Kiwi club fumes over pretend Warriors

THE New Zealand Warriors are angry over claims there are people around the NSW Central Coast moonlighting as their players at pubs.

As if the past few months haven’t been tough enough on the Warriors, now it seems they have been caught up in a case of being wrongly identified around the coastal town where they are staying.

In one instance it’s claimed a player’s wife noticed her husband’s name signed in on the registry at a nearby pub, which made her wonder who was responsible for the deception. The wife knew for a fact that her husband was not at the premises.

This was brought to the attention of Warriors management and it was one of several instances that has had the Warriors privately filthy that their reputations continue to be brought under the microscope for no valid reasons.

They say they are sticking to the biosecurity rules and they want it known that the so-called COVID breaches do not involve them.

There were also reports “Warriors players” had been spotted at a local party last weekend but it was not them.

The NRL has been made aware of the situation and are looking into it.

The Warriors have been exceptionally well behaved while staying at Terrigal and have done well under trying circumstances to stick to the NRL’s COVID protocols. The NRL has given some leniency to the Warriors to make their situation sustainable but they are not allowed to mix within the community unless it is as a group in isolation.