General Warriors fun draft from 1995 onwards

[Boats n Hoes]

Its kind of depressing looking at these teams, Of all the ones I have seen so far I see some great players then a batch of players in each team that make me think 'that teams not winning anything with those guys in it'

Haha comes down to simple maths man. 7 teams of 13, that's 109 players.....that's a big ask that we've produced 109 top tier players. Just look at the halves, we've probably had only 3 that maybe qualify....we were all struggling once they got snapped up.

 

[Boats n Hoes]

I should get you doing my team write up. A few of these teams are trying to emulate the Warrior ball style. Cronulla was the perfect game model for how I want them to play!

Well thats just it i guess. We all romantacize about those years when we could actually play Warrior ball. Their the years that resonate for me. Tbh the "overall career performance" edict went out the window pretty early on for me and i just went for the players that i liked to watch (well...out of the ones that we're still available anyway.)

 

[tajhay]

4. Joel Moon

Coach Matthew Elliot

 

[Weno]

4. Joel Moon

Coach Matthew Elliot

Very underrated who never got the chance he deserved.

 

[Weno]

Boat n Hoes has my back 3 vote.
Tajhay has the front row for the first 20 to just put the lights out of any other pack on attack then there are Ryno's or my boys to back that ass up??????.

 

[PullinTeeth]

Very underrated who never got the chance he deserved.

Agree bro, would love to have a centre like him in the team this year

 

[PullinTeeth]

12. Tyran Smith (always thought it was Tyrone)

Hard as nut 2nd rower, always ran good lines.

Coach..... Steve Kearney

Only World Cup winning coach, and could you name any coach in Warriors history that could coach us 2 an average of 3 points a game in a season.
Now when you think about it, you really have to be a remarkable coach to coach us to 6 points in two games.

Steve Kearney = Remarkable coach

 

[Weno]

12. Tyran Smith (always thought it was Tyrone)

Hard as nut 2nd rower, always ran good lines.

Coach..... Steve Kearney

Only World Cup winning coach, and could you name any coach in Warriors history that could coach us 2 an average of 3 points a game in a season.
Now when you think about it, you really have to be a remarkable coach to coach us to 6 points in two games.

Steve Kearney = Remarkable coach

Hard nut.

 

[Weno]

12. Tyran Smith (always thought it was Tyrone)

Hard as nut 2nd rower, always ran good lines.

Coach..... Steve Kearney

Only World Cup winning coach, and could you name any coach in Warriors history that could coach us 2 an average of 3 points a game in a season.
Now when you think about it, you really have to be a remarkable coach to coach us to 6 points in two games.

Steve Kearney = Remarkable coach

Better record than Tony Kemp brother.

 

[tajhay]

Better record than Tony Kemp brother.

NRL careerwise it's the same. Expect one of these coaches has fucked up two NRL clubs rather than just one.

 

[ryno]

Last pick, I needed a better goal kicker and I so thought Weno was going to choose him.

He didn't play too many games with the Warriors unfortunately but was one of the most prolific goal scorers in Super League History, was an All Black and New Zealand Kiwi representative, liked to run at the line, could pass, kick goals from everywhere on the park and set up his outside men. Frano Botica

Coach pick, well fuck me.
All the ones remaining had a below 37% winning percentage. So I thought I would go with someone that would inspire the team, and then the players can come up with their own tactics and strategies on the field. Mark Graham.

1. McKinnon
2. Nicoll-Klokstad
3. Laumape
4. K. Iro
5. Fusitua
6. Botica (gk)
7. Jones
8. Packer
9. Luke
10. Price (c)
11. Lillyman
12. Harris
13. Ah Mau

Coach: Mark Graham

 

[ryno]

And we are done! Awesome draft guys!

