🎙 Dai Henwood on Wahs vs Dolphins - The Chat
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Why is the Warriors’ top‑two finish this season historic?
So for only the second time in NRL history, the Warriors have finished in the top two after the regular season. They haven't done it since topping the table back in two thousand and two. Did they top the table back in two thousand two 'cause of the salary cap issue?
Yeah, that was the Bulldogs one where they went over the salary cap. That's right.
They're also in the playoffs for the third time in four seasons. And it all starts tomorrow against the Dollies, the Dolphins. TAB have got the Dolphins at two forty five. The Warriors at a dollar fifty-five. And one man who I'm sure has tickets to the game at six oh five at Co Media Stadium, Mount Smart, tomorrow night. Die Henwood. Die are you nervous or excited about this?
Well to be honest, I'm a little uh a little chilly at the moment. I'm just in a wheelie bin at the bottom of the south stand out in uh Mount Smart just Getting my early prep on, you know, just waiting for Lily World to open tomorrow.
How does Dai Henwood describe his pre‑game nerves and preparation?
But um you know, this isn't the surface is looking good. It's quite dewy at the moment with a bit of rain overnight, but ho all he he's one of those rich bad bastards sort of all good. All good.
Uh, how
do
you feel about this game? I feel like the Dolphins are the team we didn't want to play, but you know, we're gonna have to go through everyone at some point. How how do you feel about the team?
Completely. I was like when I initially heard we were playing the Dolphins, what worries me is their strength is our weakness. They're like centres and wing combination, especially on their left edge, w which is our right edge where um Arlie and and Charns will be. Um that's where they just fire and tear teams apart. So we've struggled over the last couple of weeks that way, but also I feel we've had an eye on the finals. We haven't been playing our full uh team. At the moment I'm not too stressed, I'm just thinking What an awesome year it's been. The fact that we have qu a really young team so it's not like this is the end of our premiership window.
What tactical concerns does the crew have about the Dolphins’ left‑edge attack?
But we have such a tight rivalry with these guys. Like no one's ever smashed anyone. We yin you know, the stats are flying round our um every game's been decided by four points or less over the last six. You know, we're four apiece. Um, we're both coming in on huge winning streaks. We've won six games in a row, they've won seven. Uh what does worry me is Mount Smart's not actually as big a fortress as uh um we think. We tend to struggle a bit more at Mount Smart in terms of we have closer wins. Uh, whereas we tend to win with bigger margins when we play an Aussie. But it's just gonna be fizzing out there. I think everyone should just soak it in. This is a second chance game, so if we lose, we start going sudden death.
But if we win, we skip a week and then we're just playing a straight prelim.
How do you feel about the uh quote from Velandis this week about is the boss of the NRL saying that he reckons he's ninety percent sure we're gonna play that next game at Eden Park?
Why might Mount Smart not be the Warriors’ fortress this weekend?
Yeah, I mean I I I I I've been seeing all the conspiracy theories. It's that's why they went round with the eight ticket uh allocations. So Mount Smart sold out ridiculously quickly. Uh I think Uh it's a bit of a interesting one for me because we historically performed badly at Eden Park. Uh the last time we played there was what, two thousand sixteen, so none of this current squad has actually played at Eden Park, so it'll be like going to a different ground. Um they won't have the the prep, they won't know the changing rooms, the run out. I do think it's awesome for fans that it means that more people from around El Teador can can actually get to the game. And fifty thousand people Um is Awesome. And and I mean I live in West Auckland, so I can walk to the train station, discover the trains aren't working, then get a cab to Eden Park.
As opposed to having to do that to Mount Smart.
What a lovely what a lovely balanced view that was, Di Hammond.
What does the ‘90% sure we’ll play at Eden Park’ quote mean for the team?
Yeah. I I was gonna say, Di, the the phrase our year gets bandied about a lot. I think a lot of peop people think that that means we're gonna win the whole thing, and I do think we are this year.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why is the Warriors’ top‑two finish this season historic?
0:00–0:57
2
How does Dai Henwood describe his pre‑game nerves and preparation?
0:57–2:02
3
What tactical concerns does the crew have about the Dolphins’ left‑edge attack?
2:02–3:09
4
Why might Mount Smart not be the Warriors’ fortress this weekend?
3:09–4:11
5
What does the ‘90% sure we’ll play at Eden Park’ quote mean for the team?
4:11–5:20
6
How do the hosts explain the Warriors’ ‘our year’ narrative and club culture?
5:20–7:07
7
What weird defensive stats has Dai Henwood uncovered in his recent research?
7:07–7:27