Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\nDaniel Atkinson has had some nice moments but is yet to fire for the Dragons. Picture: Mark Nolan\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cI love it. It\u2019s what I signed up for,\u201d he said as the Dragons head into round 12 without a win and with the worst attack in the NRL. <\/p>\n
\u201cObviously I\u2019m not loving the circumstances we\u2019re in at the moment, but then again, I\u2019ve put myself in this circumstance and I\u2019m going to face it head-on. <\/p>\n
\u201cI want us to be the ones who get us out of here, and I\u2019m not going to shy away from that. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not proud of where we are. It\u2019s a very passionate club with passionate fans, and everyone inside those doors are trying their arses off. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe coaches, everyone from the top down, the players, we don\u2019t want to be in this circumstance. Nobody does, so you can put money that we\u2019re trying our arses off and we\u2019re trying to turn the tide.\u201d <\/p>\n
Atkinson will start at five-eighth on Saturday night in his second game back after missing some time with a fractured hand, with the playmaker keen to add to his five try assists from the opening nine matches.<\/p>\n
Kyle Flanagan has dealt with plenty this season. Picture: Bradley Kanaris\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll partner Flanagan who has endured a tough month of footy that included his dad moving on as coach before he was replaced in the halves by Reed. <\/p>\n
Atkinson praised his halves partner\u2019s mental toughness and was eager to build on their combination which has been criticised this season. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe started the season there and played well in Vegas. Obviously, results didn\u2019t go our way after that, but we don\u2019t like where we are at the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe obviously want to be winning games, and he\u2019s his own harshest critic. He tries there relentlessly. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been training well for a couple weeks now. I think he just knew what his job was and he\u2019s a good defender and a good communicator on the field. <\/p>\n
\u201cHis effort is second to none and I think he just focused on his job, his role for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
WARRIORS LOCK IN BOYD AFTER ACL HEARTBREAK<\/p>\n
The New Zealand Warriors have locked in halfback Tanah Boyd until the end of 2029, just days after he suffered a season-ending injury during Magic Round.<\/p>\n
The three-year contract extension will keep the 25-year-old at the Warriors until the end of the 2029 NRL season.<\/p>\n
Boyd ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee in the opening minutes of last Sunday\u2019s Magic Round defeat of the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium.<\/p>\n
He initially joined the Warriors for two seasons in 2025, but was snapped up for a further three years thanks to \u201chis superb form this season\u201d, helping the Warriors to second on the ladder.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re all feeling for Tanah but we\u2019re so happy knowing we\u2019ll have him here for another three years,\u201d Warriors head coach Andrew Webster said.<\/p>\n
Tanah Boyd went down with an ACL injury in the early minutes of the Warriors\u2019s Magic Round clash against the Broncos on Sunday. Picture: Bradley Kanaris\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has put a lot of hard work into his game and to his club. He has done a terrific job for us and has done his family and himself proud.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can see how much his all-round game has developed this year and how much more confident he is in his role. We\u2019re rapt to have him here long-term.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warriors general manager recruitment, pathways and development Andrew McFadden said the re-signing was \u201cjust reward\u201d for Boyd\u2019s performance with the team so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter being signed as a quality player with significant experience, he has made tremendous progress to sit alongside the NRL\u2019s leading playmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boyd scored three tries and kicked 40 goals for 92 points for the season, before being sidelined by the ACL injury.<\/p>\n
Tanah Boyd has been rewarded for a solid performance since signing with the Warriors for two seasons last year. Picture: Scott Gardiner\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s upset right now but the way he has handled himself this week has been unbelievable,\u201d Webster said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t seen a player go through an ACL and reconnect with a team so quickly. <\/p>\n
\u201cTanah has been at training sessions, he has been in our meetings, giving his opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n
With his six goals in the Warriors\u2019 36-14 round nine win over Parramatta, Boyd reached the 150-point mark for the club while he went past 400 points for his career since his first-grade debut with the Gold Coast Titans in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Broncos have reinforced their forward pack by announcing two extensions, locking up young gun VJ Semu and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[89870,21096,224632,85,2652,224620,9689,9504,18784,5622,224628,224625,2647,5637,224622,224630,224633,224631,224627,167728,224623,111,8049,139,69,2659,224619,224626,224621,3654,224634,23489,32703,194925,213,159466,224629,224624,21094],"class_list":["post-439737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-andrew-mcfadden","tag-andrew-webster","tag-anterior-cruciate-ligament","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-boys-coach","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-bulldogs","tag-contract-extension","tag-cruel-injury-blow","tag-first-grade-debut","tag-fox-league","tag-gold-coast-titans","tag-injured-halfback","tag-inks-long-term-extension","tag-ladder-heading","tag-leading-playmakers","tag-manager-recruitment","tag-matty-johns","tag-mongrel-mascot","tag-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand-warriors","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-oceania","tag-playmaker-inks","tag-positive-end","tag-quality-player","tag-queensland","tag-recovery-bid","tag-ricky-stuart","tag-rickys","tag-sides-loss","tag-sports","tag-tanah-boyd","tag-three-year-contract-extension","tag-three-year-extension","tag-warriors-coach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439737","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=439737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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