ROSEMARY ABBOTT | Sport
PREMIERSHIP CONFIRMED
The nation’s optimism surged overnight after the New Zealand Warriors opened their season with a convincing 42–18 win over the Sydney Roosters, triggering an avalanche of “Our Year” declarations across social media, like many other years.
Within minutes of the final whistle at Go Media Stadium, thousands of Warriors fans took to Facebook, X, Instagram, and the comment sections of news articles to confidently predict a premiership for the Warriors, despite the sample size of exactly one game.”
Our reporters didn’t have to search very far on social media before they found a barrage of posts with enthusiastic supporters of the ‘wazzas’.
“It’s our year!! Up the Warriors #letsgonewarriors” tweeted one fan.
“The Warriors are back! It’s definitely our year! Up the Wahs!” Brayden Casey commented on the Warriors Facebook page.
“80 minute performance! Chanel Harris-Tavita’s gonna take us all the way! Our year!” another commented, followed by hundreds more along similar lines.
“Look, the numbers don’t lie,” said local fan Darren Wills, attaching a screenshot of the ladder with the Warriors near the top. “We’re undefeated this season. Forty-two points. Dominant performance. If you extrapolate that across the year, that’s roughly… well… heaps of wins.”
Meanwhile, Warriors supporters across the country were urged to remain calm and avoid making overly bold predictions about their premiership until round two is over.
More to come.
