Star halfback Mitchell Pearce steered the Sydney Roosters to a 22-18 win over South Sydney last night.

Back-rower Feleti Mateo is set to make a late dash from his grandfather's funeral in Tonga to join the Warriors in Sydney ahead of Sunday's must-win clash against the Panthers at Penrith.

Coach Andrew McFadden says the Warriors need to put the distractions of the other weekend matches out of their minds as they prepare for their crunch game against the Panthers.

NRL chief operating officer Jim Doyle has fended off suggestions he has access to confidential salary cap information that could benefit the Warriors when he takes on the club's chief executive role at the end of the season.

The Warriors have called upon the enigmatic ball-playing talents of Feleti Mateo for Sunday's must-win final round clash at Penrith.

Chris Rattue writes: At least the Warriors arrested the slide and stayed in contention for a playoffs spot.

Two wins from their past six games had the Warriors staring down the barrel of yet another late season collapse before Sunday's emphatic seven try 42-0 win.

The Warriors kept their hopes of a home playoff alive with a devastating 42-0 win over the Gold Coast Titans in front of 13,540 fans at Mt Smart Stadium today.

Click here to see how the round 25 NRL game between the Warriors and the Gold Coast Titans at Mt Smart Stadium went down.

Slip slidin' away. For all the progress made under Andrew McFadden - and there has been plenty - this is starting to feel like yet another Warriors' late-season slide.

Representatives from the Melbourne Storm flew to Suva last year to track down the family of a promising Auckland rugby schoolboy.

Improvement takes time. Perfection takes longer and The Warriors have thrown away their opportunity for the NRL premiership this season, writes Hugh McGahan.

Finally free of a troubling back injury, star centre Michael Jennings is primed to again play a key role in the Sydney Roosters' tilt at back-to-back premiership glory.

Veteran Warriors five-eighth Thomas Leuluai believes a week of soul searching has scotched any complacency before tomorrow's crucial match against the Gold Coast Titans.

Prop Jacob Lillyman admits the Warriors' forwards have to take responsibility for the side's form drop.

I am angry, flabbergasted, dumbfounded, irate, indignant and exasperated. Most of all, I'm disappointed.

Penrith supremo Phil "Gus" Gould has reportedly been visiting former Warriors and Kiwis test prop Russell Packer in Sydney's Silverwater jail, adding weight to rumours he could be signed to the Panthers next season.

Warriors centre Dominique Peyroux is looking to turn a season of disappointments into a positive finish when he takes the field in Sunday's must-win clash against the Gold Coast Titans.

Warriors captain Simon Mannering insists his side can't afford to take the struggling Gold Coast Titans lightly when they meet in Sunday's match at Mt Smart Stadium.

A late Lote Tuqiri try, coupled with an Adam Reynolds field goal, helped South Sydney secure a vital 21-14 win in a niggling NRL clash with Canterbury at ANZ Stadium last night.

Warriors coach Andrew McFadden is not panicking leading into their must-win clash against the struggling Gold Coast Titans at Mt Smart Stadium on Sunday.

Dominique Peyroux returns to NRL football for just the third time this season for the Warriors' clash against his former club Gold Coast at Mt Smart Stadium on Sunday.