Tamworth shows a lot of love to the Warriors, who repay the faith with a convincing 36-6 victory over the Knights in the NSW regional city to keep their finals hopes alive.
The Warriors have convincingly defeated Newcastle 36-6 in Tamworth to edge closer to an unlikely place in the NRL top eight.The New Zealanders scored five tries to one in the 30-point triumphThe Warriors returned to Scully Park in the north-west New South Wales regional city that adopted the team when they first arrived back in Australia to restart the NRL competition.
Warriors winger Adam Pompey scored a try in each half, with centre Peta Hika managing a backhand flick pass on both occasions to set up the four-pointer. Newcastle closed the margin to 6-8 by half-time when centre Gehamat Shibasaki won the leap for a Mitchell Pearce bomb but there was little else to celebrate for the injury-hit Knights.
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