Warriors

The 2023 New Zealand Warriors laugh in the face of danger. For a team who have in recent years curled up when things got tough, the Andrew Webster era has seen ...

While they held the Bulldogs largely in check for the majority of the game, the visitors gladly took the opportunities the Warriors handed to them. There was more to the tale yet. With their minds seemingly elsewhere, the Warriors saw a simple backline move quickly become an 80m try for wing Josh Addo-Carr.

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I’m sitting there in the heat and this big gangly thing just goes loping past and I said, ‘Who the hell is that?’, and they said, ‘That’s that boy from Newcastle, Kiraz’. For the Bulldogs, Fa’amanu Brown left the field clutching his arm in what looked like a potential break. Sunday’s game did not start out well for the Warriors though. Johnson was one of the Warriors’ best and scored the match-winning try to go with a line break, and try assist and a line break assist. I remember walking into training around Christmas time ... Kiraz went over early to score in the opening minutes against the Warriors and finished the game with 165 metres to go with two tackle busts, one linebreak and five offloads. “He came down to us on $40,000. Now to start the 2023 season, Johnson looks threatening and in his current form Fox League’s Matt Russell believes he could deliver for “a few years to come”. However, the veteran halfback received a major boost when the Warriors returned to their Auckland base to close out the season, reuniting with family and friends in New Zealand in the process. Johnson then took control, scoring a decisive solo try, burning the Bulldogs’ middle defence to score almost untouched and take a lead with only 10 minutes left in the game. Star winger Josh Addo-Carr was the next to score for the Bulldogs, burning his opposite number to fly down the sideline for an 80-metre effort off the back of a scrum. However, the Warriors were the next to strike with halfback Shaun Johnson injecting himself into the game for the first time.

A Shaun Johnson classic has handed the Warriors their third victory of the season, coming from behind to down the Bulldogs 16-14 in a Sunday afternoon ...

Shaun Johnson's conversion was unsuccessful but a 10-14 score had the Warriors back on the edge of their seats. After repeated sets gifted the Warriors more opportunity on their opponent's line, centre Viliame Vailea muscled his way through multiple Bulldogs defenders to reduce the deficit 8-6 just before half time. A Shaun Johnson classic has handed the Warriors their third victory of the season, coming from behind to down the Bulldogs 16-14 in a Sunday afternoon thriller in Auckland.

Second-half try at Mt Smart Stadium stands as Warriors take third win in opening four games of the season.

But it was the Warriors who suffered the next dose of bad luck. After all their graft, it was ironic that the Warriors got on the board with a soft try after 27 minutes. A well taken Mahoney 40/20 should have provided the platform for the Bulldogs to increase their lead, but a three-on-one overlap created off the ensuing set was foiled by a well taken intercept by Ed Kosi.

At Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland: Warriors 16 (Viliame Vailea 27 min, Marcelo Montoya 55 min, Shaun Johnson tries; Johnson 2 goals). Bulldogs 14 (Jacob Kiraz 2 ...

The Warriors have away games against the Sharks and Knights coming up as they finish off a tough start to the season when they’re rarely in Auckland. Courageously he tried to battle on, before succumbing to the obvious. Warriors fans should be hoping he’s not out for too long. At Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland: Warriors 16 (Viliame Vailea 27 min, Marcelo Montoya 55 min, Shaun Johnson tries; Johnson 2 goals). For most of the game, the Warriors did struggle to make a lot of ground their and when the ball was moved to the edges, the Bulldogs generally marked up well. Bulldogs 14 (Jacob Kiraz 2 min, Josh Addo-Carr 44 min tries; Matt Burton 3 goals).

The New Zealand Warriors have fought back from multiple 8-point deficits to outlast the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, winning 16 points to 14 in a hard ...

A few minutes later, the Warriors would finally get over, finding an overlap and sending Marcelo Montoya over in the corner. The tone was set for the second half quite early on, with Adam Pompey appearing to score a try on the Warriors first opportunity. Shaun Johnson played nice and direct from the scrum win and sent a rampaging Viliami Vailea over the line to score.

Bulldogs strike first blood to silence the home fans early in the Warriors' return to Mt Smart.

The New Zealand Warriors have fought back from multiple 8-point deficits to outlast the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, winning 16 points to 14 in a hard ...

A few minutes later, the Warriors would finally get over, finding an overlap and sending Marcelo Montoya over in the corner. The tone was set for the second half quite early on, with Adam Pompey appearing to score a try on the Warriors first opportunity. Shaun Johnson played nice and direct from the scrum win and sent a rampaging Viliami Vailea over the line to score.

A controversial Bunker decision which saw Shaun Johnson's match-winning try awarded has been slammed in the wake of the Warriors' gutsty victory over the ...

