1 00:00:06,707 --> 00:00:10,587 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,747 --> 00:00:14,747 Speaker 1: from News Talk ZEDB. We're all Weekend Sports. 3 00:00:15,427 --> 00:00:18,747 Speaker 2: What a difference a week makes from the depths of 4 00:00:18,787 --> 00:00:23,387 Speaker 2: despair last weekend one of the worst defeats in Warrior's history. 5 00:00:23,547 --> 00:00:26,467 Speaker 2: They responded last night with, well, you have to say, 6 00:00:26,467 --> 00:00:28,467 Speaker 2: what was one of their best performances of the year. 7 00:00:28,827 --> 00:00:32,627 Speaker 3: That's going to get it done here at Mount Smarts Stadium. 8 00:00:33,067 --> 00:00:35,667 Speaker 3: Man the Warriors of bounce back and fight fashion after 9 00:00:36,107 --> 00:00:38,907 Speaker 3: la horror show on the Gold Coast, take the two 10 00:00:38,987 --> 00:00:43,467 Speaker 3: points here against the Brisbane Broncos thirty two to sixteen. 11 00:00:43,187 --> 00:00:45,587 Speaker 2: And they led from start to finish, produce some sparkling 12 00:00:45,627 --> 00:00:48,187 Speaker 2: tries and some tough defense to claim a vital thirty 13 00:00:48,187 --> 00:00:51,547 Speaker 2: two to sixteen win over the Broncos. Former Super League 14 00:00:51,547 --> 00:00:55,747 Speaker 2: player and coach, Foundation Warriors player, Sky Sports analyst and 15 00:00:55,907 --> 00:00:59,667 Speaker 2: very keen Rugby league observer Willie Poaching is with us 16 00:00:59,987 --> 00:01:02,907 Speaker 2: on Weekend Sport. Willy, Hindsight's a wonderful thing, I know, 17 00:01:03,107 --> 00:01:06,547 Speaker 2: but did you expect the bounce back you saw or 18 00:01:06,827 --> 00:01:09,747 Speaker 2: last night from the Warriors after what happened against the 19 00:01:09,787 --> 00:01:11,227 Speaker 2: Titans a week ago? 20 00:01:12,187 --> 00:01:18,267 Speaker 4: Not to that degree? A positive response was needed, There's 21 00:01:18,307 --> 00:01:21,787 Speaker 4: no doubt about that. And it wasn't necessarily about getting 22 00:01:21,827 --> 00:01:25,587 Speaker 4: the win, but getting back and getting the performance that 23 00:01:25,707 --> 00:01:28,147 Speaker 4: was going to take them in the right tradiciary. But 24 00:01:28,907 --> 00:01:30,547 Speaker 4: to get the win and get it in that fashion 25 00:01:30,667 --> 00:01:33,507 Speaker 4: was outstanding from the club and from the coaching staff 26 00:01:33,547 --> 00:01:35,707 Speaker 4: and the work that they put in through the week. 27 00:01:36,267 --> 00:01:39,267 Speaker 2: What placed doubt in your mind that they would be 28 00:01:39,347 --> 00:01:42,187 Speaker 2: able to bounce back? Was it the possible ongoing effect 29 00:01:42,307 --> 00:01:46,947 Speaker 2: of the loss and the weight of it That was the. 30 00:01:46,907 --> 00:01:50,187 Speaker 4: Big thing for me. How deep the scarring was going 31 00:01:50,227 --> 00:01:54,707 Speaker 4: to be after that Titans game and the loss that 32 00:01:54,867 --> 00:01:59,027 Speaker 4: was inflicted upon them. But to see that they've put 33 00:01:59,027 --> 00:02:02,547 Speaker 4: that aside and just gone about moving on quickly and 34 00:02:02,627 --> 00:02:06,627 Speaker 4: focus on last night's game was outstanding for them. The 35 00:02:06,707 --> 00:02:10,787 Speaker 4: Broncos were missing a couple of players, but their effort, 36 00:02:10,867 --> 