1 Aug 2011

Cleary praises second half performance

7:38 am on 1 August 2011

The Warriors coach Ivan Cleary was quick to praise his side's change in attitude as they rallied from a 10-8 half-time deficit to score 21 unanswered points and beat the Raiders 29-10 in their NRL clash at Mt Smart.

The win was the Warriors fourth on the trot and, with just five rounds to go in the regular season, the Auckland club are in sixth place and well within reach of securing their fourth finals appearance in five years.

Cleary says he was happy with the way his side dispelled their first half deficiencies to come up trumps in Auckland.

The Warriors now have 26 points, two clear of the seventh ranked Knights and three points adrift of the fifth placed Dragons.