The Warriors will have to equal their best finish to the NRL round robin to qualify for the top eight play-offs.

Sitting in a prison cell, Suaia Matagi hit rock bottom six years ago. Serving a three-year term for a serious assault, the 19-year-old vowed to turn his life around.

Retribution is not high on the Warriors' list when they take on the Panthers this weekend because keeping their playoffs chances alive is more powerful motivation.

Nathan Friend is one of the most popular players at the Warriors and fans will see a bit more of him in the future with the hooker agreeing to stay at the club for another year.

The Cowboys appear to have left their own run too late but could have a major say on who makes the NRL playoffs and it could work in the Warriors' favour.

The Warriors would have climbed into the top eight for the first time this season with a win over Manly but the prospect of it seemed to make them suffer from altitude sickness.

Watch a replay of all the action from today's NRL match between the Warriors and the Sea Eagles from Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford.

Dominique Peyroux has proved his value as the closer for the Warriors, steadying things in the final minutes with the result on the line, but he's staking a claim for an expanded role and his coach seems ready to give it to him.

The mark of the best players is not how well they play, it's how often they do it and it's something Warriors halfback Shaun Johnson is coming to grips with.

As frustrating as it was, there were two small mercies in last night's dispiriting loss to the Sharks.

The Warriors have a bad case of Saturday night fever - and this affliction is nothing to sing and dance about.

One of the biggest contributions to the amazing turnaround of the 2013 team is undoubtedly new coach Matt Elliott.

The Warriors have unequivocal support from their long-suffering fans amid their current form.

The Boomtown Rats once sang, I Don't Like Mondays but the Warriors might like to change it to Saturdays.

The Warriors are on a run reminiscent of their streaks of 2008 and 2011 and there's a hope they can at least replicate what those two sides achieved.

He is a player the Kiwis were banking on having at the World Cup but Thomas Leuluai hasn't decided whether he will play for New Zealand or Samoa.

A spot in the top eight continues to elude the Warriors, even though they have won seven of their last eight games.

The Warriors beat the defending champions to notch their seventh win in their last eight games today at Mt Smart Stadium.

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With a move to Eden Park now firmly on the Warriors' horizon, the challenge of winning a premiership title may become even more difficult.

Nathan Friend still doesn't know where he will be playing next season but, if anything, his form has only improved since being told by the Warriors he was free to look for a contract elsewhere.

I have never seen the NRL ladder look so congested at this time of the season, but the Warriors will sneak into the top eight.

Even Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy refers to them as the Big Three and the return of Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater has made a tough task at Mt Smart Stadium even more difficult for the Warriors on Sunday.