NRL is back

NRL set to return May 28th

Monday 4th April 2020

When Australia and New Zealand shut their borders and restricted movement around their regions due to Covid-19, it was inevitable that the NRL competition would be forced to postpone. 

The New Zealand government announced that we were moving into Alert Level 4 on Wednesday 25 March. This meant the entire country was in lockdown inside their own homes. This meant that the Warriors like the rest of New Zealand, could not go to training, or even to the gym.

However, with the success that both New Zealand and Australia are making with fighting Covid-19 the NRL has announced that they are set to return on May 28th.

The competition has been restructured to be a 20 round season. This leaves 18 rounds still to be played, as we already had 2 rounds of competition before the lock down caused the postponement. 

For the competition to take place the players and coaching staff will be placed into a strict isolation from the rest of the public. This means that they won't be able to travel around Australia or to New Zealand.

In order for this to work, all Queensland based Australian teams will be temporarily relocated to Sydney, and the New Zealand Warriors will also have to move from New Zealand to Sydney. Leaving behind their friends and family.

The Warriors left for Australia on Sunday 3rd April at 2pm (NZ time), and landed in Australia at about 4pm (Australia time). 

For many fans they will be very pleased to have the NRL back. However, at this stage fans will be unable to attend the games and the players will play to empty stadiums. 

Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has asked for all Kiwi’s to get behind them this year, and show your support.