The Warriors are second on the NRL ladder after a heart-stopping 30-26 NRL victory over the Cowboys in the NRL's Magic Round in Brisbane.
Five first half tries had the Kiwi side up 28-12 at the break before the Cowboys surged back with three tries in eight minute - but the Warriors managed to hold on and win at the last second.
Warriors Assistant Coach Richard Agar joined Piney to discuss.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalks EDB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
This is it?
Speaker 3 (00:13):
These are this.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
For clean?
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Not supposed to have it dropped over Warriors. When a
kay makes a grim struggle, the Warriors have done something.
I have watched an eighteen point lean just seat the grade.
A try saving tackle from Metcalf for tew Loggi has
(00:37):
provenably the difference. And may those fans.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Celebrating, Yeah, they celebrated and dyed in a good contingent
of Warriors fans there at Magic Round. They'll be enjoying
themselves today. I think most people have gone over for
the whole weekend, haven't they, And they'll just stay there
until until well, I guess they'll just stay there until
the end of today. A Luke Metcalf master class. The
Warriors holding on for a thirty twenty six win over
(01:02):
the Cowboys, Metcalf scoring two tries, kicking four five offers,
seven goals and making a try saving tech all late
in the match. So the Warriors hanging on for a
thirty twenty six win. Rich I got assistant coaches with
us from the airport. I know you've got to jump
on a plane quickly, Rich or shortly anyway, So thanks
for joining us quickly on the show giving up the
(01:23):
overnight test. How do you evaluate the performance last night
and the win over the Cowboys?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Yeah, goodwin really, I think, you know, first half, obviously
we played some really good football in quite testing conditions,
so we faced a lot of adversity through the game.
You know, we lost, obviously lost rock Coberry, but I
don't know public cluk people know what Ed Cossi carried
a pretty major shoulder injury with him from from ten
(01:49):
minutes into the game. You know, he had a shot
off at half time, were struggling to get his playing
jumper back on and managed to see the eighteen minutes out.
So you know, we were very much busted up during
the game. And I think there were a couple of
big momentum calls, you know, the seven tackle set where
we feel, you know, we we wanted to challenge that
(02:11):
because it was a wrong call, and there were used
a couple of opportunities in there where through a couple
of calls, and I think the opportunities for us to
kill the momentum that you know, we didn't quite take
by hanging onto kicks and don't ard a good side.
They can put posts or they can put points on
people very very quickly, which to Bednals last night. But
(02:32):
I thought the resilience in which we showed at the end,
when you know we were under under the pump and
clearly fatigued from the amount of defending do showed. It
showed a lot of character.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Luke Metcalf, a couple of tries, five of us, even goals,
trice iving, tackle, lighting the match and now it's a
tame game. But can you can talk Can you talk
about Luke Mtcalf's influence last night?
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Yeah? Great? Uh, you know, I thought we had a
good platform for him, and we played with a lot
of power and dominance early. But I thought the way
that you know, they went after the game from an
attack point of view, executed the plays really really well,
and there was some scripted stuff and they took a
fantastic short side. We love it when Luke gets out
the back of shape and runs the ball. We feel
(03:14):
that that's when he's at the most threatening. And I
thought it was probably the best forty minutes of our halves,
just finding that balance between playing on the ball and
then both running and even even a couple of opportunities
that maybe we you know, we didn't quite take. I
thought he is the combination between Chanelle and Luke, you know,
(03:35):
certainly enabled Luke to capitalize on some of the good
positions that we had, and you know, he's try saving
tackle is a standout moment in the game for us.
But I also think there were a lot of defense
at the end DA that, you know, when we were
really under the pump. We you know, we did forse
errors and we did stop and getting down the other end,
and we needed to of felt. But even though you
(03:56):
know we we would had lost that momentum that led
to points, I thought we had just gradually start to
turn the tide in the last sort of ten minutes
of the game.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
How important was the bounce back after the Storm game Rich,
you know, Broncos, Knights, Cowboys three big wins. How important
was it to bounce back from the disappointment against the
Storm a month or so ago.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Well, I just I just think when you have a
poor performance, it's always important and it's tests the character.
