Steve "Blocker" Roach brings himself close to tears with his pep talks, but his mere presence has some at the Wests Tigers scared into submission.

Last week it was Eric Watson and Sir Owen Glenn in a stoush ... this week Jayson Bukuya and Chad Townsend.

St George Illawarra winger Jason Nightingale has urged his teammates to put the injustice of Melbourne's post-siren try behind them and get their NRL season back on track.

Finding a quality centre is on the top of the Warriors' shopping list.

Canberra forward Joel Edwards says the Paxton mine tragedy puts his back-to-back bouts of concussion into perspective.

Manly wing Jorge Taufua's block-busting return to the NRL would have surely put a smile on Laurie Daley's face on a tough weekend for the NSW State of Origin coach.

The Warriors desperately wanted to win against the Bulldogs on Sunday for a number of reasons - Shaun Johnson is holding himself responsible for that not happening.

New Warriors coach Andrew McFadden won't be jumping for joy on his first start as head coach, even though his side stopped the rot, writes Chris Rattue.

Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah says the club is in "great shape" and needs to get past the owners' public war of words.

The Warriors ended one of the worst weeks in the club's history in agonising fashion when the Bulldogs landed a field goal with only two minutes left.

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Nathan Friend has 258 reasons to be frustrated with the current malaise at the Warriors.

The Warriors provided certainty on a number of fronts yesterday, with the announcement of 10 players re-signing with the club and chief executive Wayne Scurrah saying he will walk if they don’t make the play-offs.

Matt Elliott 'talked' his way into the job at the Warriors - and the lack of due diligence around his appointment has costs that go well beyond his payout.

The goings-on at the Warriors this week after the departure of coach Matt Elliott plumbed the depths of poor public relations.

Things are getting so bad at the Warriors that the crowd numbers and Nathan Friend's tackle counts are threatening to meet in the middle.

Forget round two: Jarrod Mullen's return is going to make Newcastle a whole different prospect to stop.

A gaggle of leading player agents don't think the ruckus engulfing the Warriors will affect their ability to recruit players for next season.

Government officials opposed giving any money to Auckland's hugely successful NRL Nines tournament because they feared it would undermine the Wellington-based rugby sevens tournament the week before.

Jared Savage got hooked on the Warriors at his first match as a kid. But this week's events have left him 'dispirited, deflated and disappointed'.

The Warriors are being looked on as a Mickey Mouse club and it's going to have a profound and damaging impact, writes Richie Barnett.

Andrew McFadden has promised a "tougher" approach as interim Warriors coach and it's exactly what senior players Simon Mannering and Jacob Lillyman want.

After five rounds of Dream Team Fantasy NRL it's time to evaluate the ownership trends of our game players.