This Warriors Life

Fonzie's battling a back complaint and a spider bite, but the Warriors' stunning road win over the Cowboys has proved the perfect antidote - nothing was gonna stop him from joining Will on Monday afternoon to review the club's finest peformance in years. Plenty of positivity, lots to unpack. Support This Warriors Life on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thiswarriorslife Visit This W...

Not sure if it's possible for you to enjoy this one as much as Brad and Will did, but an absolute buzz to have all-round Kiwi legend Dai Henwood on This Warriors Life's podcast. Dai loves rugby league, the Warriors and going off on tangents, so he was a dream guest for TWL and it was an honour to have a hilarious, heartwarming and life-affirming hour with him. Support This Warriors Life...

A straight-up-the-guts recap of Saturday's defeat to the Roosters, with Fonzie taking an optimistic but circumspect approach to the Warriors' rebirth and Will allowing himself to get caught up in the emotion of the new Webster era - albeit with a couple of concerns. Plus a look at the array of solutions available to some potential injury setbacks for Round 3 and a look ahead to a tasty T...

Will and Brad coming at ya on a Sunday to mark a momentous Warriors Round 1 victory on Friday - though Larking is still a bit bleary-eyed from from his birthday celebrations that meant he only caught the game on Saturday morning. Plenty to unpack from the gritty 20-12 defeat of the Knights, plus bonus chest freezer chat. Support This Warriors Life on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thiswarriorsli...

The power throuple are back together for the first time in 2023 as Fonzie takes a step back from his SENZ hobnobbing to slum it with Will and Brad. There's a wrap from the final trial - including standouts and where the likes of SJ and Kosi stand after unhappy games - plus news, an updated likely 17 for Round 1, a broader season preview where we declare the KPIs we'd like the Warriors to...

After Cyclone Gabrielle stopped the boys from recording on Monday night, Fonzie and TeetsNRL jumped in the studio to talk game models, how to win footy games and the Warriors best 17 in 2023. There's also a debrief on the NRL All Stars game and last week's trial, and a placeholder for another chat on development pathways...and just general footy chat. Visit This Warriors Life's webs...

The TWL podcast is back for 2023...and Will and Brad are rustier than an old gate and only half as effective to kick things off. The same can't be said of the Warriors, though, who carved up in their first trial against the Tigers, providing the boys with plenty to talk about (on top of the usual tangential nonsense - including easy-peel agony, credit card expiry despair and an IRD scam near-...

With the TWL podcast about to click into gear for 2023, Fonzie travels back in time 12 months to a conversation with TeetsNRL as they preview the 2022 season. Fonzie gets pretty much everything wrong here :), but the thoughtlines might not be as far off as they seemed as we head into 2023... Visit This Warriors Life's website , Twitter and Facebook for more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

This is a pre-season drop from Fonzie,  as he draws from the past to offer some thoughts on cohesion in footy teams, and the implications for the 2023 season. Visit This Warriors Life's website , Twitter and Facebook for more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TWL limped towards the end of 2022, so we like to think of this as the first episode of the new season - and a new era. Fittingly, Will, Brad and Fonz were joined by the Warriors' man of the moment, incoming head coach Andrew Webster, for a fascinating hour of chat. The boys might be a little bit smitten with our new gaffer, just quietly: a deep thinker, passionate about the challenge ahead a...

 After a two-month hiatus, Fonz, Will and Brad have finally got their act together - and recovered enough psychologically and spiritually - to give a fast and loose review of the Warriors' wretched 2022 season. Thanks for your patience ❤️  Visit This Warriors Life's website , Twitter and Facebook for more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Will, Brad and Fonzie are mirroring the Warriors' late-season displays, absolutely dragging their feet towards the end of an arduous campaign...but there's a sense of jaded positivity as the team approaches Saturday's season closer at Mt Smart. Footy chat plus bonus Fonz DIY tips and Brad's best 'man walks into a bar' joke.  Visit This Warriors Life's website ,...

