Ex-Warrior says current side is best yet ahead of finals clash
Former Warriors player Clinton Toopi believes the current NRL squad is the best in the club's history due to their improved consistency and defensive strength. The team is preparing for a crucial qualifying final against the Dolphins in Auckland.
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The Warriors are aiming for their first-ever premiership, and this analysis highlights the cultural and tactical shift under coach Andrew Webster.
<p>Clinton Toopi played in the Warriors' maiden NRL final appearance and first grand final but insists this current side under coach Andrew Webster is a cut above and can go all the way.</p> <p>The Warriors will host the Dolphins in Auckland on Saturday in a qualifying final in front of a sold-out crowd at the same venue where strike centre Toopi shone in a 36-20 win over Canberra in 2002.</p> <p>They fell short at the final hurdle against the Sydney Roosters, as they did to Manly in 2011, but Toopi has a sense this is the best team yet that the Warriors have put together.</p> <p>A win over the Dolphins would put the Warriors into their first home preliminary final in Auckland.</p> <p>"The Warriors of today have a deeper connection than what they have been previously able to manifest," Toopi told AAP.</p> <p>"Putting consistency and the Warriors in the same…
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