00:02:14,027 Speaker 4: their energy and how they played the game last night 37 00:02:14,187 --> 00:02:16,787 Speaker 4: was reflective of how they were when they were winning 38 00:02:16,787 --> 00:02:19,667 Speaker 4: games a couple of weeks ago. That's the formula for them. 39 00:02:20,227 --> 00:02:23,347 Speaker 2: What sort of conversations do you think happened in the camp, 40 00:02:23,707 --> 00:02:25,907 Speaker 2: particularly the front end of the week. Will you've played, 41 00:02:25,907 --> 00:02:28,307 Speaker 2: you've been a coach? What the conversations would have gone on. 42 00:02:29,627 --> 00:02:33,347 Speaker 4: Probably mending emotions and there would have been some mental 43 00:02:33,347 --> 00:02:37,067 Speaker 4: scarring from the Titans game. People disappointed in their performances 44 00:02:37,787 --> 00:02:39,667 Speaker 4: and that was across the board. That was the hard 45 00:02:39,707 --> 00:02:43,587 Speaker 4: thing about the Titans game was no one really played well. 46 00:02:44,947 --> 00:02:47,307 Speaker 4: So I was just about trying to get everyone confident again, 47 00:02:47,387 --> 00:02:50,187 Speaker 4: get them back on the same page. A big one 48 00:02:50,187 --> 00:02:52,507 Speaker 4: would have been getting the half that pearance as soon 49 00:02:52,547 --> 00:02:56,467 Speaker 4: as Sean Johnson was injured after that Titans game. Had 50 00:02:56,467 --> 00:02:58,787 Speaker 4: to move on to get in Chanelle and and getting 51 00:02:58,827 --> 00:03:01,387 Speaker 4: him and to Marty Martin together, getting them on the 52 00:03:01,427 --> 00:03:05,227 Speaker 4: same page, sinking in together, and they were fantastic last night. 53 00:03:05,587 --> 00:03:08,827 Speaker 4: I think those were Those would have been the biggest 54 00:03:08,867 --> 00:03:10,667 Speaker 4: parts of the conversations earlier in the week. 55 00:03:11,187 --> 00:03:14,107 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've got written down here Shanelle, Harris, Tavita and 56 00:03:14,107 --> 00:03:16,947 Speaker 2: to Mardy Martin and Keen to get your analysis on it. 57 00:03:17,587 --> 00:03:21,107 Speaker 2: What happens now when Sewn Johnson comes back. There's a 58 00:03:21,107 --> 00:03:23,707 Speaker 2: bit of a quandary there for Andrew Webster, isn't there 59 00:03:25,187 --> 00:03:25,707 Speaker 2: There is? 60 00:03:26,027 --> 00:03:30,947 Speaker 4: But there isn't for mine. They're playing well, they're working 61 00:03:30,987 --> 00:03:34,387 Speaker 4: together well, and at the moment they're on form and 62 00:03:34,427 --> 00:03:38,867 Speaker 4: they're winning games. When they're together. So it's tough. It's tough, 63 00:03:38,867 --> 00:03:42,387 Speaker 4: and it'll be tough when Sean has fit. But I 64 00:03:42,427 --> 00:03:45,307 Speaker 4: can't see him being automatically put in at the moment 65 00:03:45,547 --> 00:03:46,667 Speaker 4: the way those two are playing. 66 00:03:47,507 --> 00:03:50,507 Speaker 2: Apart from six and seven. Have else impressed you or 67 00:03:50,547 --> 00:03:52,627 Speaker 2: what else impressed you about the way the Warriors went 68 00:03:52,627 --> 00:03:53,587 Speaker 2: about things last night? 69 00:03:54,547 --> 00:03:59,027 Speaker 4: Well, I really liked Dylan Walker in the middle. I 70 00:03:59,107 --> 00:04:01,827 Speaker 4: thought he had he added some starts, but some leg speed. 