Warriors (The Fever NRL fred)

yea the warriors get good crowds as well in auckland though we don't get much league in wellington and like many others I prefer it to union as well.

They just had to get smashed by the team my mum hates. Good one lads, now i can't ask for any extra money for the next week at least.

Interchange (three to be omitted): Ian Henderson, Ruben Wiki, Logan Swann, Sonny Fai, Russell Packer, Ben Matulino, Malo Solomona.

Pretty sure swann is off contract at the end of the year along with Aidan Kirk, Michael Crockett, Ryan Shortland and Wairangi Koopu.  Would think shortland has the best chance of any of them of picking up a contract. Wairangi has stated he will look to the UK.

I think Crockett still has that rape case against him, which I can�t imagine would be a help in trying for a contract extension.  Kirk hasn�t exactly set the world on fire in 2 years at the club.  He may prove me wrong in the next couple of weeks.

Swann will defiantly not be offered another deal as at aged 33 he can�t be considered long-term option.

Apparently Logan Swann was recently voted the third worst player in Warrior's history in an unofficial poll, behind Cliff Beverley and Shane Endacott

Williams' manager Khoder Nasser said that his client had achieved everything he wanted in league, the Daily Telegraph reported in Sydney.

Nasser added that Williams would consider switching codes and signing with the NZRU - and that he was likely to make a decision on his future by mid-June.

"He has made a statement and if an (NZRU) offer was to come, he would definitely consider it," Nasser said.

"He was basically saying he has achieved what is there to be achieved in league.

The comments were greeted with surprise by NZRU chief executive Steve Tew, who said he would be happy to talk to Williams - or his management team - but only if they were serious.

"We are not interested in being part of a contract negotiation," Tew said.

The Kiwi second-rower is in the first year of a five-season A$2 million ($2.4 million) contract with the Bulldogs but admitted he wasn't happy and was weighing up his future.

Nasser said he will talk with Williams next week.

"These things are all going to come to a head soon," he said.

"We will have to work out what will happen, we are going to have to meet up with the club (the Bulldogs) in the next two to three weeks."

Former Australia coach Eddie Jones said Williams could earn up to $800,000 a year if he headed to Europe.

But the Bulldogs have warned they would consider legal action if Williams attempted to break his contract with the club.

- NZPA

For my money they have significant issues in the back row. You have three players in Logan Swann, Simon Mannering and Micheal Luck whose strength is defence. None of them is offering much on attack (Mannering did improve in the game versus penrith) and I hate to say this as I have meet him in real life and he is a good bloke, however  - Swann has become a liability on attack, spilling too much ball at crucial times and throwing up turnovers that cost tries.

I can only assume that Swann continues to be selected because a) that stats show that he is doing an enormous amount of work on defence or b) there is no one else to go in.

Steve Price will start against the Roosters this afternoon in what is a major boost for the Warriors.