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Warriors hiding aberration

Warriors hiding aberration

09/12/2011 02:59:16 AM

The Warriors aren't the only team trying to forget their diabolical performance against Brisbane in week one of the finals.

Wests Tigers have erased all DVDs of the Kiwis' 40-10 loss to the Broncos on Saturday night for fear it will lull them into a false sense of security ahead of Friday night's first elimination semi-final at the SFS.

The Tigers know it was just an aberration, a one-off shocker unlikely to be repeated.

The Warriors gift-wrapped Brisbane victory with a series of amateurish errors, mistake-prone winger Manu Vatuvei the biggest culprit.

The New Zealanders were handed a finals lifeline when both North Queensland and Newcastle lost - the 'reward' a shot at the red-hot Tigers.

Asked if he was ignoring the Warriors' last-up performance, coach Tim Sheens said: "Of course you do. They just had one of those off nights."

"You can change that around. They've had a habit of not putting too many back-to-back poor games in their season."

"I'd expect they'd be embarrassed by what happened and be very fired up."

"I don't think they can play as poorly as they did last week."

Skipper Robbie Farah added: "They pretty much shot themselves in the foot. They've been a lot better than that the last couple of months."

"They pretty much handed Brisbane that game through errors."

"That was just an off night."

Centre Chris Lawrence, who returns from a hamstring injury, is another not reading too much into the Warriors' disastrous display.

He said: "You just don't know with them. They are such a dangerous side. If they get a sniff and those offloads stick then they can put 40 points on anyone."

"It's do or die for both of us and they'll be wanting to prove a point."

Warriors coach Ivan Cleary admitted after the Brisbane debacle that his team had 'no right' to still be in this competition.

He is promising a much improved performance against the Tigers.

"It was (finals football) from one team – not ours," he said of the Brisbane match.

"Everything that could have gone wrong did. It was just bad... very hard to sit through."

"I don't think that could happen again."

 
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