Warriors stop the rot against Melbourne Storm
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The Warriors have inflicted a 38-14 home loss on the Storm and the Melbourne sides fourth defeat in a row in the 2026 NRL season.
It also snapped a 17-match losing streak for the Warriors and got them back to winning bullying their opponents. It was the biggest win for the Warriors over the Storm.
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The Storm's ill-discipline gifted the Warriors valuable attacking opportunities across the 80 minutes and made coach Andrew Webster a proud man.
"To give all Warriors fans a smile and get that monkey off the back is not a bad thing at all." he said "I was really happy with the determination, lots of energy, lots of connection," he said.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak had his first try after 30 minutes putting his team ahead 16-14, and grabbed another 10 minutes after halftime.
Webster was forced to shuffle his backline, after losing both centres Adam Pompey (suspension) and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (neck injury) during the week, and eventually moved star wing Roger Tuivasa-Sheck into the midfield, handing Alofiana Khan-Pereira his club debut.
The disruption had no effect on their performance, with Tuivasa-Sheck scoring his first try of the season soon after halftime, as the Warriors found another gear.
Front-rower Jackson Ford played an entire 80 minutes and also found the tryline, while leading his team in both running metres (162) and tackles (35).
Earlier Ali Leiataua and Marata Niukore scored the opening tries for the Warriors.Â