
The Warriors sit sixth in the NRL standings with 28 points as they head into their match against the Penrith Panthers in Sydney tomorrow, their third to last regular season match.
One win would almost certainly see them reach the playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons and Luck said the experience gained in those seasons should help as they approach the playoffs.
"The majority of our group's been together four, five, six years now. You experience the good times and the bad times and you take lessons out of each," he said.
"Now I think we're a bit mentally stronger than maybe we were in the past, and that only comes from going through some of the things we have in the past. If we get in those games in September and can draw on a bit of that experience hopefully we can come out the other side better than we have previously."
With Lance Hohaia and Elijah Taylor returning the Warriors will have a strong team and Luck is hopeful they can continue to keep most of their players fit for the remainder of the season.
"We've got key guys on the park and have had for most of the year. That always makes it a bit easier to play with consistency and fluency when you've got the same guys on the park week after week when maybe in the years we haven't gone so well we didn't."
Given that the Warriors play the fifth-placed St George Illawarra Dragons and the fourth-placed North Queensland Cowboys in their last two matches they could almost be forgiven for thinking tomorrow's game against the 11th-placed Panthers seems an easier task, but Luck said it was a tough assignment.
"They're a big, physical side that try and get over the top of you in the middle of the field, and then they've got some pretty handy guys out wide," he said.
"Michael Jennings is back at fullback this weekend and he's as dangerous a guy as there is in the game, so it's a very, very tough game."
Wins in their remaining three games would probably see the Warriors secure a top four place given that the Cowboys are only two points ahead of them on the table and the Dragons just one.
However, Luck said there was no point thinking about where they would finish on the table, particularly as there was still a chance they could miss the playoffs altogether.
"We can only do what we do. If we play well in the games that we've got coming up and win them then you give yourself every chance, but apart from that it's not something that we can worry about," he said.
"Long-sightedness has never been a friend to us. We always go better when we look at the task immediately at hand and for us that means Penrith on Saturday night."





