Several key Warriors are set for a stint in reserve grade after another hefty loss.

Warriors coach Andrew McFadden has 15 weeks to save his job.

The play-by-play as the New Zealand Warriors fell to the Canberra Raiders.

While the result hurts - a 38-12 loss to the Raiders on home turf is costly - it's the performance that will add to concerns at Warriors HQ.

Warriors coach Andrew McFadden insists form was the deciding factor in Matt Allwood winning a starting spot ahead of out-of-favour centre Konrad Hurrell.

It's difficult to find much sympathy for Konrad Hurrell at the moment. The prevailing opinion is that he has wasted his talent, writes Michael Burgess.

Two players not even named in the latest Warriors NRL team will dominate most of the talk today.

WATCH: Warriors player and his siblings buy food at supermarket and then hand it out to the needy.

Andrew McFadden says his players need to demonstrate a fighting spirit that reflects the qualities of the club's emblem or face being cut from the club.

COMMENT: It's the million dollar man, not the half million dollar one, who is the major problem at the Warriors, writes Chris Rattue.

Defence is built around desire. If a player doesn't have that, then they are going to fall off tackles.

Konrad Hurrell's days at Warriors appear numbered but clock is ticking if he is to leave this season, with the NRL player transfer deadline approaching.

Warriors held scoreless in second half as Panthers mounted comeback.

'He's a legend of our club, he's made a mistake and it has hurt him,' says Warriors coach Andrew McFadden of winger on medical leave.

Today's match against Penrith feels like a yet another "new start' for the Warriors.

Warriors winger Manu Vatuvei has broken his silence about his involvement in the prescription pills and energy drinks scandal that has rocked the club.

Penrith Panthers head coach Anthony Griffin has praised the Warriors for how they handled recent controversy.

Ben Matulino and Bodene Thompson have both been named to face the Panthers in Christchurch on Saturday.

Kiwi great Hugh McGahan has called on Warriors to block their pill-popping players from an immediate return to first grade.

The six Warriors players punished for breaking team protocol have been reintegrated into the squad and apologised to the club's staff, sponsors and members.