Queensland Maroons rugby league great Billy Moore has thrown his support behind the Warriors, saying the New Zealand club is the dark horse to win this year's 2018 NRL competition.

Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck in action during a training session at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland. Source: Photosport

Moore told Fox Sports' NRL 360 panel that the Warriors are the one team no-one in the top eight wants 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 told Fox Sports.

"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."

The Warriors sit eighth on the NRL ladder and take on the Canberra Raiders tomorrow night at Auckland's Mount Smart Stadium.

"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.

"Now when he rolls (Johnson) there is nobody more exciting.

"I'm excited to watch what happens."

Moore went onto say that Warriors skipper Tuivasa-Sheck is the form player in the NRL and deserves the Dally M medal.

"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."

Tuivasa-Sheck has averaged over 180 run metres per game this year, scored three tries and has made over 100 tackle breaks.

"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."