OUT! Origin snub for WAYDE EGAN, JFH & Mitch Barnett miss Road Warriors HOMECOMING | League Of Our Own - S2 EP13
Following four matches on the road, the NZ Warriors are finally back at Mt Smart Stadium to face the Canberra Raiders in a 2 v 3 battle! But there’s no James Fisher-Harris through suspension, and his co-captain Mitch Barnett has been rightly selected for New South Wales in Origin One.We can’t say the same though for Wayde Egan who has missed the Blues squad entirely. Blairy has a theory as to why, and who specifically is to blame! Despite being in career-best form, and the Wahs in 2nd spot on the ladder, the crafty hooker will roll out against the Green Machine instead. Which is probably a relief for Warriors fans given the key absentees in the front row!Who likes the left edge of Halasima, Pompey and RTS? Who gets frustrated with DWZ jamming in? And how about this for a hypothetical: if the 2025 Warriors had Shaun Johnson, Tohu Harris and Addin Fonua-Blake… would they be this high up the ladder?!Another week, another hopeful Betcha This Happens multi from Goran… but at least there are only 5 games to pick this week!
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State of WAH-rigin! And HOLY HEKKA… Halasima a nailed-on starter? | League Of Our Own - S2 EP12
Blairy & Goran begin by thanking the many viewers who provided feedback and ideas around the first-choice NZ Warriors’ backline. But then, the discussion morphs into the makeup of the back row. The question this week: Has LEKA HALASIMA - after 13 first grade games - become a definite starter if everyone is fully fit? Have your say in the comments!With State of Origin One just around the corner and squads set to be picked, we look at our WAH-rigin hopefuls. Mitch Barnett, Kurt Capewell, Wayde Egan, Jackson Ford and even Dally M Medalist-in-waiting Luke Metcalf! Who’s picking up the good news phone call?Lewis Brown’s made an awesome Wahs jersey, Brandon Smith is bouncing off to the Bunnies, and the Fossil returns! As well as another (potentially poor) attempt at the Betcha This Happens Multi.
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Luke Metcalf to WIN the Dally M Medal! | League Of Our Own - S2 EP11
Blairy & Goran have gone off very early here, but… Luke Metcalf will win the 2025 Dally M Medal. Call us crazy, excitable, call us every name under the sun if you want to, HOWEVER… the Warriors halfback is playing the house down and has received maximum points in voting three times already this season. Hear us out!We give the Wahs a report card after Term One - 8 games down, 16 to go in the regular season - and we predict great things in 'Term Two' given their opponents over the next month of footy.And unbelievably, when we thought it was all said and done, when we thought we could move on… as RTS prepares himself for a return to action after injury, we wonder if he’ll play at CENTRE against the Dragons! Say it ain’t so?!There’s a shock twist in Goran’s Betcha This Happens multi, and has Blairy found the time to chat with Ricky Stuart yet?
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GREAT SCOTT! Sorensen 3-game ban? NRL Magic Round or TRAGIC Round ahead? | League Of Our Own - S2 EP10
Hot on the heels of Kiwi international Scott Sorensen contesting the grading of his Grade 2 Shoulder Charge at the NRL judiciary and LOSING - receiving a 3-game ban for his shot on Manly's Nathan Brown - Blairy & Goran talk about the state of the game at the moment, and how head high contact is being interpreted.With fans and pundits copping 18 sin bins during Round 8, the boys wonder how rugby league can find the right balance; sure, penalize illegal contact, but how do you redefine the role of the Bunker in all of it? If the status quo remains, Magic Round in Brisbane will be more TRAGIC than anything.The boys have a chuckle about their debut in a Warriors social media reel about CNK's re-signing, which ultimately leads to Taine Tuaupiki's path to cementing a first grade spot - should he leave the club to lock in a starting fullback spot?Wahs v Cows is Egan v Robson for a NSW Origin jersey, and Goran goes off on another tangent for a wild Betcha This Happens Multi!
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Warriors on ANZAC 'Knight' - where's our trip to Melbourne? | League Of Our Own S2 EP9
With the Warriors set to play their traditional ANZAC Day fixture this Friday, Blairy & Goran wonder if a match against the Newcastle Knights in Christchurch carries the same weight as an annual trip to Melbourne to face the Storm. What would you rather?Luke Metcalf earns praise for his massive stones against the Broncos, Jackson Ford does too after stepping up in the absence of Te Ika, The Fish - James Fisher-Harris.Poor Benji Marshall has brought back Lachlan Galvin for the Tigers, so the circus at Wests gains momentum! How, as a coach, do you integrate back into the side a player that has caused such huge disruption? That's one of the many predicaments facing Benji right now.And Goran takes a different approach to the Betcha This Happens multi... all on this episode of League Of Our Own!
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