Home games may be in sight
RUGBY LEAGUE
AUCKLAND: The New Zealand Warriors could benefit from the NRL's attempts to have players jump the Covid19 vaccine queue in Australia.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, ARL Commissioner Peter V'landys will ask the Federal Government in Australia if players can move ahead in the vaccine queue, in the hope the Warriors will be able to play home games in 2021.
V'landys will make a request for all NRL players to be in the third phase of Australia's vaccine rollout.
‘‘Emergency workers have got to get it first and the most vulnerable have got to get it first. Who is after that? Well, that's where we come V'landys said.
‘‘Under no circumstances are we going to jump the gun and go before emergency workers and the most vulnerable.
‘‘But after that, there's naturally some discussions to be had, to be on that list relatively high.’’
As it stands the Warriors are set up in Tamworth, New South Wales before they will be based in Terrigal on the Central Coast for at least the first four rounds of the new season, which include the club's first two home games in the opening two rounds.
The side has not played a home game since August 30, 2019. — The New Zealand Herald
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