An Aotearoa Warriors NRL season is often described as a rollercoaster and right now it feels more like a cyclone of all sorts of bits and bobs uprooted and blown all over the place.

One lovely positive in post-pando life is that we are up to the third Friday night Aotearoa Warriors game in a row, with one more 8pm Friday night slot vs Melbourne Storm coming up next weekend.

The only word to describe Aotearoa Warriors right now is weird and they will thankfully wrap up their 2019 season this weekend, while Canterbury Cup and Jersey Flegg couldn't crack finals footy so they are already chillin'.

Aotearoa Warriors are clinging on to their top-eight hopes and finally showed some clutchy clutch in their 19-18 win over Cronulla Sharks.

It's not completely mandatory that Aotearoa Warriors go on a sizzling run of wins during this Origin period of the season, although the Warriors definitely need to start cashing in on solid performances and a home encounter against Melbourne Storm is the starter mark of this crucial stage to the season.

Today the reserve grade and junior Aotearoa Warriors will host Newcastle Knights as part of an epic Sunday of Warriors footy and we may see Adam Pompey unleashed at fullback in reserve grade.

How crazy have the last few weeks been for Aotearoa Warriors folk?

Having rode the wave through the opening rounds of the NRL season, this week's game vs South Sydney Rabbitohs feels like the first opportunity to get a genuine gauge of who or what the 2019 Aotearoa Warriors are.

Right on cue, after three (of 24) games, the mainstream media in Aotearoa are talking about New Zealand Warriors being in crisis.

Aotearoa Warriors were too good for Canterbury Bulldogs, whipping Mt Smart into a frenzy with a 40-6 win.

Game day folks. Aotearoa Warriors get their 2019 NRL season underway today against Canterbury Bulldogs and I've chucked together some notes to enhance your viewing experience.

The second NRL trial is always a wee bit more important than the first, although I must stay straight up and remind youz that trials are trials.

Aotearoa Warriors have released all round lovely bloke Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, allowing for Nicoll-Klokstad to move to Canberra Raiders in pursuit of more NRL minutes.

Lost in all the mangroves of Aotearoa Warriors shenanigans of the past few months has been the shifting sands of salary cap management.

The strangest thing about Shaun Johnson's Facebook post regarding his contract situation with New Zealand Warriors is that it didn't really clarify anything. In fact, here we are even more confused than we were 24 hours ago.

I hate to bore you with these beautiful Aotearoa Warriors staff recruitment moves, but Aotearoa Warriors have made yet another slick play in luring Greg Boulous across the ditch to take up a role as head coach of the Future Warriors Programme.

While the NRL takes a cheeky break, a trio of Aotearoa Warriors have made low key exits from Mt Smart with Wynnum Manly Seagulls announcing that they had signed Patrick Sipley, Junior Pauga and Matiu Love-Henry.

Saviour the moment folks; it's Monday, September 3rd 2018 and Aotearoa Warriors are back in Finals footy with an Elimination Final against Penrith Panthers at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night.

Remember the Anzac Day hiding Melbourne Storm served up to Aotearoa Warriors? I can almost guarantee that won't happen this Sunday at Mt Smart, like, surely not.