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Fri March 13 2009, 7:30PM AEDT GMT+11Fri: Melbourne Storm 17 d. St George Illawarra Dragons 16 at Olympic Park, Melbourne (VIC)Crowd: 14,870 Fri March 13 2009, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Fri: Brisbane Broncos 19 d. North Queensland Cowboys 18 at Suncorp Stadium, Castlemaine Street, Milton, Brisbane (QLD)Crowd: 45,022 Sat March 14 2009, 7:30PM NZDT GMT+13Sat: New Zealand Warriors 26 d. Parramatta Eels 18 at Mt Smart Stadium, Penrose, Auckland (NZ)Crowd: 20,102 Sat March 14 2009, 7:30PM AEDT GMT+11Sat: Bulldogs 34 d. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12 at ANZ Stadium (Sydney), Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 19,791 Sat March 14 2009, 7:30PM AEDT GMT+11Sat: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 18 d. Penrith Panthers 10 at Toyota Park, Woolooware, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 10,617 Sun March 15 2009, 1:00PM AEST GMT+10Sun: Gold Coast Titans 34 d. Newcastle Knights 20 at Skilled Park, Robina, Gold Coast (QLD)Crowd: 16,203 Sun March 15 2009, 3:00PM AEDT GMT+11Sun: Sydney Roosters 12 l. South Sydney Rabbitohs 52 at Sydney Football Stadium, Driver Ave, Moore Park, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 24,486 Mon March 16 2009, 7:00PM AEDT GMT+11Mon: Wests Tigers 34 d. Canberra Raiders 26 at Campbelltown Stadium, Leumeah, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 17,392
Tue March 17, 2009 Source: NRL Stats: Warriors 26 v Eels 18The Warriors overcame a tragic pre-season to defeat Parramatta 26-18 in front of over 20,000 fans at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland. Unfortunately the pre-season for the Warriors was most tragic with the drowning of boom talent Sonny Fai after trying to save the lives of family and friends around him a day before training post Christmas resumed. It was also a night of celebration on top of remembrance with captain Steve Price celebrating 300 first grade games. He's just the 11th player in NSWRL/NRL history to do so and the first from Queensland to achieve the milestone. Ruben Wiki achieved his 300th game when at the Warriors last year, although Wiki and Price had long stints at rival clubs. Leading 18-6 at the break the Warriors extended that lead to 26-6 in the opening ten minutes of the second half before two tries in the next ten minutes got the Eels roaring back into contention with 20 minutes remaining. Price led the way for the Warriors topping the hit ups and metres whereas Nathan Hindmarsh worked himself to a stand-still with 47 tackles. NEW ZEALAND WARRIORSPositive: The Warriors overcame a very tough pre-season and emotional build up to the game to produce an outstanding first half performance. Price continues to show that he's playing like a good drop of wine. Negative: The fact they clocked off after 50 minutes shows that there's still several demons in the Warriors make up. Verdict: Will be relying on two veterans to take them all the way. The Warriors will be in the Finals, but the performances of Jones and Price will determine where. PARRAMATTA EELSPositive: They were able to come from 20 points down and get within striking distance. Negative: The halves combination continues to plague the Eels and Jarryd Hayne admits that he's more comfortable at fullback than pivot. It's quite ironic that the Eels best option to play alongside Brett Finch could well be a Mortimer. TALKING POINTCan the Warriors take the title across the Tasman? It was hard enough for the Sydney folk when it went down the Federal Hwy and painful when it went north of Tweed Heads. How can the people of Sydney handle the trophy going into another country? - Add Your Blog CommentsSTATISTICSAll Runs MetresSteve Price 188 Wade McKinnon 151 Russell Packer 139 Feleti Mateo 121 Manu Vatuvei 115 All RunsSteve Price 22 Russell Packer 18 Feleti Mateo 16 Jarryd Hayne 16 Wade McKinnon 15 OffloadsFeleti Mateo 6 Joel Moon 4 Nathan Hindmarsh 3 Krisnan Inu 2 Simon Mannering 2 TacklesNathan Hindmarsh 47 Matthew Keating 41 Micheal Luck 34 Ian Henderson 34 Simon Mannering 30 1-on-1 TacklesKris Keating 4 Joe Galuvao 3 Ian Henderson 2 Brett Finch 2 Joel Moon 2 Tackle BreaksLance Hohaia 5 Manu Vatuvei 5 Russell Packer 4 Krisnan Inu 4 Feleti Mateo 4
Joel Moon 2
Lance Hohaia 2
Russell Packer 1
Eric Grothe 1
Krisnan Inu 1
Penalties Conceded
Weller Hauraki 2
Feleti Mateo 2
Jarryd Hayne 2
Brent Tate 2
Ben Smith 1
Missed Tackles
Josh Cordoba 5
Wade McKinnon 4
Brent Tate 4
Micheal Luck 3
Brett Finch 3
Kicks
Nathan Fien 12
Brett Finch 7
Joel Moon 3
Jarryd Hayne 3
Ian Henderson 2
Errors
Jarryd Hayne 4
Eric Grothe 3
Wade McKinnon 3
Tim Mannah 1
Micheal Luck 1
Gets
Matthew Keating 83
Ian Henderson 74
Nathan Fien 61
Brett Finch 52
Wade McKinnon 33
NRL Stats: Warriors 26 v Eels 18
NYC Stats: Warriors 26 v Eels 28
Warriors v Eels Match Thread
Mon March 16, 2009
Source: www.warriors.co.nz
Final reconciliations have shown the crowd topped 20,000 for the Vodafone Warriors' season-opening NRL clash against Parramatta at Mount Stadium on Saturday night.
The crowd number posted on the night was just under 17,500 but checks today revealed a fault with a scanner.
The revised figure is 20,102, one of the biggest turnouts for the first home match of the season in the club's history.
Apart from a 30,000-strong crowd for the historic debut appearance against Brisbane in 1995, there have been only three other times when the equivalent fixture attracted a crowd of 20,000.
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New Zealand Warriors 26 d. Parramatta Eels 18
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