We’re into the final round of the regular season and the NZ Warriors face a daunting trip to Brookvale Oval to keep faint hopes of a top 4 finish alive. With so much at stake, Blairy & Goran go back to the well once again: in order to give themselves the best possible chance, Te Maire Martin MUST start. However, coach Andrew Webster has again picked Tanah Boyd alongside Chanel Harris-Tavita in the halves to face the Sea Eagles. So if it were you, what would you do? Stick with Boyd and CHT, or introduce the spark plug that is TMM?
With that in mind, the boys talk about X-factor playmakers in the NRL, having seen one last week in Mitchell Moses, and coming up against another in Daly Cherry-Evans in Round 27. In the absence of Luke Metcalf, has Webster’s selection been a little too safe? DCE may be in the twilight of his career but in his farewell match as a Manly player, he’ll undoubtedly pull out all the stops to get the win.
Elsewhere we urge the kiwis on the Gold Coast to show up in their thousands to support Kieran Foran in his final NRL game this weekend, as the Titans meet the Tigers… Dylan Brown takes back the 6 jersey one last time in his Parramatta farewell against his future team the Newcastle Knights… Goran asks Blairy if he’s doing okay after a tough week in Newy… and we celebrate our glorious success in Betcha This Happens after picking 8 from 8 last week!
00:00 INTRO + We picked 8 from 8!
02:47 NZ Warriors team selection = TOO SAFE?
05:05 Pull the trigger! Te Maire Martin MUST START
12:27 DCE at centre of Sea Eagles’ point-scoring blitz
17:30 Loss of Wayde Egan + Sam Healey’s chance
19:00 POSITIVES! The Wahs are back playing finals footy!
22:43 Farewell to FOZ - Kieran’s 318th NRL game
27:08 Dylan Brown’s unlikely Eels farewell vs Knights
29:40 RUOK? Blairy’s difficult week in Newcastle