PENALTY TIGERS - They get a full set 20m from the Warriors line
Doueihi grubbers for himself but its no chance. Volkman cleans up and is tackled ingoal. Warriors dropout
Laurie grubbers to the Warriors corner and it goes dead ingoal. Fizzer.
Johnson from the right sideline adds the extras.
Johnson with a chip kick to the Tigers left corner. DWZ bats it back and Arthars collects the ball, spins out of the Maumalo tackle effort and scores.
Jimmy the Jet gets parked in the front row of Mt Smart Stadium
Garner goes on a crash run, gets spun about tackled in the Warriors ingoal, but he has no clue where he is. Bunker looking to see if he scored. Not even close.
Tigers 20m from the Warriors line and everyone is standing still. Doueihi puts in a weak grubber which the Warriors fumble. Tigers get another set on the Warriors line,.
SCRUM TIGERS - Volkman looks to offload but his heart wasn't in it. Neither was his ball security.
Tigers with a short restart and they get the ball back.
Johnson kicks another penalty goal
PENALTY WARRIORS - Doueihi ran behind a team mate in his own half. Tigers challenge. And much like their attacking ability this year, it was the wrong option and it failed.
Both sides playing very conservative footy and providing next to threat to their opposition with last tackle options. Kicking game for both sides has been ... basic.
Roberts with a 1-on-1 strip
PENALTY WARRIORS - Tigers with an illegal strip. Warriors find touch 2 metres inside the Tigers half
The Tigers last tackle options have been as well thought out as a game of snap.
Doueihi puts Garner into space and he makes 20 metres before CHT brings him down, resulting in Garner losing the ball.
Good news - there's only 40 minutes left!
Doueihi with the shot at penalty goal, and he gets the Tigers on the board.
PENALTY TIGERS - Hastings hit from behind with his back turned. Harsh call as Hastings ran to the line and turned his back so that the defender couldn't see if he still had the ball or not. Hastings nursing his shoulder/ribs region.
Laurie grubbers early and the Warriors are forced to take it dead. Warriors drop out.
Tigers get a set restart.
Johnson kicks into the Tigers ingoal. Laurie shields the ball before a flying Montoya tries to ground it but instead knocks it on. Tigers with a 20m restart
Brooks now playing at hooker and Doueihi is on at 6 for the Tigers.
Johnson from wide on the left side, grazes the near upright and adds the extras
Johnson finally puts in a good kick! SJ with a crossfield kick, DWZ contests it against Maumalo and neither of them get close to catching it. The ball lands in the Tigers ingoal and Harris-Tavita pounces on it to score.
Warriors another full set 15m from the Tigers line.
PENALTY WARRIORS - Tigers playing with the discipline of a toddler who has a gutful of red cordial.
Johnson from almost in front, converts.
Egan from dummy half hits the trailing runner Tohu Harris, who runs straight and dives over between two defenders to score next to the posts.
Johnson with another grubber that finds the feet of Tigers players. Johnson regathers and the Warriors get another set on the Tigers line.
Johnson kicks the penalty goal. Thats 1 good kick from him so far today
PENALTY WARRIORS - If you know why the Tigers were penalised then, send your answers in to @LeagueUnlimited on twitter for your chance to win a set restart.
Warriors set restart 30m from the Tigers line
Another Johnson pass thrown too late and into the arm of a Tigers defender. Warriors with a fresh set
Warriors with some big momentum and deep into the Tigers half. Johnson chips over the Tigers defensive line,ball bounces once and goes into touch. fizzer
Johnson puts up a bomb. Montoya outleaps Laurie but knocks on the ball. No try.
Off to the bunker to see if the Warriors have scored.
Tigers with a braindead play on the last sees them give the Warriors a 20m restart and a 7 tackle set
Tevaga has cleared his HIA
PENALTY TIGERS - Warriors offside. Tigers find touch 30m from the Warriors line. This is their first full set in attacking territory
Tigers with a 3rd tackle one out play, but on the last. And of course nothing happens.
Johnson sends a hail Mary ball to DWZ, who is covered by his opposite number. DWZ attempts to grubber through but the ball almost grazes a strand of stray cotton on his boot and goes into touch.
Egan with a dart from dummy half, gets across the line despite 3 defenders being on him. Onfield ref awards the try. The Bunker reviews and finds that Egan never got the ball down.
PENALTY WARRIORS - Tigers defence rushed up and were offside....again .... again....you get the idea...
SCRUM WARRIORS - Johnson with another turd ball, this time from dummy half while camped on the Tigers line. His pass is knocked forward by the Tigers defence.
PENALTY WARRIORS - Tigers with obstruction when on the attack. Warriors find touch on halfway
SCRUM TIGERS - Johnson grubbers too late, Twal blocks it. Johnson regathers with 6 again called. He then throws a cup of slop at Montoya and the ball is turned over.
PENALTY WARRIORS - From the scrum the Tigers give away a penalty. Warriors take the tap 20m from the Tigers line
SCRUM WARRIORS - Warriors again with a small break through the Tigers middle. On the next play Johnson holds his pass up for a step too long and it ricochets off a Tigers player. Warriors regain and send the ball to DWZ who charges for the corner but is easily taken into touch.
PENALTY WARRIORS - Montoya with a spectacular leap to catch the Tigers bomb and then collides with Laurie in the contest and falls awkwardly. No injuries
Tevaga leaves the field to get a HIA
Egan makes a break, but CHT in support trips over with the line wide open.
Tigers kick off
The Warriors return home for the first time in 1037 days, 18 hours and 10 minutes. The Tigers have been scoreless in New Zealand for 2,188,438 minutes. Who will win?
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Chris Sutton
Touch Judges: Nick Pelgrave, Tyson Brough
Video Referee: Kasey Badger
WARRIORS (22)
Tries: Tohu Harris, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Jesse Arthars
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Shaun Johnson (2/2)
WESTS TIGERS (2)
Tries:
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions:
Penalty Goals: Adam Doueihi (1/1)