The Warriors have lost another winnable game, this time a 2 point defeat to the Raiders in Canberra which leaves their finals hopes hanging by a thread.

Veteran Nrl journalist Phil 'Buzz' Rothfield joins Piney to discuss what has been going wrong for them all season

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The Warriors have lost another winnable game, this time a 2 point defeat to the Raiders in Canberra which leaves their finals hopes hanging by a thread.
Veteran Nrl journalist Phil 'Buzz' Rothfield joins Piney to discuss what has been going wrong for them all season
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Phil Rothfield: Veteran NRL journalist can't see the Warriors in finals

Fiji face the All Blacks in San Diego this afternoon.

Former player and referee Glen Jackson is the current coach of Fijian Drua and spent time coaching the national team in the past.

He joins Jason Pine to discuss whether Fiji can pull off an upset.

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Fiji face the All Blacks in San Diego this afternoon.
Former player and referee Glen Jackson is the current coach of Fijian Drua and spent time coaching the national team in the past.
He joins Jason Pine to discuss whether Fiji can pull off an upset.
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Glen Jackson: Fijian Drua Coach, former player and referee questions Fiji's chances in San Diego

To celebrate the quarter-century ESPN Australia have released its 25 greatest Aussie athletes of the 21st century.

Adam Peacock offers his thoughts on who they have at number 1, and could Ange Postecoglou be next in line for the England job.

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To celebrate the quarter-century ESPN Australia have released its 25 greatest Aussie athletes of the 21st century.
Adam Peacock offers his thoughts on who they have at number 1, and could Ange Postecoglou be next in line for the England job.
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Adam Peacock: Australian Correspondent on the top 25 athletes of the century

I saw Chanel Harris-Tavita afterwards and you could tell how devastated he was. Games aren't won or lost on missed kicks, Andrew Webster made that point afterwards.

But the fact remains if he'd landed that last conversion from a pretty handy position, the scores would have been level, and this game might have taken a different path.

The other kicks he missed were tricky. Kurt Capewell and Mitch Barnett both scoring out wide left, not ideal for a left-footed kicker.

The Warriors now have 19 points from 18 games. They're 4 points outside the top 8 now, with 6 games still to play this weekend, so it could be 5 points outside the top six by the end of the weekend, and just seven rounds remaining.

We're starting to get into the territory of talking about "mathematical chances" of making the top eight, which is never good.

This was a team we were so optimistic about at the start of the season. After last season, and having arguably strengthened the squad, we were talking top four.

That's not going to happen now.

And top eight is far from certain, but still achievable.

Let's look at the remaining games:
Tigers at home
Eels at home

Absolutely must win those two

Then,
Dolphins away
Sea Eagles away
Bulldogs at home
Sharks away

And the bye to finish.

Of those last 4 games, all against teams in the top 8 right now, you'd have to think the Warriors would need to win at least 2, and probably 3 of them

This is getting really tough now.

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I saw Chanel Harris-Tavita afterwards and you could tell how devastated he was. Games aren't won or lost on missed kicks, Andrew Webster made that point afterwards.
But the fact remains if he'd landed that last conversion from a pretty handy position, the scores would have been level, and this game might have taken a different path.
The other kicks he missed were tricky. Kurt Capewell and Mitch Barnett both scoring out wide left, not ideal for a left-footed kicker.
The Warriors now have 19 points from 18 games. They're 4 points outside the top 8 now, with 6 games still to play this weekend, so it could be 5 points outside the top six by the end of the weekend, and just seven rounds remaining.
We're starting to get into the territory of talking about "mathematical chances" of making the top eight, which is never good.
This was a team we were so optimistic about at the start of the season. After last season, and having arguably strengthened the squad, we were talking top four.
That's not going to happen now.
And top eight is far from certain, but still achievable.
Let's look at the remaining games:
<ul>
<li>Tigers at home</li>
<li>Eels at home</li>
</ul>
Absolutely must win those two
Then,
<ul>
<li>Dolphins away</li>
<li>Sea Eagles away</li>
<li>Bulldogs at home</li>
<li>Sharks away</li>
</ul>
And the bye to finish.
Of those last 4 games, all against teams in the top 8 right now, you'd have to think the Warriors would need to win at least 2, and probably 3 of them
This is getting really tough now.
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Phil Rothfield: Veteran NRL journalist can't see the Warriors in finals

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