For the 2nd play successful a row, it's hard to beryllium excessively captious of the Warriors contempt their nonaccomplishment to marque the apical eight.
The players spent the full twelvemonth successful a antithetic country, didn't person a azygous crippled astatine location and an wounded plague saw them conflict to tract a squad successful immoderate games.
Coach Nathan Brown was forced to beg and get players from rival clubs, truthful superior was the Warriors' plight.
Despite that, they were competitory successful astir games and were successful the finals contention for much than fractional the season.
Skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck's daze mid-season announcement that helium was switching to rugby adjacent play didn't assistance - but the Warriors recovered a fantastic replacement successful young Reece Walsh who volition make into a superstar successful years to come.
The nine has rolled the dice connected re-signing prodigal lad Shaun Johnson successful thing of a gamble.
Johnson is simply a superb subordinate connected his time but helium turns 31 successful 2 days and injuries person been cruel to him successful his clip astatine Cronulla.
The nine is apt to travel up with different mates of signings earlier 2022 kicks disconnected and has a squad susceptible of finals footy adjacent twelvemonth if they tin larn to play for 80 minutes.
Best player: Josh Curran started the play a no-name but rapidly developed into the Warriors' astir potent guardant successful defence and attack. One of the NRL's large improvers successful 2021.
Biggest disappointment: Eli Katoa came into the twelvemonth arsenic the Warriors' large anticipation but ne'er fulfilled his imaginable with conscionable 1 effort and 1 effort assist. But helium has endowment and is inactive young - possibly 2022 volition beryllium his year.
Key signing: Johnson is simply a favourite lad who was the look of the franchise for galore years - if helium tin regain his mojo, the Warriors volition summation tremendous confidence.
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