\u201cWe kicked from our end four times last week [while] Parramatta kicked from their end 18 times. We dominated field position but that long-range concentration stuff kills you.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that eradicating the mental lapses was principally about executing in the moment, even if there was a lot of coaching emphasis during the week. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe can talk all the detail all day but they know it, they\u2019re super smart guys,\u201d said Webster. \u201dIt\u2019s just taking your thoughts from this to what\u2019s next and it can often change. It can be one thing and then the next minute it can be something else and we\u2019ve got to dial into that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad agreed: \u201cIt\u2019s sort of everywhere in our game at the moment. It\u2019s little moments and individually we\u2019ve just got to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regardless of their final position on the NRL table, Friday is about restoring confidence and belief after some shaky weeks. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever that [ladder] outcome, if we walk off the field happier with the way we play, that\u2019ll be exciting going into the finals,\u201d said Webster<\/p>\n
It won\u2019t be easy. The Sea Eagles want to commemorate the farewell of Daly Cherry-Evans with a victory, while also keeping their slim top-eight hopes alive. <\/p>\n
Brookvale has traditionally been a difficult venue for the Warriors, with only two wins (2020 and 2009<\/a>) from their past nine visits. There\u2019s a hostile atmosphere, fewer expatriate Kiwis than at other stadiums around Australia and the crowd is on top of the referee. But it\u2019s also a chance to replicate finals level intensity a week early. <\/p>\n \u201cThose are the sort of moments you wanna play in,\u201d said Nicoll-Klokstad. \u201dI\u2019ve been in a few environments like that and you walk towards it.\u201d<\/p>\n The Warriors will be without hooker Wayde Egan<\/a>, who is being rested. Egan copped a blow to his hip against the Eels and missing this match is an insurance policy. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s one of those situations where I felt if we went again with Wayde, he wouldn\u2019t be eligible to play week one of the playoffs,\u201d said Webster. \u201dBut a week off guarantees he gets there and gets there in good shape, so that\u2019s all it is for us.\u201d<\/p>\n Egan, who has also been battling a shoulder injury, has only played 50 minutes of the past two matches but Webster said that was also down to circumstances and the makeup of the bench, rather than any form concerns. <\/p>\n \u201cEveryone\u2019s just reading a little bit too much into the timing of it,\u201d said Webster. \u201cWayde\u2019s a great player, we want him out there for a long period of time but we want 17 players contributing [as well].\u201d<\/p>\n Playoff scenarios<\/p>\n – If the Warriors beat the Sea Eagles, and the Sharks lose to the Bulldogs…the Warriors finish fifth (likely host Panthers or Roosters).<\/p>\n – If the Warriors beat the Sea Eagles, and the Sharks beat the Bulldogs…the Warriors finish sixth* (likely host Roosters or Dolphins).<\/p>\n – If the Warriors lose to the Sea Eagles and the Sharks beat the Bulldogs…the Warriors finish sixth (likely host Roosters, Dolphins or Sea Eagles).<\/p>\n – If the Warriors lose to the Sea Eagles and lose to the Bulldogs…the Warriors finish sixth (likely host Roosters, Dolphins or Sea Eagles).<\/p>\n *The Sharks have a superior points difference over the Warriors (+91 v +22) – but if the Sharks only won by one point, the Warriors would have needed to have beaten the Sea Eagles by 71 points to move ahead of them. Highly unlikely but still a possibility.<\/p>\n Michael Burgess<\/a> has been a Sports Journalist for the New Zealand Herald since 2005, covering the Olympics, Fifa World Cups, and America\u2019s Cup campaigns. He is a co-host of the Big League podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe kicked from our end four times last week [while] Parramatta kicked from their end 18 times. We…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3017,3021,3013,3023,3019,3022,3027,3024,3009,3026,3015,3011,3014,3012,78,3020,3025,111,139,577,69,1523,1562,3016,3008,1954,213,684,61,3018,3010,3007,3006,102],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ahead","tag-bring","tag-but","tag-calmness","tag-clash","tag-composure","tag-concentration","tag-courage","tag-eagles","tag-especially","tag-finale","tag-four","tag-gain","tag-hopes","tag-in","tag-manly","tag-most","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nrl","tag-nz","tag-over","tag-plenty","tag-recipe","tag-sea","tag-simple","tag-sports","tag-there","tag-to","tag-tonights","tag-top","tag-vs","tag-warriors","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}