Wests Tigers vs New Zealand Warriors, result, live blog<\/a><\/p>\nBenji SHUTS DOWN all Luai questions | 03:35<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Tigers\u2019 defence is paper thin,\u201d remarked Fox Sports commentator Cooper Cronk as Ali Leiataua scored the Warriors\u2019 third unanswered try to make it 14-0 after 16 minutes.<\/p>\n
A fortunate 26th-minute try to backrower Samuela Fainu looked to have stabilised the ship for the Tigers, but like their promising start to the season, it proved to be a false dawn.<\/p>\n
Lofi Khan-Pereira put the visitors back in the driver\u2019s seat when he scored off Te Maire Martin\u2019s spiral pass to make it 20-6 after 51 minutes, and when Jahream Bulla\u2019s spilt bomb set up Wayde Egan on the very next set, the horse had well and truly bolted.<\/p>\n
The Warriors slipped into cruise control in the latter stages of the game, but they managed to finish with a flourish when bench hooker Sam Healey completed a 50-metre scoring play.<\/p>\n
Wests Tigers vs New Zealand Warriors Player Rankings.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
BIG HITS<\/p>\n
GOOD HANDLING, POOR TACKLING<\/p>\n
Despite their slow start to the game, the Tigers posted an impressive stat in the first half, completing 100% of their sets. <\/p>\n
That said, they missed 24 tackles and conceded eight line breaks during the same period. By the end of the game, they had conceded 11 line breaks alongside 42 missed tackles. <\/p>\n
No wonder they conceded so many points!<\/p>\n
BAD BOY BUNTY<\/p>\n
Former Warrior Bunty Afoa had a seriously forgettable game against his old team. <\/p>\n
He gave the Wahs a big leg up when he was sin-binned for a ridiculous late shot on Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad in the 12th minute. <\/p>\n
While he was in the bin, the Warriors scored twice. <\/p>\n
He was later pinged for standing offside at a kick-off.<\/p>\n
Luai caught in the thick of it early! | 00:28<\/p>\n
LUAI WATCH<\/p>\n
No doubt feeling a tonne of pressure after the news of his impending departure broke, Luai had a mixed game. <\/p>\n
Along with his missed tackle in the lead-up to Fisher Harris\u2019 try, he also killed off a promising attacking opportunity for the Tigers with a poor grubber late in the first half.<\/p>\n
That said, he was unlucky not to earn a try assist early in the second when he created an overlap close to the Warriors line only to see Heamasi Makasini drop a simple pass. <\/p>\n
He also made a line break late in the piece.<\/p>\n
INJURY REPORT<\/p>\n
To make matters worse for the Tigers, their wretched run of injuries continued on Friday. <\/p>\n
Their lone try scorer, Samuela Fainu, had his comeback game cut short by a suspected groin injury. <\/p>\n
Utility back Starford To\u2019a also injured his groin.<\/p>\n
Could Moses replace Luai at the Tigers? | 02:17<\/p>\n
FOX LAB STATS<\/p>\n
Warriors biggest ever win against Wests Tigers – was 24 points (42-18) in Wellington in 2014. 13 linebreaks for the Warriors is their most since 2016.<\/p>\n
Warriors 11th win of the season – they stay four points behind the Panthers in second position. Their seventh win by more than 20 points already this season – their equal most ever (2002, 1995). <\/p>\n
Four straight defeats for Wests Tigers – have won just two of 10 games since round 9. Five of those 8 losses have been by more than 20 points. Have scored just 22 points in total in their past three games. Tigers have now won just three of 21 games at Campbelltown since 2021.<\/p>\n
Bunty Afoa was placed on report and sin binned for a very late tackle on CNK just inside 15 minutes. The Warriors scored two tries in his absence and were not troubled for the remainder of the match.<\/p>\n
Starford Toa didn\u2019t return from half time with a groin injury. <\/p>\n
Samuela Fainu left the field in the second half with a reported groin injury – he did not return to the field. <\/p>\n
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad was placed on report late in the match for a trip. He has no charges in this past 12 months<\/p>\n
Tanner Stowers-Smith finished the match with a reported shoulder injury. <\/p>\n
Alofiana Khan-Pereira scored the 22nd try double of his career – his fifth this season. He now has 64 tries in his 63 game career. <\/p>\n
Fox Lab POTM – Another strong performance from Erin Clark. He had a hand in two tries, ran for 130 metres and made 32 tackles.<\/p>\n
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Wests Tigers: 1. Jahream Bula 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Heamasi Makasini 4. Starford To\u2019a 5. Jeral Skelton 6. Jarome Luai 7. Adam Doueihi 8. Terrell May 9. Josese Lanyon 10. Bunty Afoa 11. Samuela Fainu 12. Sione Fainu 13. Alex Twal 14. Latu Fainu 15. Fonua Pole 16. Alex Seyfarth 17. Tony Sukkar 18. Faaletino Tavana 22. Jared Haywood<\/p>\n
New Zealand Warriors: 1. Taine Tuaupiki 2. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 3. Ali Leiataua 4. Adam Pompey 5. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita 7. Te Maire Martin 8. James Fisher-Harris 9. Wayde Egan 10. Tanner Stowers-Smith 11. Leka Halasima 12. Jacob Laban 13. Erin Clark 14. Samuel Healey 15. Eddie Ieremia-Toeava 16. Demitric Vaimauga 17. Marata Niukore 18. Luke Metcalf 21. Luke Laulilii<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who\u2019d be a Wests Tigers fan? The club\u2019s late-season capitulation continued on Friday when they fell 32-6 to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-791487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791487","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=791487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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