Warriors still plan to travel toNSW

Warriors CEO Cameron George says for now the plans remain unchanged and they will head to Tamworth on January 3.

The club have planned to have their preseason camp in the city which is 400km north of Sydney.

However, a coronavirus outbreak in Sydney in recent days could cause the Warriors to change their plans.

Sydneysiders have been banned from entering other Australian states, while the city could be heading back into lockdown.

Some of the Warriors players, who were in the preseason camp in Kiama, are based in Sydney.

The next few days will determine whether the outbreak has managed to be contained, but if not it’s expected that the authorities will go hard and early with lockdown measures.

George says he has been staying up to date with developments and yesterday, they were continuing with their Tamworth plan, which is to reunite the players who were in the Kiama and Auckland pre-Christmas camps.

‘‘I spoke to the NRL yesterday,’’ George told Stuff. ‘‘But things are changing rapidly over there so what I’m asked today could be very different tomorrow. ‘‘At this point in time there’s no change, but it seems to be developing rapidly and for whichever way it goes, we’ve got plans for whenwe understand what we’re going.’’

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian yesterday said that the number of cases linked to the northern beaches cluster had risen to 83. If New South Wales goes into lockdown, some families of Warriors players may decide to remain in New Zealand, while the latest outbreak does little to hasten the setting up for a trans-Tasman bubble.

Meanwhile, George says the club won’t be able to bring in a replacement for hooker Karl Lawton, who is expected to miss most of next year with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

The Warriors have filled up all of their spots on their 30-man roster for next season, with Bayley Sironen being the final signing. doing and where we’re