This Warriors Life

TWL 2026 - Ep 10: The Next Man Up Episode

Like the Warriors, TWL has a couple of top-liners unavailable but will forge on regardless. Proven performer Keith Whitelock joins Will Evans, with Jimmy W making a Hanson-esque debut - and there's plenty to unpack after a sizzling 3-0 start.

We review the win over the Knights, preview Friday's clash with the Tigers, discuss the increasingly complicated halves picture and the RTS/Anderson/Warbrick rumours, bring a juicy Warriors team list to you LIVE and remember another PlaceMakers Warriors legend.

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TWL 2026: Ep 9 - Boyd-N-The-Hood

The Warriors are 2-0 and flying - joining Will, Brad and Fonz as they break down another smackdown of a contender, bring you the Round 3 team list live and preview Saturday's road trip to Newcastle. Plus club news and another PlaceMakers Warriors legend profile.

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TWL 2026: Ep 8 - Warbrick by Brick

Will, Brad and Fonz go LIVE! for a relatively uneventful Team List Tuesday - but a very enjoyable look at the Warriors' season-opening win. Plus there's the Will Warbrick news to cover along with a preview of Friday's clash with the Raiders and another PlaceMakers Warriors legend spotlight.

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TWL 2026: Ep 7 - It's My Party 

Team List Tuesday doesn't come any bigger than Round 1 - and Will, Brad and Fonz were there LIVE! to bring you the Warriors' line-up for Friday's season opener against the Roosters.

Plus we celebrate Brad's birthday, look at the Barnett and Tuaupiki news, preview the Warriors-Roosters showdown and get wistful about our inaugural captain Dean Bell for the first edition of PlaceMakers' Warriors Legends.

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TWL 2026: Ep 6 - Teddy or Not

The great Nick Tedeschi, one of the supreme NRL analysts of the modern era and all-round GC, joins Will Evans for a broad preview of the 2026 NRL premiership. 'Teddy' breaks down the prospects of all 17 clubs - and he's unprecedentedly high on the Warriors 🤯

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TWL 2026: Ep 5 - Origin Pirate Material

Will, Brad and Fonzie go LIVE for the announcement of the Warriors' line-up to take on the Dolphins on Friday, plus a review of a dusty trial showing against Manly and the Wahs contingent in the All Stars game, and a passionate deep dive into this week's big Origin news.

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TWL Podcast 2026: Ep 4 - *LIVE* Trial and Error

Will, Brad and Fonz are LIVE for the first time in 2026 as the Warriors' line-up for Saturday's trial against Manly drops.

Plus 1995 player questionaires, All Stars preview, junior reps review, NRL news (Payne Haas signing, Rocco Berry at NRL season launch) and subscriber questions.

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TWL Podcast 2026: Ep 3 - Should I Stay or Should I Goro

Demitric's striking chop inspires the Warriors' greatest hairdo-based line-up, Will runs the numbers on the NRL's most and least popular names, and Brad embarks on a tangent-a-thon featuring expiry admin, superstitions and predictive text.

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TWL 2026: Ep 2 - Throuple goals

Fonzie returns after a four-month hiatus to remind us why he's still the best in the business, belatedly but succinctly wrapping up the 2025 campaign before vigorously picking apart the 2026 Warriors line-up permutations. Plenty to unpack!

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TWL 2026: Ep 1 - Substacks on the mill

Will and Brad dust off the microphones and blow out the cobwebs to catch everyone up on an exciting year ahead for TWL - namely, our move to a new and improved platform.

Come on a guided tour with the boys, see how it's all going to work and get the lowdown on the sort of audio, video and article content coming your way in 2026, plus we dip our toes in with a couple of pre-season talking points. Stand by for Fonzie's triumphant return next week.

After numerous false starts (and false promises), Will and Brad emerge from their off-season hidey-holes to dust off the microphones and chat international footy, signings, re-signings and departures, off-contract players, 2026 positional battles, next season's draw and Brad's touch football renaissance.