I think the bigger bounce back for us really were
after round one, where you know, we were majorly disappointing
it over in Las Vegas, and we played a red
hop Manly team that day and had had a you know,
fairly dominant performance. So we've done it twice this year
(04:40):
on the back of you, on the back of our
obviously our poorest performances. I do you think it's indicatively
the competition at the moment? I think, you know, when
you look around, you know, anybody can be anybody, and
it's a very very tight competition really from you know,
the first sort of fourteen places in the competition at
(05:00):
the moment, a couple of wins and a couple of
losses can see you drastically move up or down the table.
So I think, h you know, in answer to your
original question, it showed that, you know, we're a developing group,
We're an evolving group. I think we've got good, strong
leadership that don't second guess or question what we do
or what we're about. And I think we've got some
(05:22):
young guys making the way that there's always going to
be a little bumps in the road, and you know,
it's how you manage that and how you use those
experiences to learn, you know, which will ultimately develop it
and I think last night we're a great example. We
got the win and it wasn't lost. But at the
same time, you know, there's a lot of learnings in
that game for us about some of the ways in
(05:42):
which we manage parts of the second aard.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
I know you've got a xample on a plane Rich,
but just a word on the returning plays and on
Rock I Berry as well. What's the situation there? Also
with Delan, with Roger, and also with James for sha Harras.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And none of those guys are too far away. You know,
I'm pretty certain that some of them don't know if all,
but some will definitely be in contention this week. Rock
all get scans on a hamstring tomorrow when we get back,
but I feel, you know, a seven day turnaround, whatever
the result, is going to be going to be tough
(06:20):
for Rock. I think we just got a stingers and toes,
plus that it's a low grade in and he's not
going to be able for too long. But I think
the likelihood of him being available next week, even without
the scans is, you know, pretty much it's very very minimal.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
Congrats on the one last night reached to you the
coaching staff and all the team have a relaxing flight home.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Mate.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Look forward to seeing hey guy again for the Dragons
next time out.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
I have so thank you very much, great to chat
Jason now.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Thank you Rich Rich. I gat they're joining us from
Brisbane ereport. The team just about to jump on a
flight home and I know that at the end of
the weekend they will be in the top three in
the NRL after eight games.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to news Talks it'd be weekends from midday or follow
the podcast on I have ready out
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalks EDB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
This is it?
Speaker 3 (00:13):
These are this.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
For clean?
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Not supposed to have it dropped over Warriors. When a
kay makes a grim struggle, the Warriors have done something.
I have watched an eighteen point lean just seat the grade.
A try saving tackle from Metcalf for tew Loggi has
(00:37):
provenably the difference. And may those fans.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Celebrating, Yeah, they celebrated and dyed in a good contingent
of Warriors fans there at Magic Round. They'll be enjoying
themselves today. I think most people have gone over for
the whole weekend, haven't they, And they'll just stay there
until until well, I guess they'll just stay there until
the end of today. A Luke Metcalf master class. The
Warriors holding on for a thirty twenty six win over
(01:02):
the Cowboys, Metcalf scoring two tries, kicking four five offers,
seven goals and making a try saving tech all late
in the match. So the Warriors hanging on for a
thirty twenty six win. Rich I got assistant coaches with
us from the airport. I know you've got to jump
on a plane quickly, Rich or shortly anyway, So thanks
for joining us quickly on the show giving up the
(01:23):
overnight test. How do you evaluate the performance last night
and the win over the Cowboys?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Yeah, goodwin really, I think, you know, first half, obviously
we played some really good football in quite testing conditions,
so we faced a lot of adversity through the game.
You know, we lost, obviously lost rock Coberry, but I
don't know public cluk people know what Ed Cossi carried
a pretty major shoulder injury with him from from ten
(01:49):
minutes into the game. You know, he had a shot
off at half time, were struggling to get his playing
jumper back on and managed to see the eighteen minutes out.
So you know, we were very much busted up during
the game. And I think there were a couple of
big momentum calls, you know, the seven tackle set where
we feel, you know, we we wanted to challenge that
(02:11):
because it was a wrong call, and there were used
a couple of opportunities in there where through a couple
of calls, and I think the opportunities for us to
kill the momentum that you know, we didn't quite take
by hanging onto kicks and don't ard a good side.
