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Adam Pompey celebrates his try late in the second half against the Cowboys at Central Coast Stadium. “To put the win into context, Reece [Walsh] has played one game, Rocco Berry has played one, Ed Kosi debuted, Josh Curran played his eighth game, Jamayne Taunoa-Brown is 20-something, Bayley Sironen is 20 something, Adam Pompey is 20-something. “So we’ve got a lot of young players and to just hang in there and win is pleasing, because we should get a lot of learnings out of it. In particular the second half with some things we could have done better.
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Warriors 24 Cowboys 20
Cowboys - Robson, Drinkwater & Taulagi 2 tries; Holmes 2 goals
Second half
40th minute - Cowboys are pinned inside their half, but Drinkwater runs on the last and Taulagi kicks ahead. Maumalo gathers and runs upfield, as time expires.
Phew!
39th minute - Warriors reach halfway on the second tackle. RTS deliberately dies with the ball, leaving the Cowboys 90 metres to score.
38th minute - O Neill is cut down on halfway, but Holmes high kick bounces dead.
37th minute - Nikorima, Walsh and RTS threaten, but the final kick is knocked on by Curran on the goal-line.
Warriors 20 Storm 42
Warriors (3 Maumalo, Murdoch-Masila tries Nikorima 2 conversions)
Fulltime
80 mins
The Warriors have one final set in the contest and win a penalty for a swinging arm from Nelson Asofa-Solomona. Walsh will kick down to the 30-metre line of the Storm and the Kiwi side have one final play but it comes to nothing wrap up the contest.
79 mins - TRY Warriors to Ken Maumalo
From the scrum on the first play, Walsh grubbers in behind and Maumalo sneaks it down just before the dead-ball line and the big wing has a hattrick, the first of his career.
Nikorima converts the try.
As the Warriors prepare to return home, winger Ken Maumalo has backed calls for their annual Anzac Day clash with Melbourne to be played in Auckland.
Sunday s Warriors- Storm match will be the 11th time the two sides have met on April 25 and on each occasion the game has been played in Melbourne. That would be good, Maumalo said of hosting the Storm on April 25. It would be awesome to take one back home and play in front of our fans and our people.
Warriors CEO Cameron George has previously requested the club be given an opportunity to host an Anzac Day match and it is believed that there would be support within the NRL for that to occur once the team is able to return to New Zealand.