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The season's over, but the off-season's just begun. Will and Brad catch up on Fridee afternoon without the glare of the LIVE spotlight, wrapping up the Warriors' gutsy finals exit at the hands of the Panthers, some overarching thoughts on the season and how our line-up could/should take shape from '26.

Also enjoy the first instalment of a new summer series highlighting unfinished projects at the Casa del Larking.

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"You've gotta let them know you're out here - this is the playoffs!" - David Puddy

Fonz, Will and Brad assemble for the start of just the Warriors' 10th finals campaign...and a daunting home elimination final against the Panthers.

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Brad and Will recount a wet and wild, exciting and frustrating trip up to AKL for the Warriors-Eels clash, look ahead to the permutations of the final round and dig into a bit of recruitment and retention news.

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The TWL throuple is back on deck - hopefully sans power outages - for another LIVE Team List Tuesday episode, reviewing the cruisy win over the Titans and the another potentially banana skin against the Eels.

Will and Brad are at Mount Smart for the game this Friday - get in touch!

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Will and Brad return for an intriguing LIVE Team List Tuesday ahead of the Warriors' crunch road trip to take on bogey side the Titans. PLUS review of the win over the Saints, a stats bonanza and the usual Larking-led tangents.

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Fonz and Will scramble to get some content out on gameday eve, touching on the Bulldogs loss and the curious selection calls therein, a look at the ladder scenario and the Warriors' projections, and a preview of Friday's crunch clash with the Dragons.

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Brad and birthday boy Will dive into the heartbreaking loss to the Dolphins, Ed Kosi's imminent departure and a preview of this weekend's showdown with the Bulldogs - PLUS a special edition of 30 for 30.

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Will, Brad and Fonz reconvene LIVE to go through the wreckage of a bitterly disappointing loss to the Titans and debate possible changes to the Warriors line-up for the clash with the Dolphins before team lists drop.

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The TWL throuple is back together for the first time in seven weeks (!) to break down the Warriors' nail-biter in Newcastle and look ahead to Saturday's Round 21 clash with Gold Coast - as well as bringing you Team List Tuesday LIVE

PLUS: 30-for-30 Warriors buzzer-beaters

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Brad and Will are back LIVE to take you through another intriguing Team List Tuesday ahead of a road trip to Newcastle, as well as reviewing the big win over Wests Tigers (featuring exclusive telegram from Fonzie) and other Warriors news and musings.

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It's been an excruciating 37-day absence for the TWL fanbase, but Fonzie is back from a mid-season sojourn to lay some Warriors analysis on you good folk - a welcome dose of deep insight ahead of a fascinating run home for the club.

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Refreshed from a full bye-week break, Will and Brad return for one of the most important Team List Tuesdays of the season as the Warriors navigate more injury woes ahead of a Mt Smart showdown with Wests Tigers.

This one's for you, Tums x

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Will and Brad doing the heavy lifting for TWL on another Team List Tuesday with the Fonz under the EOFY pump. Join us LIVE for a review of the jarring Panthers loss, an intriguing team naming and a preview of a blockbuster against the Broncos.

PLUS Larking has a hell of a yarn for ya about old Les.

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Will and Brad come in hot off the bye for a big Team List Tuesday ahead of the flying Warriors' Saturday showdown with Origin-weary Penrith.

PLUS 30-for-30 Winningest Warriors

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Will and Brad are coming at ya for a cuppa on a Sunday morning...which means something pretty rad must have happened in Wahs-land the night before.

The fellas break down the Warriors' remarkable road rout of the Sharks with a 1-17 review, plus there's a 30-for-30 biggest injury setbacks in the club's history, and a bit of NSW Cup too.

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Will, Brad and Fonz are back live and uncut to unpack a rollercoaster win over the Rabbitohs, Mitch Barnett's nightmare ACL blow and the upcoming Saturday night assignment at Cronulla.

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The TWL throuple is back on deck, live and uncut for Team List Tuesday. Fonzie, Brad and Will will sift through the Wahs' loss to the Raiders and look ahead to Saturday's pivotal showdown with the Bunnies.