71 00:04:03,147 --> 00:04:05,427 Speaker 4: But the whole team, they've played with a lot more energy. 72 00:04:05,467 --> 00:04:08,027 Speaker 4: They played with a lot more pace that the Broncos 73 00:04:08,027 --> 00:04:10,867 Speaker 4: couldn't keep up with. If their first couple of tries 74 00:04:11,187 --> 00:04:13,427 Speaker 4: they really had the Broncos on the back foot and 75 00:04:13,507 --> 00:04:16,667 Speaker 4: couldn't recover. And they just played a lot quicker than 76 00:04:16,667 --> 00:04:19,587 Speaker 4: they did last week. They looked a lot more up 77 00:04:19,627 --> 00:04:21,627 Speaker 4: for the game, if you can say that, you know. 78 00:04:22,347 --> 00:04:26,387 Speaker 4: But throughout their eighty minute performance was fantastic. Defensively, they 79 00:04:26,387 --> 00:04:28,187 Speaker 4: had a bit of starch about them, They had some punch, 80 00:04:28,267 --> 00:04:31,067 Speaker 4: some line speed. A couple of moments with the Broncos 81 00:04:31,107 --> 00:04:33,467 Speaker 4: really struggled to get out of their own ten meter zone. 82 00:04:34,387 --> 00:04:37,907 Speaker 4: That's a real strong indication that these young guys that 83 00:04:37,947 --> 00:04:40,707 Speaker 4: have come in, are really really energetic and up for 84 00:04:40,747 --> 00:04:43,267 Speaker 4: the game, and it's glad that they've turned themselves around 85 00:04:43,307 --> 00:04:45,707 Speaker 4: there to keep this season alive well. And truly, he. 86 00:04:45,787 --> 00:04:48,507 Speaker 2: Sat on the Sky broadcast last weekend and you've mentioned 87 00:04:48,547 --> 00:04:50,707 Speaker 2: it again during our chat today that you did worry 88 00:04:50,747 --> 00:04:54,147 Speaker 2: about the possible ongoing effects of that loss to the Titans. 89 00:04:54,347 --> 00:04:57,627 Speaker 2: With this win, have they been dispelled altogether, Willy or 90 00:04:57,747 --> 00:04:59,267 Speaker 2: they just sit there in the back of their minds. 91 00:04:59,267 --> 00:05:01,947 Speaker 2: It's a bit of a reminder about what can go 92 00:05:01,987 --> 00:05:03,347 Speaker 2: wrong if they're not fully focused. 93 00:05:04,227 --> 00:05:05,987 Speaker 4: Yeah, And you've got to fall back on it every 94 00:05:06,027 --> 00:05:09,547 Speaker 4: now and and just as a reminder and keep your 95 00:05:09,547 --> 00:05:13,027 Speaker 4: sales on track that you don't even want that to happen. 96 00:05:13,347 --> 00:05:16,547 Speaker 4: And it's important that that sits there at some place. 97 00:05:16,547 --> 00:05:18,867 Speaker 4: You don't let it hurt you too much. You've got 98 00:05:18,907 --> 00:05:22,507 Speaker 4: to move on. But the way that they've moved on 99 00:05:22,627 --> 00:05:25,507 Speaker 4: now and everyone's back and playing the way that they 100 00:05:25,547 --> 00:05:28,107 Speaker 4: know they can, that's got to be the driving force 101 00:05:28,147 --> 00:05:28,947 Speaker 4: for them going forward. 102 00:05:29,467 --> 00:05:31,307 Speaker 2: I guess when a team suffers a defeat like that, 103 00:05:31,427 --> 00:05:33,147 Speaker 2: the coach has a couple of options. They can either 104 00:05:33,147 --> 00:05:36,427 Speaker 2: make wholesale changes or they can stick largely with the 105 00:05:36,987 --> 00:05:39,787 Speaker 2: players who got you know who didn't play well last 106 00:05:39,787 --> 00:05:41,627 Speaker 2: week and ask them to turn around and put it right. 