The Wests Tigers have begun a month-long grind-fest as the solution to regaining their NRL form.

Gone are the flick passes, long-range attacking raids and even the Footy Show appearances as the Tigers put their shoulders to the wheel to reverse a slump that only began turning around with last week's win over Newcastle.

Before that it was four straight losses after a bright opening to the season, hitting a low point in the 50-10 flogging by South Sydney two weeks ago.

They face a test against the Warriors at Campbelltown Stadium on Friday night after the Aucklanders accounted for the Rabbitohs 26-24 last weekend.

"When you're out of form that's the only way to win your games," assistant coach Royce Simmons told AAP on Thursday.

"You're not going to win your games by moving the ball and being flashy and expansive, you've got to get back to the grind and you gradually find form over about a month.

"We're going to have to play that way again, we're going to have to grind out a win and gradually each week we get a bit better and a bit better and find our form again.

"It's very hard to find form in one game, you find form in a period of about a month."

In rediscovering their inner grind, the Tigers have virtually disappeared off the NRL landscape.

They decamped to Newcastle last week and their usually busy media schedule was again nowhere to be seen this week.

"With all the State of Origin press around, it's been a good week again just to concentrate on your own performances," Simmons said.

"Instead of having your mind on a lot of things last week and this week it was just a good chance to concentrate on your football instead of always being on footy shows and talking to media and doing promotions and all that sort of stuff.

"Sometimes when you hit rock bottom it's a big wake-up call.

"Last week the first half wasn't great, the second half was really good so we've just got to make sure we take up where we left off last week."

The Warriors have defied expectations and a big injury list to sit in seventh place with a 5-5 record, the same as the Tigers'.

They have lost Sam Rapira (knee), James Maloney (back) and Micheal Luck (hand) for this match but have won six of the last seven games between the clubs.

Ian Henderson replaces Luck, Joel Moon comes in for Maloney and Jesse Royal starts at prop with Sione Lousi and Jeremy Latimore added to the bench.

Meanwhile, former Warrior Wade McKinnon will need to overcome a hamstring injury before debuting for new club the Tigers.

Simmons said McKinnon was likely to be two weeks away from NRL action.

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