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As LeBron James swung his sword of power and slid into Los Angeles Lakers folklore, Cameron Smith was kicking back during State of Origin, enjoying a couple days free time and playing games for Melbourne Storm during the Origin window for the first time in 15 years
Melbourne Storm and North Queensland Cowboys put on rugby league clinics to make the 2017 NRL Grand Final. It was a rugby league fantasy for us nerds.
Morgan & Munster is a little series on two of my favourite rugby league players. Starting with Michael Morgan, the North Queensland Cowboys halfback who has already etched himself in history and has many more years of greatness ahead of him.
Te Maire Martin is off to Townsville to link up with Jonathan Thurston, clean his boots and try play learn off the greatest to do the footy halfback things.
Elijah Taylor will captain Wests Tigers and there's a #KiwiNRL No.6 battle between Tuimoala Lolohea and Fa'amanu Brown to watch out for. With State of Origin heating up, there's only four games of NRL footy but the #KiwiNRL force is strong.
Kieran Foran's teaching his left edge prodigy Ata Hingano how to play NRL footy, plus there's a few more observations as to how the Warriors go about winning games.
Pause on thoughts from the win over Gold Coast as we roll through some mid-season recruitment, those crazy expectations and Ryan Hoffman's certain (??) departure from the Warriors.
Aotearoa Warriors will have a veteran forward pack lacing up against a raw Gold Coast pack and we should hope that they dominate, not expect them to dominate.
Martin Taupau may be more beastly than Jason Taumalolo, Chase Stanley is back for the Bulldogs, Tohu Harris is in the halves for Melbourne and Esan Marsters should get another NRL game for Wests Tigers.
Esan Marsters and Brandon Smith each made their NRL debuts last weekend, while Tuimoala Lolohea got his first appearance as a Tiger.
Shaun Johnson has mastered the air-swing and the Warriors were rather poor against Parramatta. Guess they hung in there and kept the game tight, yeah?
Corey Harawira-Naera continues to get plenty of game time for Penrith, Leivaha Pulu goes toe-to-toe with his #KiwiNRL toko Jason Taumalolo and we've got Melbourne's 'Kiwi Storm Gang' back in action.
Solomone Kata is back for Aotearoa Warriors as they face Parramatta Eels in Sydney on Friday night. Jah bless away wins ya?
A win's a win and the Warriors have a habit of winning when defending their Mt Smart fortress. How'd Simon Mannering influence the game? How'd Albert Vete push his case for future selection? And what made Stephen Kearney so angus?
Albert Vete is back in for the Warriors against Brisbane, so is Simon Mannering. Mannering isn't just a tackling machine, he loves a cheeky offload as well.
Benji Marshall is back for Brisbane, Fa'amanu Brown starts against his future club and stop complaining about the Warriors when there's all sorts of #KiwiNRL funk to enjoy.
What do the Warriors gain by holding Tuimoala Lolohea captive? Not a whole lot.
Maybe the Warriors are terrible, maybe the Warriors will make the top-eight. We've got no idea and it's rather confusing, so the Diggity Doc dives deep (real deep) into these murky waters to suss it all out.
Russell Packer has been there before, we've all been there before with these Warriors. What happens from this point, surely they can't hit level 5?
Bunty Afoa will try tidy up the middle of the field for the Warriors as they face a hefty Dragons forward pack in Hamilton. And is the Warriors spine suffering an Anzac Test hangover?