With the Warriors producing yet another season of mediocrity questions remain over the direction the club will take through the off-season.

Changes to the Warriors' playing group and off-field staff are expected once the club completes their end-of-season review process.

Manly star Brett Stewart is to play in tomorrow night's qualifying final against South Sydney after training strongly at the club's Narrabeen base yesterday.

Stephen Kearney says the door is still open for Benji Marshall to play for the Kiwis, despite his omission from the train-on squad for the upcoming Four Nations tournament.

Warriors captain Simon Mannering admits Sunday's limp performance against the Penrith Panthers proved they were not worthy of a top-eight finish.

Watch a replay of tonight's live blog of the Warriors do-or-die clash with the Penrith Panthers at Sportingbet Stadium in Australia.

Sometimes sport serves up delicious irony. Ivan Cleary was the last coach to take the Warriors to the playoffs and now his Penrith side stand between the Auckland club and the end of their top-eight dreams.

Stop the rot and positive results will follow. Turmoil leads to disasters on the scoreboard and table.

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.