With 2021 entering the final week of it's first month, the wheat has started to become separated from the chaff.

Whether your side is unbeaten or unbackable, each of the NRL's 16 teams still have quandaries to ponder as the road to September begins to narrow.

Once again, here are the big questions facing every team as they enter a blockbuster Easter Round of Rugby League.

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New Zealand Warriors

Have they turned a corner?

Here it is, folks. The first of two apologies for the week.

To the New Zealand Warriors players, coaches, supporters and front office, I unreservedly apologize for doubting your ability to win big games of football.

Now the formalities are out of the way, it is on you to extrapolate on this new trend of your invention.

Last Saturday afternoon's bizzarro win against Canberra appeared to be a line in the sand for the Warriors. Not content with being blown off the park in the second half, it was their ability to reel the Raiders in โ€“ not the other way around for once โ€“ that saw them claim the competition points.

That and Roger Tuivasa-Scheck's herculean try saver in the dying stages.

If their fullback's final season wasn't enough to fire up the Mount Smart franchise, then surely his aforementioned effort should be enough to top up their gas tank for this Sunday's clash against the Tri-Colours.

Nathan Brown's side's ability to fight back against a quality opposition whilst on the road should be seen as proof that they have turned a corner, but will they remain on the straight and narrow or does yet another jaunt from the tracks await their long-suffering fans?

We will know after their clash against the beleaguered Chooks is complete.

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