After a couple of weeks' hiatus with everyone's schedule up the wazoo, Will, Brad and Fonzie reconvene to look at our best win of the year. Plus Brad comes up with a pre-emptive alibi if he and Will get out of hand this Friday - with dad Les lining up to play the Andre Ponga role.  Visit This Warriors Life's website , Twitter and Facebook for more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

With Fonzie caught in the rat race, self-employed duo Will and Brad embark on a typically carefree, tangential, aimless Friday arvo pod. But if you're into Canberra trivia, maths exam cheating and looking down your nose at rugby union, this could be the episode for you.  Visit This Warriors Life's website , Twitter and Facebook for more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

It's bye week - the perfect time to blood Brad back into the TWL line-up after a month on the sidelines - but there's plenty to cover: homecoming, Reece, CNK, TMM, Webster. Come for the Warriors chat, stay for Brad's stirring rendition of Otago rugby anthem 'Southern Man'. Visit This Warriors Life's website , Twitter and Facebook for more Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Just as it's ruled Walshy out of the Warriors' homecoming game, Brad is a late scratching from the TWL podcast due to COVID - but Will and Fonzie are on deck to try and sum up what Sunday's match means to the club and its fans.   Visit This Warriors Life's website , Twitter and Facebook for more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will and Fonzie dissect the first week of the Stacey Jones caretaker era and find ever-so-slight improvement, while Fonz takes a dive into Shaun Johnson's performance so deep that it's surprising he didn't end up with the bends - and his findings will shock you! Beyond that, there's a look at Ronald Volkman's impending debut, an ugly Adam Pompey stat and a squiz at the New...

 We were lucky to make it to one, so we're more surprised than anyone to raise the bat for 100 episodes. It's a big one, with 'MC' Will and 'Ice' Brad joined by 'Eazy' Fonz on his corporate bigwig lunch break to break down the coaching upheaval at the Warriors, before club legend (and new quasi-assistant coach) Kevin Campion phones in to give us some insight...

Fonzie steals the keys to the TWL platform to post a reaction piece to the Nathan Brown news, and travels back in time only to find that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Usual TWL service to resume in the coming days.  Visit This Warriors Life's website , Twitter and Facebook for more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Will and Brad are both under the weather but have pushed out a lengthy NRL halfway review (recorded in two parts over three days), running the rule over each club and taking a deeper dive into the poorly maintained pool that is the 2022 Warriors - including individual grades for all 29 players used so far this season.   Visit This Warriors Life's website , Twitter and Facebook for more Hoste...

Just a trio of wannabe alpha males, thrashing out our differences over a beer on a Friday arvo. Fonzie kicks off with a searing opening gambit about the bizarre developments at the Warriors over the past week before ducking off back to work, then Will and Brad are joined by a special guest - NRL journalistic royalty The Mole - to get his take on a situation even someone with his experience is find...

Will and Fonzie team up this week to paint a realistic picture of a deeply concerning loss to Souths, with a keen focus on the Warriors' defence. Meanwhile, at this fascinating juncture we take a look at the club's coaching scenario - Will is collecting banana boxes for upcoming departures but Fonz's fraying patience has a few good weeks left yet. Visit This Warriors Life's web...

 We needed to do something to pull us out of the funk after Sunday's demoralising loss to the 12-man Sharks, so Will, Brad and Fonz had the absolute pleasure of being joined on the pod by Warriors icon Simon Mannering. Somehow he's an even better bloke than he was a player - kick back and enjoy his insights about life in and out of footy.   Visit This Warriors Life's website , Twitt...

What do you do with your Friday arvo if you're self-employed and somewhat lazy? Have a couple of beers and record a chat loosely based around the Warriors. Brad and Will talk the win over the Raiders, the torrent of roster-related news, NRL expansion and (after almost forgetting) Round 9, as well as go-to albums, vasectomy analogies, towbar covers and anagrams.  Visit This Warriors Life'...

The scab from the Anzac Day demolition hasn't fully formed yet, but Will and Fonzie are peeling it back anyway to break down what went wrong - and the findings are surprisingly positive. Plus Will takes a look at records and the Warriors' biggest one-week turnarounds, Fonzie unveils his Brownie game-plan theory with expertise that is half-Cronk, half-savant, and they touch on Ed Kosi, SJ...