107 00:05:41,787 --> 00:05:45,067 Speaker 2: And that's the approach Andrew Webster talk minimal changes. Do 108 00:05:45,107 --> 00:05:47,467 Speaker 2: you still expect those some of the youngsters at his 109 00:05:47,587 --> 00:05:51,427 Speaker 2: disposal to be given some opportunities as the season continues? 110 00:05:52,707 --> 00:05:55,787 Speaker 4: I think so. I think so they've learned it, they've 111 00:05:56,067 --> 00:06:00,947 Speaker 4: that trust whenever they've been called upon so and injuries 112 00:06:01,027 --> 00:06:03,467 Speaker 4: will dictate some of that too, which is the case 113 00:06:03,467 --> 00:06:07,667 Speaker 4: in the half backs. But I think in the future 114 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:10,787 Speaker 4: of the side, I think they've aren't their opportunities, and 115 00:06:11,307 --> 00:06:13,307 Speaker 4: more importantly, when they come in, they're pushing the older 116 00:06:13,307 --> 00:06:15,307 Speaker 4: and more experienced guys you. 117 00:06:15,267 --> 00:06:16,987 Speaker 2: Reckon the worries are a top eight side. 118 00:06:18,547 --> 00:06:21,307 Speaker 4: I think they are on their day. On their day, 119 00:06:21,347 --> 00:06:24,187 Speaker 4: they very much are the top eight side. They just 120 00:06:24,267 --> 00:06:27,787 Speaker 4: haven't been able to string enough of those days together. 121 00:06:28,587 --> 00:06:30,147 Speaker 4: And if they can do that in this back half 122 00:06:30,147 --> 00:06:32,627 Speaker 4: of the season, there they'll get themselves in there. And 123 00:06:32,867 --> 00:06:35,347 Speaker 4: when they get in there, they'll be very dangerous if 124 00:06:35,347 --> 00:06:37,627 Speaker 4: they can continue playing like they did last night. 125 00:06:37,707 --> 00:06:39,747 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the tail of the tape, isn't it. Seven wins, 126 00:06:39,787 --> 00:06:42,187 Speaker 2: eight defeats in that drawer of course that they also 127 00:06:42,347 --> 00:06:45,627 Speaker 2: had outside the top eight, but only by a point 128 00:06:45,667 --> 00:06:49,027 Speaker 2: as things stand right now. I mean, it just seems 129 00:06:49,107 --> 00:06:51,627 Speaker 2: like it just seems tantalizingly close. For they just string 130 00:06:51,667 --> 00:06:53,427 Speaker 2: three or four wins together, as they have done in 131 00:06:53,467 --> 00:06:55,307 Speaker 2: the past, and all of a sudden they are right 132 00:06:55,387 --> 00:06:55,747 Speaker 2: up there. 133 00:06:56,707 --> 00:06:59,667 Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's eventual losing the habit. Winning is a habit. 134 00:06:59,747 --> 00:07:03,587 Speaker 4: If they can get the right habit going, confidence and 135 00:07:03,747 --> 00:07:07,547 Speaker 4: everything else that clicks them to gear, who knows what 136 00:07:07,587 --> 00:07:09,507 Speaker 4: sort of run they could go on very similar to 137 00:07:09,587 --> 00:07:10,467 Speaker 4: what they did last year. 138 00:07:10,667 --> 00:07:13,387 Speaker 2: Indeed, well, it's a much brighter Sunday today than it 139 00:07:13,507 --> 00:07:16,907 Speaker 2: was last Sunday. Trying to pick over the bones. Yeah, 140 00:07:16,907 --> 00:07:19,627 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't want to religate it, but I 141 00:07:19,787 --> 00:07:22,587 Speaker 2: don't think I've ever seen anything like that from from 142 00:07:22,667 --> 00:07:25,227 Speaker 2: the from the Warriors, even in the darkest days. 143 00:07:26,867 --> 00:07:31,827 Speaker 4: No, that's what hurt, yeah, Verding, And they were hurting 144 00:07:31,827 --> 00:07:34,067 Speaker 4: for the players, they were hurting for the coaching staff. 