“Kikau’s trying to strip the ball in my eyes. He knows Pompey is looking to offload the ball and I think because of that, Kikau is trying to make a play and he makes contact playing at the ball,” Anasta said. Kikau makes a play at the ball but doesn’t actually make contact with the ball but with the arm, so for mine it’s a loose carry so the no try is the correct decision,” Alexander said. After making a break down the right sideline, Pompey lost control of the ball whilst being tackled by Kikau before he he bizarrely found the ball back in his hands to score. “How do you know that Reed Mahoney doesn’t reach out with a hand and knock the ball free, and he’s taken away of the chance to do that. “He (Johnson) beats Faitala-Mariner and gets through the line but Reed Mahoney then isn’t given a chance to make the tackle,” Alexander said.

Dare I suggest that of all the wins we have seen this season, and there have been no shortage of them, that yesterday at Mt Smart, the first home game of t.

Another positive - some of the mistakes we made earlier in the season, the simple stuff like dropping the ball, seemed to have been fixed. But it is more than fair to suggest that the Warriors against anyone get a good crowd, while rugby has real issues of engagement. Mike Hosking: The Warriors look better than they have in a long time

Three times this season, they have had to come from behind for NRL victories.

Shaun Johnson may have won the game for the NZ Warriors on Sunday against the Canterbury Bulldogs, but he was overshadowed by an unexpected family member at ...

The moment was both labelled “hilarious” and “cute” by fans who got to share the moment with Millah. In footage posted up by former Silver Fern and Johnson’s wife, Kayla Johnson, Millah was seen copying her dad and going up to fans in the crowd and signing autographs, much to their delight. But when he was signing autographs for the crowd, it was Millah who outshone her dad.

The veteran halfback's impact on both sides of the ball has been hailed by both coaches.

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.

Cold-shooting and a handful of late turnovers cost the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night as they fell 99-96 to Minnesota at Chase Center.

But the Warriors were done in by familiar nemesis Naz Reid, who had 23 points off the bench, including 3-of-5 on 3-pointers. He said he knew the Warriors would try to find Curry or Thompson, so, “I was just really anticipating Dray making the pass. Payton played 15 ½ minutes, scored nine points, and dramatically blocked an inside shot by the 7-0 Towns. Poole led the Warriors with 27 points off the bench, but that finish wasn’t exactly what he promised after the previous game, when he called himself Playoff Poole. We didn’t make the defense move an extra rotation, two extra rotations. Despite his long absence, Payton showed little rust, and Kerr showed him much trust. “Didn’t move the ball. They got size at every position, and if you don’t move them around, it’s going to be tough, and we didn’t move them around. That was followed by turnovers from [Jordan Poole](https://www.sfchronicle.com/jordan-poole/)3-pointer, off a brilliant [Klay Thompson](https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/warriors/klay-thompson/)drive-and-kick. In the gritty and grindy game, played at playoff intensity, the Warriors took a 96-94 lead with 1:28 left on a [Golden State Warriors](https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/warriors/)were hoping the switch had been flipped, that they had regained their championship mojo as the playoffs approach, after a season of struggling.

NZ Warriors star Shaun Johnson wasn't the only family member to thrill fans at Mt Smart Stadium, after a come-from-behind win over Canterbury Bulldogs.

Karl-Anthony Towns hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 11 seconds to play after Kyle Anderson stole a pass by Draymond Green, and the Minnesota Timberwolves held ...

... Mike Conley hit four of his first five 3s to score all 12 of his points in the first quarter. The Warriors have won 13 of 15 overall in San Francisco. ... The Warriors tied the season series 2-all. Green fouled Rudy Gobert with 27.7 seconds left to save a likely dunk, and Gobert missed the first of his two free throws. He scored 23 points off the bench to lead Minnesota, which snapped a 12-game skid on the Warriors' home floor. Warriors: Thompson's five 3-pointers gave him 273, moving him closer to his career high in 3s for a season of 276 set in 2015-16. ... Golden State missed matching its season-best home unbeaten run of 10 in a row at Chase Center from Oct. The Kings, coached by former Golden State top assistant Mike Brown, will try to end the longest playoff drought in NBA history Monday night at home against Minnesota. ... A replay review overturned Taurean Prince's common foul to a Flagrant 1 with 30.4 seconds left in the first, and then he picked up his third personal just four seconds later. Jordan Poole gave Golden State the lead on a 3-pointer with 1:28 left, moments after Towns had connected from deep. Payton had been nursing a right adductor injury in his leg stemming from offseason core muscle surgery. The Warriors had their nine-game home winning streak snapped and missed a chance to boost their playoff positioning.