Warriors centre Konrad Hurrell's prospects of returning to rugby have been ignited with Chiefs coach Dave Rennie admitting he'd consider him for a Super Rugby contract.

Issac Luke has emerged as a major recruitment target for the Warriors - and the Kiwis hooker admits it would be "great to come home".

Kevin Locke is on his way to the Super League but may yet have an important role to play with the Warriors in 2014.

The evidence is not overwhelming, but a strong hunch says the Warriors have enough already to reach a positive verdict on their "interim" coach, writes Chris Rattue.

Almost a third of the way into the season and maybe the Warriors are ready to launch. It's important not to get carried away but Friday night's win over the Storm could be a turning point for the Auckland club in 2014.

The Warriors defied their poor form of 2014 to win a hugely entertaining game over the Storm.

It's starting to look like a poisoned chalice for interim Warriors coach Andrew McFadden following the side's second straight loss since he took over from Matt Elliott.

Finding a quality centre is on the top of the Warriors' shopping list.

I found out that Elliott was leaving last Monday when we were called in to a meeting, writes Sam Tomkins. It was the first time I had experienced a mid-season coaching change in my career.

While it's been a bad week for the New Zealand Warriors, the club should take comfort in the fact that the global sports industry is frequently rocked with scandals greater than this.

The Warriors desperately wanted to win against the Bulldogs on Sunday for a number of reasons - Shaun Johnson is holding himself responsible for that not happening.

Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah says the club is in "great shape" and needs to get past the owners' public war of words.

The Warriors ended one of the worst weeks in the club's history in agonising fashion when the Bulldogs landed a field goal with only two minutes left.

Join us here for live updates of today's NRL match between the Warriors and the Bulldogs from Eden Park in Auckland.

Nathan Friend has 258 reasons to be frustrated with the current malaise at the Warriors.

The Warriors' major sponsors have negotiated escape clauses should Sir Owen Glenn became a majority shareholder at the club, it emerged last night.

Sir Owen Glenn's public outburst has rocked the Warriors this week, but it is not the first time his conduct as owner has raised eyebrows at the club.

The Warriors provided certainty on a number of fronts yesterday, with the announcement of 10 players re-signing with the club and chief executive Wayne Scurrah saying he will walk if they don’t make the play-offs.

Matt Elliott 'talked' his way into the job at the Warriors - and the lack of due diligence around his appointment has costs that go well beyond his payout.

The goings-on at the Warriors this week after the departure of coach Matt Elliott plumbed the depths of poor public relations.

Things are getting so bad at the Warriors that the crowd numbers and Nathan Friend's tackle counts are threatening to meet in the middle.

There hasn't been a lot of positivity out of the Warriors this week but a win against the Bulldogs at Eden Park tomorrow will go some way to getting fans back on their side.

A gaggle of leading player agents don't think the ruckus engulfing the Warriors will affect their ability to recruit players for next season.

Jared Savage got hooked on the Warriors at his first match as a kid. But this week's events have left him 'dispirited, deflated and disappointed'.