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The One New Zealand Warriors have climbed to the top of the New South Wales Cup ladder with a dominant 34-20 triumph over the Western Suburbs Magpies at Campbelltown Sports Stadium on Sunday.
The visitors got off to a hot start, breezing downfield off the back of a six-again and forcing a Magpies drop-out.
Wests opted for a short kick which found the turf and bounced into the path of Luke Hanson who tiptoed down the sideline and found Sio Kali on his inside to open the Warriors’ account. Tanah Boyd added the extras for a 6-0 advantage.
The black and white found themselves pressing the Warriors’ line once again, and with seemingly no space to work with, five-eighth Max Lilies grubbered between two defenders and chased his own kick, regathering the ball just in time to step off his right foot and beat the fullback to reduce the Warriors’ lead to two.
Finding themselves back at the northern end after the Warriors’ kick-off sailed over the dead-ball line, the home side found their first lead of the game as halfback Kurt Falls placed a dangerous chip towards the in-goal that was fielded and planted down by a flying Izaac Tu’itupou.
Match: Magpies v Warriors
Round 4 -
home Team
Magpies
12th Position
away Team
Warriors
1st Position
Venue: Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Sydney
But it wasn’t long before the Warriors got their noses in front once more, as Heath Mason came off second best to a towering spiral bomb from Boyd and 20-year-old Kayliss Fatialofa cleaned up the scraps to cruise over the line. Boyd converted from in front to put his side ahead 12-8.
An error from the Magpies put the visitors back on the attack just moments later, and it was Boyd again who crafted the points for his side as the trusty No.7 executed a swift right-side move with a stunning cut-out pass to put Daeon Amituanai over untouched in the corner.
Flying out of the blocks in the second half, the Magpies started chipping away at the deficit as Tristan Hope scooted out of dummy-half and sent a barnstorming Charlie Murray through the defensive line and over the stripe. Alex Lobb converted from beside the posts to make it 22-14.
Following a 15-minute period of gritty, physical play through the middle, the visitors got the scoreboard ticking over again as Kalani Going pushed short ball to Tanner Stowers-Smith who exploded through the defensive line for his side’s sixth try of the afternoon. Boyd converted from in front to put the Warriors 28-14 ahead.
The dynamic duo linked up for another four-pointer shortly after, as Going played his line-running partner in crime Stowers-Smith through a gaping hole in the Magpies’ line to score and Boyd converted yet again for a 20-point buffer.
In the dying moments of the clash, Tristan Hope played a classy short ball to Vaka Aho who crashed over for a Magpies consolation try, but the Warriors triumphed for an impressive 34-20 win.