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Will and Brad are joined by the oft-mentioned Canberra native Telly, ahead of the Warriors' top-four blockbuster against the Raiders on Sunday.

Tune in for plenty of team rivalry banter, a review of the win over the Dolphins, preview of this weekend's showdown and the respective teams' season to date, and FACTS, FACTS, FACTS!!!

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Will, Brad and Fonzie are back LIVE and uncut for Team List Tuesday ahead of the high-flying Wahs' showdown with the Dolphins + Dragons win review, stats bonanza and the usual gibber.

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Will and Brad have survived the standing eight count after getting pulverised by the formidable opponent that is a Magic Round weekender bender. What a three days it was, with a three-day hangover to match.

But we're back and into it, wrapping up our wonderful Brisbane experience, the Warriors' victory, this week's assignment against the Dragons, the return of Big League mag and even a 30-for-30 of Bears/Warriors crossover players after the big WA announcement.

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We're in Brisbane babyyyyyy

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Will and Brad are back for Team List Tuesday ahead of the Warriors' Anzac Day showdown with the Knights.

Strap in for a deep-dive into the Warriors' golden point history following Saturday's Broncos barnburner, plus the boys are getting more than a little excited about their upcoming Magic Round jaunt.

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Catching up the day after the Warriors' dramatic and chaotic golden point win over the Broncos, Will and Brad are joined by rugby union cult hero and nomad, Wahs fan and all-round GC Marty Banks.

Marty's got some cracking tales from a career that took him from Reefton to Russia, the heights of NPC and Super Rugby championship glory, France, Japan and back to domestic footy in the south...and you might just stumble across him at Magic Round.

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Fonz and Will belatedly get together to wade through the wreckage of the Warriors' big loss in Melbourne and what it indicated about their standing in this competition, as well as deciphering the depleted squad's perplexing team list ahead of an Easter showdown with the Broncos at home.

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After kicking back on a bye week, Brad comes off the back fence to rejoin Will LIVE for Team List Tuesday ahead of the Warriors' massive showdown in Melbourne. Special thanks to Huski and Emerson's Brewery for hooking the TWL team up this week.

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Former Warriors coach Matthew Elliott joins Will Evans for a TWL bye-round bonus. A unique character in the game and a deep thinker about rugby league, Matt provides a fascinating insight into his brief but eventful stint at the helm of our team in 2013-14 - including some never-before-divulged aspects of that tenure - and his career in general, as well as his thoughts about where the Warriors are in 2025 and where the club's headed.

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Will and Fonzie are joined by Keith Whitelock in his first TWL appearance of 2025 to delve into the Warriors' dramatic win over the Tigers and how the team is shaping up heading into their first bye.

Plenty to talk about outside of the 80 minutes, including Dylan Walker's abrupt exit, CNK's rumoured potential exit and rumblings of a marquee spine signing in the works, plus 30-for-30 all-time Warriors compassionate grounds release XIII.

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Will, Brad and Fonzie are back for another LIVE Team List Tuesday episode ahead of the Warriors' trip to Campbelltown to take on Wests Tigers in Round 4 (check local guides for kick-off time 😬) .

We've got Fonz's recap of the win over the Roosters, stats from Will, irreverance from Brad, and some boisterous chat about CNK and Halasima, before foreshadowing Rocco's return to the side.

PLUS Mixnpik and Supercoach updates, pyramid chat and 30-for-30 Warriors teenagers.

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Hallejuah, two wins on the trot for the Wahs! Testify at the Church of TWL on Sunday morning with Will and Brad at the pulpit.

We reflect on the gritty win over the Roosters and where the team is at, as well as a deeper rundown on all 17 Warriors - in particular our new footy crushes, Ali and Leka 😍

PLUS: The Dolphins' nod to West Coast Rugby League heritage, driving ranges, Brad's speedway update, RIP George Foreman and Will's brush with the late, great Arthur Beetson.

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