The Warriors have spent the season breaking new ground across the Tasman and must now just get the job done at home to end their seven-year NRL finals hiatus.
Warriors Jazz Tevaga, Issac Luke and Bunty Afoa tackle James Graham of the Dragons Photo: Photosport
Saturday's 18-12 win over St George Illawarra in Wollongong was not only their first at WIN Stadium since 1996 but also a record one.
It marked their eighth win away from home this season - the most in the club's history - with seven of those victories chalked up in Australia.
Along the way they also notched their first win in Perth from 10 attempts, while they are now four points clear of the ninth-placed Wests Tigers in eighth spot.
The Warriors' run home over the final four weeks is friendly, with Friday's home clash with Newcastle the first of three against teams out of contention for the top eight.
But they face the prospect of being without front-rower Sam Lisone for the next fortnight after he was charged by the NRL match review committee for a raised forearm.
Lisone can accept a two-match ban after being cited for dangerous contact for an incident on Tariq Sims on Saturday.
He has been hit hard by the committee because of a poor record, which includes three similar offences during the past two years.
Should Lisone take his case to the judiciary, he risks being suspended for three weeks because of carryover points.
Teammate Bunty Afoa is also set to miss the Knights game after he was charged with dangerous contact.
Coach Stephen Kearney says Saturday's win has put the Warriors back on track for a strong finish to the regular season.
"With three games out of our next four at home, we haven't won at home in a while," he said.
"Our focus is making sure we recover well in the next few days and we have a really strong performance on Friday night."
Frontrunners early in the season, the Warriors had dropped four of their past five games heading into Saturday's win over the Dragons.
Questions were already being raised about their history of end-of-season woes, given before this season they'd won just eight of 43 post-State of Origin matches since 2012.
"We've done a pretty good job all year on just focusing on the present and now," Kearney said.
"We feel we've worked really hard to get ourselves in the position to hopefully play in the second week of September."
-AAP
