Khan-Pereira double, Warriors too strong for Tigers
- Jul 11
- 1 min read
A double for wing Alofiana Khan-Pereira helped take the NZ Warriors to a 32-6 win over Wests Tigers at Sydney's Campbelltown Stadium in NRL round 19
Back on the field after a quad injury he took the Warriors to an early lead following up from a first try by James Fisher-Harris as the Tigers lost former Warrior Bunty Afoa, sin-binned for a late tackle on Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad.
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Not long after Khan-Pereira's first try, centre Ali Leiataua then crossed and the Warriors led 14-6 at halftime.
The visitors continued their ruthless play into the second spell as they reversed their loss to the Tigers in round four.
It didn't take long for the Warriors to go over again as Khan-Pereira scored in the 49th minute beforehooker Wayde Egan raced in for a try and the Warriors were never challenged again.
The last try of the game went to Sam Healey with just half a dozen minutes remaining on the clock
The Tigers actually headed the Warriors in set completion, but the 11-2 linebreak count heavily favoured the Warriors.
After losing three of their last four games, the Warriors now face bottom-of-the-table St George Illawarra Dragons at Mt Smart next Saturday night.
