Warriors' fans are known for being a loyal bunch and their patience will continue to be tested over the next two seasons.

Boyd Cordner rates Sydney Roosters teammate Jared Waerea-Hargreaves as the premier front-rower in rugby league and admits his absence from tomorrow night's NRL final against Manly is a major blow.

Neither Matt Elliott nor Elijah Taylor could deny it - the Warriors missed their chance to snatch an unlikely finals berth because of the top two inches.

Sam Tomkins has signed with the Warriors and will be unveiled by the club in the next 10 days.

I got it wrong when early in the season I said Thomas Leuluai was not the answer for the Warriors as a half.

Watch a replay of our live updates of the Rugby Championship international between the All Blacks and Argentina from Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.

Canberra have confirmed the sacking of Blake Ferguson after the NSW Origin wing failed to front a Raiders board meeting yesterday to explain his erratic behaviour.

The Warriors aren't afraid to dream big and coach Matt Elliott wants to turn the club into such a dominant power it forces the NRL to establish a second team in NZ.

The Warriors are holding on to the belief that while there's life there's hope.

Nathan Friend is one of the NRL's most prolific tacklers (he's effected 932 so far this season) but the opposite can be said when it comes to scoring tries

This year will go down as a season of missed opportunities for the Warriors.

Roosters coach Trent Robinson has told his star-studded squad to use all their big-game experience to secure the NRL minor premiership with victory over bitter rivals Souths tonight in Sydney.

Justis Kamu looks at the Warriors' bumbling season along with five other key points from the latest round of the NRL.

The longer South Sydney's NRL campaign lasts, the closer superstar Greg Inglis will be to delivering his damaging best.

The prospect of a booze-fuelled Wellington Sevens-style crowd marauding around Mt Eden and Sandringham hasn't gone down well with residents.

It's the only thing people are talking about, but the Warriors are trying to put playoff permutations out of their minds ahead of Saturday's game against the Dragons.

Ratepayers will contribute up to $12 million over the next five years towards the Auckland NRL Nines tournament, which will be officially launched today.