WARRIORS’ TOP 30 TRIES FROM 30 SEASONS

Another TWL Top 30 list to mark the Warriors’ 30th season in the premiership – and a near-impossible task narrowing down 2,617 tries to the best 1.14% of them.

The vague criteria was a combination of rugby league artistry, the try’s context in the match, the match’s context in the season and the level of iconic status the try has attained.

No doubt there’s plenty we’ve missed (and a few tries that we couldn’t find footage of were left out), but here you go:

30. Solomone Kata – Rd 22, 2016 (Anthony Don fended into oblivion)

29. Dallin Watene-Zelenziak – Rd 15, 2023 (freak put-down in Canberra)

28. Sione Faumuina v Bulldogs – qual, 2003 (pick of the second-half onslaught)

27. Brent Tate v Sea Eagles – Rd 2, 2009 (Stacey magic in return game)

26. Shaun Johnson v Panthers – Rd 21, 2016 (sinking Panthers in GP)

25. Manu Vatuvei v Sea Eagles – GF, 2011 (Beast down a narrow corridor)

24. Phil Blake v Broncos – Rd 1, 1995 (first premiership try)

23. Lance Hohaia v Broncos – Rd 25, 2010 (60-metre solo chip-and-chase stunner)

22. Manu Vatuvei v Roosters – Rd 14, 2013 (Beast goes the length)

21. Evarn Tuimavave v Broncos – Rd 5, 2003 (overhead passes galore)

20. James Maloney v Tigers – semi, 2011 (Locke with the offload)

19. Clinton Toopi v Bulldogs – Rd 8, 2001 (on the bell in the Cake Tin)

18. Reece Walsh v Cowboys – Rd 12, 2021 (80-metre touchline special)

17. Ivan Cleary v Broncos – Rd 23, 2002 (Ali pulls one out of his arse)

16. John Carlaw v Sharks – prelim, 2002 (Stacey threads it through for GF spot)

15. Shaun Johnson v Panthers – Rd 24, 2011 (90-metre scorcher from the rookie)

14. Todd Byrne v Rabbitohs – Rd 7, 2007 (Witt kicks for Skinny to win it on the buzzer)

13. Solomone Kata v Sharks – Rd 9, 2015 (SJ puts it on a dime)

12. Kevin Locke v Broncos – Rd 22, 2011 (Maloney chip-and-chase)

11. Tuimoala Lolohea v Storm – Rd 18, 2015 (Friendy backflip try)

10. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck v Raiders – Rd 26, 2019 (try of the year)

9. Shaun Johnson v Sharks – Rd 9, 2015 (buzzer-beating match-winner)

8. Wade McKinnon v Panthers – Rd 15, 2007 (all-time solo effort)

7. Shaun Johnson v Storm – Rd 18, 2015 (peak SJ)

6. Clinton Toopi v Sharks – prelim, 2002 (50-metre high-stakes solo effort)

5. Kevin Locke v Roosters – Rd 16, 2010 (courageous last-minute winner)

4. Shaun Johnson v Broncos – Rd 22, 2011 (SJ announces himself)

3. Lewis Brown v Storm – prelim, 2011 (SJ’s crossfield run sends Warriors into GF)

2. Stacey Jones v Roosters – GF, 2002 (you know the one)

1. Michael Witt v Storm – qual, 2008 (put it down!)