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'A lot to work on': Dolphins in eye of Storm

Apr 28, 2026

Farnworth. — Herbie Farnworth says the Dolphins and their coach aren't feeling the pinch from their losing run. -AAP Image

The Dolphins are on the cusp of their worst losing streak under coach Kristian Woolf as they seek to hand Melbourne a seventh consecutive loss.

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Last season the Dolphins started with four straight losses in Woolf's first year in charge and they've now lost their past four games ahead of Friday night's clash with the second-last placed Storm at Suncorp Stadium.

The club's worst losing streak was six at the back end of their first season in 2023 under Wayne Bennett, when a suite of injuries proved insurmountable.

Centre Herbie Farnworth said there were positive signs at least in the Dolphins' two-point and one-point losses to the Warriors and Penrith respectively after a woeful 58-18 hiding from Manly.

"I don't think we feel the (external) pressure. The only pressure's from us really," Farnworth said.

"Obviously when you play footy you want to win and we haven't been winning so far.

"We just fell short against the Panthers and Warriors, the two on top of the table, while probably not playing our best in either game."

Farnworth has been one of the Dolphins' best and leads the NRL for offloads with 28 for the season.

He has Queensland flyer Selwyn Cobbo outside him and would like to make more of a partnership that should be one of the most explosive in the NRL.

"Still got a lot to work on," Farnworth said.

"We'll be better each week, me and Cobbo.

"I'm sure he'd like a little bit more good ball, but we've worked with each other and got a couple of different half combos this year.

"Once we start settling down, I'm sure we'll start seeing him scoring plenty of tries."

The Dolphins were expected to challenge for the top eight this year at the very least but are four points adrift in 12th position.

Woolf is signed until the end of 2027 but will need to make the finals this year if he is to receive an early extension.

Farnworth rejected suggestions pressure was building on the coach.

"There's certainly nothing like that, no talk about that in our group," Farnworth said.

"Maybe outside, but we don't really take too much notice of that."

Farnworth said Woolf was not panicked about the last tough month and that his message was to "stick with it".

"Things aren't going our way at the moment and we're probably making a few too many errors too, so we're just going to stick at it and hopefully things turn around," Farnworth said.