The Warriors have notched up their first win in Wellington, with a 42-18 drubbing of the Tigers at Westpac Stadium.

The curious case of Konrad Hurrell means the man the Warriors need most is the same player who cannot be trusted to start.

New Zealand Herald sports columnist Chris Rattue watches a weekend of sport and decides it is time to change a few rules on the sporting landscape.

Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised the Warriors won their first game of the season at arguably the toughest venue in the competition, writes Michael Brown.

The Auckland team scored their first victory of 2014 - and their first win in Townsville for 12 years - with a gutsy display that showed what they are capable of.

Nathan Friend is into his third season with the Warriors but already he finds himself in an all-too-familiar place.

They both spent big to attract high-profile fullbacks, both have coaches still needing to prove themselves and together they've accumulated one win between them in 2014.

There's no doubt my introduction to the NRL has been tough, writes Warriors fullback Sam Tomkins in his first Herald column.

It usually takes a lot for a coach to admit their faith in their side is being tested but it's what the Warriors' poor start to the season has already done to Matt Elliott.

Hey Mr Mayor and anyone else in charge. This one is aimed at you, writes Chris Rattue.

Life gets that little bit harder for the Warriors after their performance at Eden Park yesterday.

If the week-to-week motivation of the NRL is not enough, many key Warriors are also playing for their futures over the next few weeks.

The Warriors still can't beat the Dragons or win at Eden Park, losing their fourth in four years, but more disconcertingly have opened their season with two-straight defeats.

The Warriors have some lofty goals, like all teams in the NRL, and one of them is to be the best defensive team in the competition.

Centre Jerome Ropati has been handed the job of trying to stiffen a right-edge defence that was woefully inadequate last weekend.

It's only one game into the new season but it seems all too familiar.

The Warriors were good, they were bad and often quite ugly and, in the end, disappointing.

Join us here for live updates of the Warriors 2014 NRL season opener against the Eels at Pirtek Stadium.

Matt Elliott thinks the Warriors should hire a private investigator to look into John Palavi's background.

The Warriors are a top-eight side and they have the potential to finish in the top four, writes Richie Barnett. They have acquired good players in Sam Tomkins, Jayson Bukuya and Chad Townsend - all three will be key to their success.

Sam Tomkins always thought his future would be in golf. It wasn't that he had any particular talent in the sport - in fact, he was quite ordinary.

Last season was supposed to be a big one for Sione Lousi.