The Warriors have made another “absolutely disastrous” performance against the Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval.
Jake Trbojevic and Haumole Olakau’atu sent a not-so-subtle message to Blues coach Brad Fittler, who should remain on his radar for the rest of the series, as the Sea Eagles embarrassed the unfortunate Warriors 44 -12 Saturday night.
One week after learning that he was not part of the New South Wales team, Trbojevic, often the heart and soul of the team, produced his best 80 minutes of the season while he and his teammates played with a defense that did not. i want to be at 4 Pines Park.
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The substitute pattern was excellent in the middle, constantly putting his big forwards in the middle of the gap with soft hands, while he also ran more eagerly than we saw of him in 2022.
It was the perfect response from the Blues veteran after a difficult week, and he wasn’t the only hopeful NSW player to get his hands on the selection later in the series.
Olakau’atu has had a fantastic season on the right
He crashed for the second attempt of the night of his team with a branded transport near the ruck, ran for 144 meters, broke tackles at will and terrorized Chanel Harris-Tavita and Marcelo Montoya whenever they approached he.
This was the game the Sea Eagles needed after three straight losses, and it would have been especially enjoyable for their fans considering they didn’t have superstars Daly Cherry-Evans and Tom Trbojevic.
Soft as butter
A disastrous season has just hit rock bottom for the Warriors.
They conceded 70 points to Storm on the day of Anzac, but their first half was worse and put even more pressure on coach Nathan Brown, whose future must now be in doubt.
Some of the attempts they conceded Saturday night were not of an NRL standard. Nearby Toff Sipley opened the scoring from the half, but that wasn’t the worst.
With 19 minutes played, Buby Afoa’s Reuben Garrick fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, Martin Taupau made a spectacular save.
He seemed to put the ball very short, but the Bunker had no evidence to overturn the decision of the field. He summed up the night of the Warriors who were only shot in the middle when Reece Walsh belted himself while the siren sounded.
They were able to score a couple of tries in the second half, but there must be concern for Shaun Johnson, who has lost all his spark in attack.
“It’s been evil on the part of the Warriors. Absolutely disastrous,” former New South Wales Blues representative Michael Ennis told Fox League.
“Frustration spilled over to the Warriors in the end. There was almost a stench in the middle because they are very frustrated with their performance.”
All night long
You have to point the hat at Morgan Harper for not making stones after his night of terror that marked Siosifa Talakai a few weeks ago.
The Sea Eagles central midfielder got stuck in the middle after being defeated again and again by Cronulla’s nugget tank, but Harper has returned a different player.
The Lionel Richie resemblance produced one of the test saves of the season when he somehow kept Jack Murchie above the line and then finished a super Saturday when he broke to set up Reuben Garrick for the sealer.
– NCA NewsWire