They can put posts or they can put points on
people very very quickly, which to Bednals last night. But
(02:32):
I thought the resilience in which we showed at the end,
when you know we were under under the pump and
clearly fatigued from the amount of defending do showed. It
showed a lot of character.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Luke Metcalf, a couple of tries, five of us, even goals,
trice iving, tackle, lighting the match and now it's a
tame game. But can you can talk Can you talk
about Luke Mtcalf's influence last night?
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Yeah? Great? Uh, you know, I thought we had a
good platform for him, and we played with a lot
of power and dominance early. But I thought the way
that you know, they went after the game from an
attack point of view, executed the plays really really well,
and there was some scripted stuff and they took a
fantastic short side. We love it when Luke gets out
the back of shape and runs the ball. We feel
(03:14):
that that's when he's at the most threatening. And I
thought it was probably the best forty minutes of our halves,
just finding that balance between playing on the ball and
then both running and even even a couple of opportunities
that maybe we you know, we didn't quite take. I
thought he is the combination between Chanelle and Luke, you know,
(03:35):
certainly enabled Luke to capitalize on some of the good
positions that we had, and you know, he's try saving
tackle is a standout moment in the game for us.
But I also think there were a lot of defense
at the end DA that, you know, when we were
really under the pump. We you know, we did forse
errors and we did stop and getting down the other end,
and we needed to of felt. But even though you
(03:56):
know we we would had lost that momentum that led
to points, I thought we had just gradually start to
turn the tide in the last sort of ten minutes
of the game.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
How important was the bounce back after the Storm game Rich,
you know, Broncos, Knights, Cowboys three big wins. How important
was it to bounce back from the disappointment against the
Storm a month or so ago.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Well, I just I just think when you have a
poor performance, it's always important and it's tests the character.
I think the bigger bounce back for us really were
after round one, where you know, we were majorly disappointing
it over in Las Vegas, and we played a red
hop Manly team that day and had had a you know,
fairly dominant performance. So we've done it twice this year
(04:40):
on the back of you, on the back of our
obviously our poorest performances. I do you think it's indicatively
the competition at the moment? I think, you know, when
you look around, you know, anybody can be anybody, and
it's a very very tight competition really from you know,
the first sort of fourteen places in the competition at
(05:00):
the moment, a couple of wins and a couple of
losses can see you drastically move up or down the table.
So I think, h you know, in answer to your
original question, it showed that, you know, we're a developing group,
We're an evolving group. I think we've got good, strong
leadership that don't second guess or question what we do
or what we're about. And I think we've got some
(05:22):
young guys making the way that there's always going to
be a little bumps in the road, and you know,
it's how you manage that and how you use those
experiences to learn, you know, which will ultimately develop it
and I think last night we're a great example. We
got the win and it wasn't lost. But at the
same time, you know, there's a lot of learnings in
that game for us about some of the ways in
(05:42):
which we manage parts of the second aard.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
I know you've got a xample on a plane Rich,
but just a word on the returning plays and on
Rock I Berry as well. What's the situation there? Also
with Delan, with Roger, and also with James for sha Harras.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And none of those guys are too far away. You know,
I'm pretty certain that some of them don't know if all,
but some will definitely be in contention this week. Rock
all get scans on a hamstring tomorrow when we get back,
but I feel, you know, a seven day turnaround, whatever
the result, is going to be going to be tough
(06:20):
for Rock. I think we just got a stingers and toes,
plus that it's a low grade in and he's not
going to be able for too long. But I think
the likelihood of him being available next week, even without
the scans is, you know, pretty much it's very very minimal.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
Congrats on the one last night reached to you the
coaching staff and all the team have a relaxing flight home.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Mate.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Look forward to seeing hey guy again for the Dragons
next time out.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
I have so thank you very much, great to chat
Jason now.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Thank you Rich Rich. I gat they're joining us from
Brisbane ereport. The team just about to jump on a
flight home and I know that at the end of
the weekend they will be in the top three in
the NRL after eight games.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to news Talks it'd be weekends from midday or follow
the podcast on I have ready out
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