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The Warriors say that they are better equipped to thwart the Melbourne storm if the NRL prime ministers are in a mood for another magical half of the rugby league
Nobody. was more upset than the Warriors themselves when Craig Bellamy's team at halftime, they are bleached at half-time in their match ANZAC Day
The 50-10 defeat remains at the # Spirit in Sunday's game in Auckland
Stephen Kearney describes the first 40 minutes in Melbourne three months ago.
Even Bellamy called it "surreal" this week thinking about a game in which everything that could go right to the attack did for his team.
Nine Storm's players ran for over 100m thanks to a generous defense from the Warriors, bursting the Kiwi team's confidence bubble early in the season.
Kearney admits that his players were not in an ideal mental space this week.
They had their best performance of the season, a reversal of leaders of the time St Ge Orge Illawarra, and defied all expectations by sharing the lead of the competition through seven rounds.
"It was a good reminder to us of the intensity you need to play," Kearney said. We sit on the table where we are, then the teams make sure to bring them their best part of footy.
"I do not think that they could have done anything wrong in this particular game."
The Warriors He slipped to seventh place, five places below Melbourne but only two points behind him in a top eight pile
Former striker Adam Blair believes his Warriors are wiser that in April while they go to the play-offs. They had a handful of heavy losses and gradually learned how to deal with serious opponents, highlighted by their 26-6 Broncos cants in Brisbane last week.
"We are a different team since then, no doubt," Blair said of the humiliating storm.
"We have advanced in the right direction, we are playing a good football style and I hope we will see a style similar to the one we played against the Broncos."
Reproduce The heavy approach that has been successful in Brisbane can prove difficult.
In addition, the Warriors have to overcome a disturbing home record, having lost their last three games at Mt Smart Stadium.
STATS THAT COUNT
* The Storm pursue a sixth consecutive victory over the Warriors. [19659021] * Skipper Storm Smith will play his 30th game against the Warriors, the most of all players
* The Warriors have failed to reach 15 points in their last five games against the Storm.
Source: Fox Sports Stats
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