New Zealand Warriors skipper Steve Price claims the short turnaround between finals matches could prove to be a godsend ahead of his side's NRL semi-final against the Sydney Roosters on Friday night.

With Auckland abuzz all week in anticipation of the Warriors' shock home final, Price said the players had hardly had the chance to get caught up in the hysteria surrounding the sold-out clash after arriving back from Melbourne on Monday.

Tickets to the general public were snapped up within 11 minutes of going on sale on Tuesday, while Warriors paraphernalia is scattered throughout the streets of Auckland with locals confident their side can go one step further than last season's semi-final finish.

But with media and sponsorship commitments interspersed with training sessions and even the club presentation on Thursday night, Price said much of the hype had passed the players by.

"We haven't really had too much time to be thinking about stuff to be honest," Price said.

"Whilst there's a bit of excitement around the town over the fact we got a home semi because no-one expected it, it's really been back to business."

While Price has tried his best to ignore the hype, centre and brother-in-law Brent Tate admitted it had caught him a little off guard.

In his first year with the Warriors after a long career with Brisbane, Tate likened the atmosphere to that of the Queensland capital when the Broncos were in the finals - the one-town, one-team camaraderie of everyone getting behind their team.

"It is very similar, I've been taken aback by the hype, there's such a buzz around the place, it's such a great feeling but also it is a bit of a challenge for us to keep it in check," Tate said.

"I think that's going to be the biggest challenge for us, just keeping a lid on that.

"We spoke about it this week, we just want to keep things nice and calm and stick to what we've been doing the last few weeks because that's what got us here."

Coach Ivan Cleary said he addressed issues surrounding the build-up immediately after the upset win over the Storm, which included bringing his players back down to earth following what was for some the biggest win of their careers.

Coupled with the added responsibilities of ensuring a large legion of family and friends got their hands on some prized tickets, Cleary - who played in the 2002 Warriors side which lost the grand final to the Roosters - said he knew of the dangers the week presented.

"A good thing about the short turn-around was we had to let the Melbourne game go pretty quickly," Cleary said.

"When you look at it you have to play a team like the Roosters in the finals who are just full of big-match players ... it's no time to be celebrating too long.

"I'm pretty happy with the way they have come down. Looking at them so far I feel like they're pretty ready tomorrow night."

While much has been made of how the Roosters will handle the atmosphere of the big crowd, the experience will be a new one for several Warriors players as well with the club averaging just over 11,000 per game during the regular season.

A crowd of 26,500 is expected tomorrow night.

"Speaking to Pricey during the week he said playing at a full house at Suncorp, this is something else again,' Tate said.

"They're very loud when there's 8000 here, having 26-27,000 here it's going to be a huge buzz."

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