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Warriors coach Nathan Brown says it’s up to his side to take “some lessons” out of last week’s humiliating loss to the Storm.
The Warriors will face the Raiders from 3.00pm (AEST) today in Redcliffe.
All eyes will be on how Brown’s men recoup after being blown off AAMI Park at the hands of the Storm by 60 points on Anzac Day.
Following a tightly contested opening half, in which the Warriors only trailed by six at the main break, the Storm responded by pouring on 10 unanswered tries in the second half to hand the Warriors their biggest defeat in club history.
“Coming into the Melbourne game, we all felt we were making some reasonable progress,” Brown said earlier in the week.
“At half-time, we felt obviously we were probably a touch unlucky not to be leading the game.
“What happened after it was not acceptable by anyone’s standards. We don’t want to forget that we were heading in the (right) direction, but obviously we can’t just completely forget what happened (in the second half) either.”
Brown said it’s up to the playing group to show they’ve learned from their mistakes.
“You just want them to learn from it,” he said.
“You want them to get some good out of it and the good is obviously the things that they got wrong, understanding what impact they had.
“If they get some lessons out of it, it helps us become a better club and individuals to become better players.
“As embarrassing as it is and as bad as it is, you’ve got something out of it and that is the key.”
Meanwhile, the pressure will also be on the Raiders, who come into today’s match on the back of four straight defeats.
Ricky Stuart’s Raiders were thumped by 30 points last weekend against Penrith.
Warriors: 1. Reece Walsh 3. Jesse Arthars 2. Rocco Berry 5. Viliami Vailea 4. Adam Pompey 21. Daejarn Asi 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Wayde Egan 10. Matt Lodge 11. Euan Aitken 12. Bayley Sironen 13. Jazz Tevaga 15. Bunty Afoa 16. Eliesa Katoa 17. Jack Murchie 20. Ben Murdoch-Masila 14. Taniela Otukolo
Raiders: 1. Jordan Rapana 2. Nick Cotric 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Semi Valemei 5. Xavier Savage 6. Jack Wighton 7. Brad Schneider 8. Josh Papali’i 16. Adam Elliott 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Hudson Young 15. Corey Harawira-Naera 13. Ryan Sutton 9. Tom Starling 14. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 17. Corey Horsburgh 18. Harry Rushton 19. Matt Frawley