Warriors see positives in loss to Rabbitohs At a glance
It was another loss but the Warriors may have turned a corner on Saturday night.
Given how bad the Warriors played in the first half against the Rabbitohs at Suncorp Stadium, coming back from 26-6 down to lose 32-30 could be seen as a moral victory, even if two points weren’t attached to it.
Coach Nathan Brown was understandably more focused on the first half woes than the second half fightback in his post match press conference, but the performance over the second 40 minutes did show the team’s potential.
However, perhaps the second half looked so good because there was such a stark difference with how pitiful they were in the first period.
‘‘There was a big disconnect with our edges and our middles,’’ Jazz Tevaga said of the opening half. ‘‘Our edge defence was pretty poor and that’s what was letting us down.
‘‘But in the second half we turned it around and that’s a positive we can take out of this game, that when everyone’s doing their jobs, we do look dangerous and can score points.
‘‘We are in a bit of a confidence slump at the moment, but if we can watch that second half, hopefully we take some confidence into next week.’’
The Warriors have three crucial games coming up, against the Dragons, Knights and Sea Eagles, all teams outside the top eight, and they’ll need to win at least two of them to keep finals hopes alive.
If they can play like they did in the second half against the Rabbitohs, which was the best they’d performed since the opening half against the Storm three weeks ago, then that is possible.
After the Rabbitohs game Brown said that was the best performance he’d seen from Tevaga since he’d been coaching the club.
During his 54 minutes on the field where Tevaga played hooker and lock, he scored a try, made a line break, did two offloads and contributed with 42 tackles on defence.
Tevaga said Brown also commended him personally on his performance.
New recruit from the Roosters, Freddy Lussick, made his Warriors debut and Tevaga said he was impressed with how the young hooker went.
Rabbitohs 32 (Taane Milne 2, Alex Johnstone , Blake Taaffe, Damien Cook, Lachlan Ilias tries; Blake Taaffe 4 gls) Warriors 30 (Marcelo Montoya 2, Adam Pompey, Jazz Tevaga, Daejarn Asi tries; Reece Walsh 5 gls). HT: 26-6.