Wayne\u2019s halves shake-up, shock axing… and Tigers backline overhaul<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cHe\u2019s (coach Andrew Webster) rewarding performance. In some respects he (Metcalf) was their marquee man. He was leading the Dally M when he got injured and everyone expected him to slot back in this year when he returned but Tanah Boyd and Chanel Harris-Tavita have done a wonderful job,\u201d foxsports.com.au\u2019s Paul Crawley said on NRL 360.<\/p>\n
\u201cAndrew Webster has hit the nail on the head and said we\u2019re going to stick with what works.\u201d<\/p>\n
Code Sports\u2019 David Riccio declared Boyd has to continue to string strong performances together if he is going to be given the keys to the Warriors\u2019 offence long-term.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith respect, Tanah has done nothing. He\u2019s achieved wins but not over an entire season,\u201d Riccio said.<\/p>\n
NRL360 host Braith Anasta, however, cautioned Metcalf was still working his way back to form after overcoming an ACL injury last season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey didn\u2019t work when he came back Metcalf so that\u2019s an issue but I thought he was a little underdone. He\u2019s a great player and I don\u2019t think it did him or the Warriors any favours,\u201d Anasta said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t mind them bringing him off the bench at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke Metcalf\u2019s management are reportedly seeking a meeting with the New Zealand Warriors to gain clarity on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[10748,64,63,689,4600,17343,30088,763,2105,168669,4517,7289,10747,4529,761,762,673,2613,158,677,11396,217323,85,316415,316416,670,4477],"class_list":["post-654220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-andrew-webster","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-chanel-harris-tavita","tag-daily-telegraph","tag-david-riccio","tag-fox-league","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-halves-dilemma","tag-hamstring-injury","tag-interchange-bench","tag-luke-metcalf","tag-marquee-man","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-new-south-wales","tag-new-zealand-warriors","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-paul-crawley","tag-selection-headache","tag-sports","tag-star-seeking-clarity","tag-string-games","tag-sydney","tag-tanah-boyd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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