Farah hands out lesson to Warriors

Talk about winding back the clock.

A masterclass from Wests Tigers hooker Robbie Farah, with backup from fellow veteran Benji Marshall, sent the New Zealand Warriors packing with a 34-6 hiding in their first NRL road trip of the season on Sunday night.

In shades of their premiership magic from 14 years ago, Farah, 35, was the puppeteer and Marshall chimed in when needed as the Tigers were dominant in a six tries-to-one victory.

Farah set up the

Tigers’ first three then scurried over himself from dummy half near the posts with seven minutes left to spark the celebrations at Campbelltown Stadium in western Sydney.

The Warriors were poor, error ridden and exposed on defence out wide, fresh from a big opening round win over the Bulldogs who were thrashed again by the Eels on Sunday.

Kiwis coach Michael Maguire’s Tigers joined South Sydney, Melbourne and Parramatta with two from two records and will likely make it three against the struggling Bulldogs next weekend.

The Warriors, meanwhile, head to Christchurch to face Manly with a lesson on how to control a football match and

punish an opponent.

They never got anything going and just when they promised to strike back, poor handling or bad defensive reads cost them.

There was a pre-match hiccup for the Warriors, with hooker Nathaniel Roache ruled out with a calf strain suffered in the captain’s run, restoring veteran Issac Luke to the run-on side.

On a day when the mercury topped 30 degrees Celsius in western Sydney the Warriors had early chances but were their own worst enemy.