145 00:07:34,107 --> 00:07:37,507 Speaker 4: And I was so happy that they got a sold 146 00:07:37,547 --> 00:07:40,347 Speaker 4: out house last night and the four full house sign 147 00:07:40,467 --> 00:07:42,747 Speaker 4: went up and the crowd were really happy and they 148 00:07:42,827 --> 00:07:45,147 Speaker 4: got to enjoy a fantastic performance and a win. 149 00:07:45,907 --> 00:07:47,587 Speaker 2: Great to get the chance to chat, Willie, enjoy the 150 00:07:47,587 --> 00:07:50,147 Speaker 2: rest of day, mate, Thanks for taking our call. Cheers, 151 00:07:50,227 --> 00:07:54,307 Speaker 2: Thank you, Willie. WILLI poaching with his analysis of last night. 152 00:07:54,347 --> 00:07:57,107 Speaker 2: I know you'll have some to your chance to react now. 153 00:07:57,147 --> 00:07:59,387 Speaker 2: Oh eight hundred and eighty ten eighty. It wasn't a 154 00:07:59,427 --> 00:08:01,787 Speaker 2: must win. Let's not get carried away, but it was 155 00:08:01,827 --> 00:08:06,067 Speaker 2: a very important test for this team and it's ability 156 00:08:06,187 --> 00:08:11,307 Speaker 2: to react to an utterly horrible outing a week ago. Oh, 157 00:08:11,387 --> 00:08:13,347 Speaker 2: eight hundred and eighty ten eightyes, number going to open 158 00:08:13,347 --> 00:08:15,827 Speaker 2: the lines. It was important, as I say, to put 159 00:08:15,867 --> 00:08:20,067 Speaker 2: things right and use the embarrassment of last weekend because 160 00:08:20,107 --> 00:08:23,587 Speaker 2: that was what it was embarrassing to use that embarrassment 161 00:08:23,627 --> 00:08:26,427 Speaker 2: as fuel this time around. And I thought they did 162 00:08:26,467 --> 00:08:31,147 Speaker 2: that really well. I thought they really did. Selection question 163 00:08:31,267 --> 00:08:38,467 Speaker 2: for you, have we now actually inadvertently uncovered the first 164 00:08:38,547 --> 00:08:44,067 Speaker 2: choice halves combination for the Warriors. Chanelle Harris, Tavita and 165 00:08:44,107 --> 00:08:50,387 Speaker 2: to Mighty Martin combined in really excellent fashion last night. 166 00:08:51,187 --> 00:08:53,507 Speaker 2: That's the third time they've worn six and seven together 167 00:08:53,547 --> 00:08:55,707 Speaker 2: this year, and the Warriors have won all three of 168 00:08:55,747 --> 00:09:00,267 Speaker 2: those matches now sewn. Johnson's injury forced Andrew Webster's hand 169 00:09:00,267 --> 00:09:02,747 Speaker 2: on this one, of course, but he will have a 170 00:09:02,787 --> 00:09:06,027 Speaker 2: decision to make when Shawn Johnson is fit again. Interesting 171 00:09:06,067 --> 00:09:08,707 Speaker 2: to hear will he poaching say yes, he's got a decision, 172 00:09:08,747 --> 00:09:12,747 Speaker 2: But he has and he hasn't. He has to stick 173 00:09:12,787 --> 00:09:16,507 Speaker 2: with what's working, doesn't he. They say, you never change 174 00:09:16,507 --> 00:09:18,787 Speaker 2: a winning team, you know, a player holds onto the 175 