{"id":331470,"date":"2023-09-16T08:03:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T08:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=331470"},"modified":"2023-09-16T09:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T09:01:47","slug":"warriors-edge-towards-grand-final-by-thumping-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=331470","title":{"rendered":"Warriors edge towards grand final by thumping Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Warriors<\/a> have booked their spot in a preliminary final by dominating the Knights<\/a> at Mt Smart Stadium.<\/p>\n

A complete team performance with seven tryscorers, and Shaun Johnson<\/a>'s two try assists, sealed the 40-10 win with a grand final qualifier against Brisbane<\/a> in Brisbane the next fixture.<\/p>\n

The victory is a remarkable turnaround for Andrew Webster's side who finished 15th last year. \ufeffWebster joins Daniel Anderson as the only two coaches to have taken the Warriors to the finals during their first season in charge.<\/p>\n

NRL RECAP: \ufeff<\/strong>Try by try coverage of the Warriors' emphatic win<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE: \ufeff<\/strong>Gun Magpie ruled out of preliminary final in major injury blow<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> AFL icon Ron Barassi dies, aged 87\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

"The Warriors deserve this day and they needed this day," NRL icon Phil Gould said on Nine's coverage.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

"Rugby league needed this day. They needed this day in New Zealand. New Zealand needed this day.<\/p>\n

"What a wonderful, wonderful achievement by this side."<\/p>\n

\ufeffThe Warriors were out of the blocks quick, running in three unanswered tries through Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Addin Fonua-Blake and Marcelo Montoya.<\/p>\n

Newcastle eventually hit back in the 24th minute with prolific tryscorer Greg Marzhew going over to make it 16-4. The score remained the same at half-time. \ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Saifiti<\/p>\n

The Knights struck first after the break with Dylan Lucas going over, however the dubious pass from Adam Clune brought boos from the crowd. \ufeffBut moments later the Warriors hit back with Dylan Walker slicing the Knights' middle defence.<\/p>\n

Stream the NRL premiership 2023 live and free on<\/strong> 9Now<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Centre Rocco Berry extended the lead in the 59th minute, using his power to overcome three Knights defenders and make it 28-10.<\/p>\n

\"NRL<\/p>\n

Moments later, \ufeffDallin Watene-Zelezniak made the victory a certainty when he crossed for his 22nd try of the season before Bayley Sironen put the icing on the cake right before full-time.<\/p>\n

The Warriors win means the four preliminary finalists will come from Queensland (Broncos), Victoria (Storm), NSW (Panthers) and New Zealand<\/a>. \ufeff<\/p>\n

Marata Niukore's injury in the first half may present concerns for the Warriors while Kurt Mann was also ruled out with a head injury assessment. Jacob Saifiti was also under scrutiny for a shoulder charge with the match review committee to release its charge sheet on Sunday morning<\/a>. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Warriors have booked their spot in a preliminary final by dominating the Knights at Mt Smart Stadium. A complete team performance with seven tryscorers, […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=331470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331477,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331470\/revisions\/331477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/331472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=331470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=331470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=331470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}