Team List Raiders vs Warriors - [Round 1, 2025]

Raiders vs Warriors

Raiders

Kickoff In:

Allegiant Stadium

Sunday
Afternoon
13:00

Warriors

Team Lists

 
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NZWarriors.com

Apologies if it has been posted before but I haven't seen it listed the last few days.

Metcalf on American TV.

What would someone say to appear like they belong there? Up the WAHS.

Saw the unedited version on youtube. i dont know what is going on with that guy with the short yellow pants. Thankfully for this version they put the captions over it.
 
I find it interesting that the narrative and betting odds have the Warriors as favorites, but every NRL analyst I've seen is picking the Raiders.

I'd also recommend rewatching Round 20. The team lists for both Round 1 and that game are oddly similar—only five different players on our side. So, I think it still gives a good indication of what to expect. We’ve swapped DWZ, TMM, AFB, Lussick, and Jazz for CNK, Metcalf, JFH, Clark, and Vaimauga. The Raiders only have four different players.

As expected, the biggest concern will be Fogarty’s kicking. In that game, they really punished us with it—Tuapiki dropped one out of three before getting KO’d, and DWZ dropped two, I think. Off those knock ons, we had some of the worst goal line defense I've seen, bunching up and leaving our fullback in one on ones on the try line.
I’d also argue it was one of TMM’s worst games. The right-hand side just wasn’t used, and not because our left hand side—Ford, Capewell, and Pompey (with KO forcing Roger to fullback, moving Capewell and Pompey one left) was too fast.

To counter those negatives, Pompey, Ali, and Roger all had great hands in that game, so I’m not as worried about the kicks. That said, Tuapiki will likely be targeted with them unless we can pressure the kicker. Our goal line defense should be better this year based on trials and with SJ back as a defensive coach.
Our attack should also be stronger on both sides. Tuapiki and Ali are a much bigger threat than a Pompey-wing, Capewell-center edge. Plus, Pompey and RTS seem like a solid attacking combo. We also just seem to perform better with Agar as the attacking coach.
 
I find it interesting that the narrative and betting odds have the Warriors as favorites, but every NRL analyst I've seen is picking the Raiders.

I'd also recommend rewatching Round 20. The team lists for both Round 1 and that game are oddly similar—only five different players on our side. So, I think it still gives a good indication of what to expect. We’ve swapped DWZ, TMM, AFB, Lussick, and Jazz for CNK, Metcalf, JFH, Clark, and Vaimauga. The Raiders only have four different players.

As expected, the biggest concern will be Fogarty’s kicking. In that game, they really punished us with it—Tuapiki dropped one out of three before getting KO’d, and DWZ dropped two, I think. Off those knock ons, we had some of the worst goal line defense I've seen, bunching up and leaving our fullback in one on ones on the try line.
I’d also argue it was one of TMM’s worst games. The right-hand side just wasn’t used, and not because our left hand side—Ford, Capewell, and Pompey (with KO forcing Roger to fullback, moving Capewell and Pompey one left) was too fast.

To counter those negatives, Pompey, Ali, and Roger all had great hands in that game, so I’m not as worried about the kicks. That said, Tuapiki will likely be targeted with them unless we can pressure the kicker. Our goal line defense should be better this year based on trials and with SJ back as a defensive coach.
Our attack should also be stronger on both sides. Tuapiki and Ali are a much bigger threat than a Pompey-wing, Capewell-center edge. Plus, Pompey and RTS seem like a solid attacking combo. We also just seem to perform better with Agar as the attacking coach.
Raiders spine hasn’t played at all either during the pre-season so could be rusty
 
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