Stats the spirit: Running the Round 11 numbers 📊📉
A flood of facts and figures to get excited about beyond the scoreboard dominance at Magic Round.
Suncorp surge
Competition-leading net errors
Dallin’s streaky behaviour
Dally M lottery
Warriors’ oldest Origin players
The Warriors’ sizzling 42-12 Magic Round beatdown of the Broncos — soured somewhat by Tanah Boyd’s knee injury — saw Andrew Webster’s side consolidate outright second spot on the NRL ladder.
The Warriors are 8-2 for the third time in their history, matching the feat of their 2002 and 2025 predecessors. Last year’s team lost their 11th game, while the 2002 vintage went all the way to an 11-2 record before suffering a third loss.
Equalling their best halftime scoreline this season of 22-0 (which they also managed against the Titans), the Warriors went on with the job to achieve an equal-season-high tally of points, having also scored 42 against the Roosters in Round 1.
Yet again the Warriors dominated possession (55 percent) and the completion rate battle (87 percent to the Broncos’ 81 percent), consequently racking up 1,768 run metres to 1,348. They also had 501 post-contact metres to 386, while an eye-watering 13-5 penalty count kept the Broncos consistently under the pump.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (216) and Erin Clark (198) were the metre-eating studs, while Jackson Ford (33) pipped Mitch Barnett (32) in the tackle-count stakes.
Home, sweet home away from home
The Warriors’ first win over the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium since 2018 was especially sweet, coming by the exact same scoreline they were towelled up by at the same ground in the 2023 preliminary final.
The victory was their third-biggest against the Broncos, after belting them 56-18 in 2013 and 48-16 in 2010 — both in Brisbane. The Warriors’ overall record against the Broncos at Suncorp now stands at 5-1-10.
It was also the Warriors’ third straight Magic Round win, improving their record at the NRL extravaganza to 4-3.
The Warriors have won four of their last six at Suncorp Stadium against all opponents — handy, given they face the Dolphins there in Round 17 and the Broncos again in Round 24.
