Interim Warriors coach Andrew McFadden has made a number of big changes to the side for Sunday's game against the Bulldogs at Eden Park.

The Warriors made a decisive call to get rid of Matt Elliott as coach but they should have acted more decisively when handling his "resignation", writes Michael Brown.

Star playmaker Todd Carney says the bad press haunting Cronulla over the first month of the NRL season played a significant role in the Sharks' horror start on the field.

The corpses continue to pile up at the gates of Mt Smart Stadium.

The message was clear when Andrew McFadden spoke to his players for the first time as Warriors' head coach yesterday: It's time to harden up.

The Warriors want to play all their home matches in Auckland at one venue, but it is still a toss-up between Mt Smart Stadium and Eden Park.

Losing a coach didn't stop Warriors player Ben Henry from turning up to hand out raincoats to children at a state housing block in Northcote.

Matt Elliott has resigned as coach of the Warriors, the club has announced, his hand forced by the side’s dreadful weekend defeat to the Sharks.

The heat will come on Warriors coach Matt Elliott this week and owner Eric Watson is the first who wants some answers.

The Warriors are set to sack coach Matt Elliott, according to an Australian media report.

Sport divides opinion like few things in life and we have seen a handful of stories recently which have polarised people.

Exciting young winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak scored two tries on debut to help Penrith to a hard-fought 12-6 win over the Raiders at a rain-hit Sportingbet Stadium last night.

Penrith coach Ivan Cleary has warned against making knee-jerk changes to the NRL rulebook after the career-ending injury to Newcastle back-rower Alex McKinnon.

When an interim coach comes in for any length of time, it's natural for players to drop their standards and take their foot off the pedal. It doesn't look like they are engaged and their performance against the Knights last weekend was disgraceful.

Justin Hodges won't be burdened with his co-captaincy duties in his delayed NRL season start for Brisbane tonight.

Wests Tigers say there are no long-term concerns over the health of back-rower Liam Fulton as he makes his return on Sunday from a second concussion in three NRL matches against Manly.

Chad Townsend has never felt secure in his NRL career and it's no different at the Warriors. The 23-year-old played only 19 times for the Sharks in three seasons, including five last year.

The NRL judiciary has come down hard on Jordan McLean, suspending the Melbourne Storm prop Jordan McLean for seven weeks for a lifting tackle on Alex McKinnon that left the Newcastle back-rower with a devastating spinal injury.

The rehabilitation of Konrad Hurrell takes another step this week with his first start of the season against the Sharks.