Queensland Maroons rugby league great Billy Moore is backing the Warriors to make a run in the NRL playoffs.
The Warriors qualified for the finals for the first time since 2011, after beating the Penrith Panthers 36-16 last Friday.
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Heading into the final round of action, the Warriors are eighth on the NRL ladder, and they could finish as high as second, if they beat the Raiders on Friday and other results go their way.
Earlier in the week, Mal Meninga told Fox Sports he believed the Warriors could win the premiership, while commentator and former Warriors player Greg Alexander said his old club was as "good a chance as any" in the finals.
Speaking on Fox Sports' NRL 360, Moore said the Warriors were the one team no-one in the top eight wanted to face.
"There is no team in the comp that wants to play the Warriors in semi-final football and someone is going to meet them," Moore said.
"That will be a cracking game, because when you go through their spine, I don't think there is a team with a better spine.
"You've got Issac Luke, [Roger] Tuivasa-Sheck and you've got Shaun Johnson. In the last two weeks without [Blake] Green, he has put his hand up and when he's on a roll, there is nobody more exciting.
"I'm excited to watch what happens."
Moore played in 211 NRL matches during his career for North Sydney Bears, 17 games for Queensland and three tests for Australia.
On top of his Warriors prediction, he was confident that captain Tuivasa-Sheck should win the Dally M medal.
The award is handed out annually for the player of the year.
"I think he has been a fantastic leader for the Warriors and everything about his game, I love.
"He is the complete player - the kick returns, when he is running the ball back.
"But what I also love is his defence, the stops and [he] holds up tries.
"To me, he is the complete player and he has been a brilliant leader for that club this year."
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