people didn't think they would win.
They had essentially a very fit team. I'm missing a
couple of key players, but everything was there for them
(02:17):
to do well. Overthinking it, putting too much into it,
because that first half that has got blown off the park.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
So I reckon, there's your first mistake is that it's
not necessarily what the Warriors are thinking and what the
Warriors want to do. Sometimes it's what the opposition are
I allow you to do. And one of the great
things that Craig Dullomy's very good at is being able
to look at his opposition and be able to identify
their strengths and then he tries to really limit the
opportunities or the impact on the game that those strengths have,
(02:46):
and then obviously really push the strengths that you know,
the Storm have. And whenever they did really well against
us when I was playing, and I've seen it in
the last few years as well. As they start very
well and when they get to a good start, they're
very good leaders, and once they get to a lead,
then it's really hard to sort of chase him down.
So yeah, the start was obviously really important. As soon
(03:07):
as they do that and they get into you know,
the boys head a bit. It's been a while since
the Warriors of One in Melbourne, So then you know
whether that starts to come more to the front of
front of mind that you've probably talked about that during
the week of let's you know, let's change this, let's
change this sort of rotation that we've got at the
moment and try and turn that around so that we
(03:28):
get a win in Melbourne against the Storm. But yeah,
sometimes that can work against you when you're you're under fire,
things aren't going your way, you have a few injuries,
or you like with Fish coming off early not ideal,
and you know a few other things go away, sorry,
go against you, not ideal. When you're in a situation
like a team the Storm are playing really well at
(03:49):
the moment, pretty strong side they've got, and particularly at home,
pretty hard to beat. So you put all those together
and you don't always look at yourselves and say, well,
you know, it's all of our fault and there's other
contributing factors, factors when you're playing a team sport and
sometimes your opposition's got a bit to play and how
you play.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
No choice but to change the lineup. Suspension to Rocko Berry,
which is the real shame. But so it is that's
the laws. And then of course injuries to a couple
of the key players, so there's been a number of
changes in twisted position in the lineup. First up, your
thoughts on not having Fish, It looks like as peck
(04:27):
injury is not as bad as we think it. As
you means to me a fear that James Fitzhaharis not
being around Penrith it's probably been a big reason they've
collapsed as well, So he's a key part to not
be there.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Steve. Yeah, and that's one of the big things I thought.
Whereas did well with obviously Bindfish bringing him over and
the money that he's got and the way that he
goes about his work and the impact he can have
one of those young forwards that are coming through the
club as well as the rest of his teammates. And
I think, you know, other than probably Game one where
(05:02):
it wasn't just Fish, whole team sort of struggled over
in Vegas, I think they've really found sort of a
little bit more of their groove and how it's going
to work. Yeah, the weekend was disappointing, but didn't give
the Warrior's way, and that happens two at times. Now
it's going to be who's going to stand up, you know,
who's going to take over that role for how have
a long fish is out for He'll still play a
(05:24):
role at training and in the preparation of the game.
But as you say, fingers crossed, the injury isn't as
bad as what first thought, and he's back sooner than later.
But that's the other great thing made about the NRL
and about a regular league about sport is you know,
one disappointment for one person gives another person opportunity. And
there's a highly young fellows there at the Warriors that
are looking for an opportunity and a few of them
(05:46):
are getting that this weekend. So now it's their opportunity
to front up and against the Broncos team that you
know I have have had some really good games this
year and then a below the Warriors had some disappointing
games this year. So huge game for both clubs. But yeah,
there's a bit of unknown there for the Warriors, which
would be a bit worrying, I reckon for the Bronx
coming over and not really knowing what they are facing
up against. Yeah, they probably can't come into it the
(06:08):
way they might have wanted to knowing you know, there's
no chance, no Roger, no Fish, sort of, some of
those regular faces aren't there that they normally be used
to playing against.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
They've got some tweaks because of that. Jackson Ford is
up the front. Now you've had some changes. It means
Capball has gone on to the centers and this potential
superstartion really lays this on them because he's probably going
to curse him. But alek Alas gets his first start.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Yeah, Jackson going into the front row, mate, I don't
think that's a bad thing. I think the more Jackson's
involved in the game, the better he plays. So front
row because that sort of happened to me. I was
a back rower and then my coach Steve Folk assuming
in the front row and it was the best thing
that happened in my footy degree. So I think like
Jackson's played there before, and he's a work great man.
(06:59):
You know, he loves getting his hands on the foot,
he loves being defensive, plays a big role on the team.
So I think that's going to be a positive for
the team. You know, with Kurt Ghana Sena, he's done
that at the origin level. Very good defensively with the ball.
He can certainly do things that other players can't do,
and he's going to be really good for that that
(07:19):
edge that he's on defensively, So I'm not sure who
he's marking, whether it's Katani or Shivasaki. I'm not sure
which side he's on, but it doesn't really matter. I mean,
that's just going to give them a little bit more
settled sort of experience on an edge. And then Leka. Yeah,
there's been a lot of talk about him for a
long time and he's going to get a chance to
(07:40):
go out and just be him at the end of
the day. That's all we want as fans and supporters
of the Warriors is for him to go and do
what he's been doing. Because tries to be someone else,
that's when he's going to bring himself undone. Not to
be nervous or be more excited than nervous, because you
can waste a lot of energy being nervous, whereas being excited.
I think that's more of a better positive way to
(08:01):
put it, and you should be. If you're not excited
and a bit nervous, then obviously you're not doing the
right thing. You should be because it's exciting for you.
You've been waiting a long time for it, and you
want to prove yourself in the big league.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Frank Endecott's come out and see the fifth tackle option
hasn't been great, and he also says that probably we
haven't got the pace that we need. Is there some
truisms in their steam?
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Yeah, you know, it's a really interesting comment, and Frank's
definitely got the kudos to be able to say whatever
he thinks. I haven't seen a whole lot of the
Warriors games this year, but one of the things that
I have noticed in a lot of the games is
when you know, those fifth tackle options, if you're really
(08:52):
tight on the try line to try and score, that
can be detrimental to attacking team. That's why a lot
of teams give the sixty goal away on their trial
line because or the short dropout and all that. I mean,
worst case scenario, the opposition get the ball and you're
defending on your trialline, you don't have to go as far,
you don't get worn out as much. You can get
up off the line really quickly. Put pressure on all
(09:15):
of those type of things. So you know, sort of
thirty out to sort of fifteen meters out from the
trailine is probably your ideal attacking zone anywhere further out
from there, and you definitely do need speed and the
skill and obviously a tactic to try and undo some
of the defense patterns that are in the league. But yeah,
I think obviously the middle needs to be getting that
(09:36):
go forward to try and get that field position and
your back five play view role coming out of trouble.
If the boys are doing that, then they'll put themselves
into a position and then all you do is you backyard.
You know your halves or whoever's doing the kicking to
come up with the right decisions or right tactics, execute
it correctly, and then whenever there's a ball put in
(09:57):
the air, just making sure you're competing for it. I
get really frustrated, whether it's the Warriors, the Bulldogs, or
any other team in the camp, if there's no one
competing for the ball in the air. I always used
to think, what do you do to the opposition? You
do what you don't like being done to you. And
if I was a fullback, I wouldn't like someone jumping
up and trying to catch the ball in front of me.
So that's what you should do every single time. I
(10:20):
reckon and you see a lot of teams score tries
and get errors that do that. So they're just extra
effort areas that you know any team can do, but
certainly be good if the worries. We're able to bring
that type of footy this weekend.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Steve Price, if I was a fullback, I've heard.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
It, or when you may or whoever.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
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