00:09:18,867 --> 00:09:21,747 Speaker 2: jersey until they don't deserve to, or any any cliche 176 00:09:21,787 --> 00:09:26,147 Speaker 2: you like, Or is Sean Johnson actually in the terminology 177 00:09:26,187 --> 00:09:30,507 Speaker 2: that I use a lot above the selection line? Now 178 00:09:30,507 --> 00:09:33,307 Speaker 2: what that means is that a player who lives above 179 00:09:33,307 --> 00:09:36,147 Speaker 2: the selection line is a player who, when they're fit 180 00:09:36,227 --> 00:09:40,507 Speaker 2: and available, play no matter what. They just come in 181 00:09:41,187 --> 00:09:44,707 Speaker 2: they play. Now, not many people live above the selection line, 182 00:09:44,707 --> 00:09:48,027 Speaker 2: but some people do. And I think twenty twenty three 183 00:09:48,307 --> 00:09:53,107 Speaker 2: Sean Johnson definitely lived above the selection line. When he 184 00:09:53,187 --> 00:09:55,667 Speaker 2: was fit and available, he played, and there's no reason 185 00:09:55,707 --> 00:10:00,027 Speaker 2: to think that he can't become twenty twenty three Seawn 186 00:10:00,107 --> 00:10:04,787 Speaker 2: Johnson in twenty twenty four. His injuries have clearly affected him, 187 00:10:05,027 --> 00:10:08,227 Speaker 2: but if he shakes those and is one hundred percent fit, 188 00:10:08,307 --> 00:10:13,307 Speaker 2: he is absolutely one of the best going around. But 189 00:10:13,427 --> 00:10:15,787 Speaker 2: Chanelle Harris, Tavita and to mighty Martin present a fairly 190 00:10:15,787 --> 00:10:18,747 Speaker 2: compelling case, and you have to say you love to 191 00:10:18,787 --> 00:10:21,707 Speaker 2: see it. I loved watching it last night, and I'm 192 00:10:21,747 --> 00:10:26,187 Speaker 2: sure Sean Johnson enjoyed watching it as well. Oh eight 193 00:10:26,307 --> 00:10:30,347 Speaker 2: hundred eighty ten eighty And now you can also just 194 00:10:30,387 --> 00:10:31,907 Speaker 2: before we go to the lines, you can also now 195 00:10:31,987 --> 00:10:35,507 Speaker 2: reveal it's safe now to reveal whether you were nervous 196 00:10:35,667 --> 00:10:37,947 Speaker 2: before last night or how nervous you were. I'm a 197 00:10:37,947 --> 00:10:40,507 Speaker 2: bit like Willie po Chin. I expected them to bounce back. 198 00:10:40,547 --> 00:10:42,507 Speaker 2: I kind of expected them to win, and I love 199 00:10:42,587 --> 00:10:44,987 Speaker 2: the start. Not for the first time. The Warriors started 200 00:10:45,027 --> 00:10:48,507 Speaker 2: hot sixteen nil ahead, but there was a little bit 201 00:10:48,547 --> 00:10:50,387 Speaker 2: of doubt creeping in a specially when things were tight 202 00:10:50,427 --> 00:10:52,827 Speaker 2: in the second half. Broncos got back to twenty two sixteen. 203 00:10:53,067 --> 00:10:55,147 Speaker 2: In any case, Warriors closed it out, got the points 204 00:10:55,467 --> 00:10:59,467 Speaker 2: and put the Gold Coast ghosts to bed. And who knows, 205 00:10:59,467 --> 00:11:02,347 Speaker 2: maybe that nightmare over there might actually turn out to 206 00:11:02,347 --> 00:11:02,867 Speaker 2: be a good thing. 207 00:11:03,987 --> 00:11:07,147 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine. Listen live 208 00:11:07,267 --> 00:11:10,547 Speaker 1: to news talks at b weekends from midday, or follow 209 00:11:10,587 --> 00:11:12,147 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.