	Ryno	Pullin Teeth	Tajhay	Weno	BoatsnHoes	Warriors55	Wizards Rage
1	Wade McKinnon	Kevin Locke	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	Phill Blake	Brent Webb (gk)	Ivan Cleary (gk)	Matthew Ridge
2	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	Lee Oudenryn	Sean Hoppe	John Carlaw	Francis Meli	Henry Fa'afili	Kevin Maumalo
3	Ngani Laumape	Brent Tate	Dean Bell (c)	Konrad Hurrell	Clinton Toopi	Peta Hiku	Nigel Vagana
4	Kevin Iro	Paul Whatuira	Joel Moon	Sonny Fai	Lewis Brown	Jerome Ropati	Tea Ropati
5	David Fusitua	Richie Blackmore	Shontayne Hape	Todd Byrne	Manu Vatuvei	Krisnan Inu	Glen Fishiashi
6	Frano Botica (gk)	James Maloney (gk)	Lance Hohaia	Shaun Berrigan	Sam Tomkins	Chad Townsend	Michael Witt (gk)
7	Stacey Jones	John Simon	Shaun Johnson (gk)	Greg Alexander (gk)	Nathan Fien	Kieran Foran	Gene Ngamu
8	Russel Packer	Richard Villasante	Joe Vagana	Sam Rapira (c)	Jerry Seuseu (c)	Ruben Wiki (c)	Quintin Pongia
9	Isaac Luke	Nathan Friend	Thomas Leuluai	Robbie Mears	Motu Tony	PJ Marsh	Monty Betham
10	Steve Price (c)	Sio Siua Taukeiaho	Hitri Okesene	Iafeta Paleaaesina	Mark Tookey	Andy Platt	Adam Blair
11	Jacob Lillyman	Tyran Smith	Dennis Betts	Wairangi Koopu	Ali Lauiti'iti	Joe Galavao	Michael Luck
12	Tohu Harris	Feleti Mateo	Ryan Hoffman	Sione Faumuina	Ben Matulino	Awen Guttenbeil	Stephen Kearney
13	Leeson Ah Mau	Simon Mannering (c)	Jazz Tevaga	Jason Death	Logan Swan	Ben Henry	Kevin Campion (c)
Coach	Mark Graham	Stephen Kearney	Mathew Elliot	Andrew McFadden	Ivan Cleary	John Monie	Daniel Anderson

 

[ryno]

Goal Kicking​	% (NRL Career)​
Frano Botica​	73%​
James Maloney​	81%​
Shaun Johnson​	75%​
Greg Alexander​	63%​
Brent Webb​	60%​
Ivan Cleary​	76%​
Michael Witt​	81%​

 

[ryno]

Just an idea, but you could instead of voting for the team you like, do a playoff style competition and ask people to vote for the team they think would win the match up. Managers could then do a write up before their game to talk about how they would beat their respective opponent.

For Example:

1st Round
a) Rynonz vs PullinTeeth
b) Tajhay vs Weno
c) BoatsnHoes vs Warriors55
d) Wizards Rage vs Bye

2nd round
e) a winner vs b winner
f) c winner vs d winner

Finals
g) e winner vs f winner

 

[wizards rage]

Just an idea, but you could instead of voting for the team you like, do a playoff style competition and you ask people to vote for the team they think would win the match up. Managers could then do a write up before their game to talk about how they would beat their respective opponent.

For Example:

1st Round
a) Rynonz vs PullinTeeth
b) Tajhay vs Weno
c) BoatsnHoes vs Warriors55
d) Wizards Rage vs Bye

2nd round
e) a winner vs b winner
f) c winner vs d winner

Finals
g) e winner vs f winner

Im pretty confident going into the first round...

lack of match fitness could hurt at the back end of the second round though 🤔

 

[wrighty]

Just an idea, but you could instead of voting for the team you like, do a playoff style competition and ask people to vote for the team they think would win the match up. Managers could then do a write up before their game to talk about how they would beat their respective opponent.

For Example:

1st Round
a) Rynonz vs PullinTeeth
b) Tajhay vs Weno
c) BoatsnHoes vs Warriors55
d) Wizards Rage vs Bye

2nd round
e) a winner vs b winner
f) c winner vs d winner

Finals
g) e winner vs f winner

As with the other draft will leave it to you boys to run the post draft evaluation voting.

The only concern have with the above is how to restrict it to one thread so that we don;t have too many threads about the draft (which could annoy people)

Cheers

 

[Weno]

These teams are pretty bad ass.
Would be a happy fan if any of them ran out after the dang lockdown.

World XIII going to be big time

 

[warriors55]

Now that all the teams are made I'm surprised no one snapped up Elijah Taylor. I was debating whether to select him or Ben Henry at 13.

 

[Panther]

Looking at these drafts,

Now that all the teams are made I'm surprised no one snapped up Elijah Taylor. I was debating whether to select him or Ben Henry at 13.

Also Tony Tatupu and Tony Tuimavave in the back row. Must be some anti -Tony sentiment as Tony Martin was good for the Warriors too.
Probably the highlight of following this has been the prompt to look at some past footage. Gosh we once played the game so much faster and could strike from anywhere 😥

 

[warriors55]

Looking at these drafts,

Also Tony Tatupu and Tony Tuimavave in the back row. Must be some anti -Tony sentiment as Tony Martin was good for the Warriors too.
Probably the highlight of following this has been the prompt to look at some past footage. Gosh we once played the game so much faster and could strike from anywhere 😥

You are right there about the Tony's. I was weighing up Martin, Hiku and a player I was also surprised that wasn't taken - Vinnie Anderson.

Selecting these teams and watching the old footage has made me realize how poor our current NRL team is and how poor our game plan and coaching is.