The New Zealand Warriors arrived in Australia late yesterday after the National Rugby League secured an exemption for the team to enter the country ahead of a planned resumption of the sport. A charter plane carrying the Warriors landed in the rural town of Tamworth, about a five-hour drive from Sydney, at about 5.30pm. The NRL's only international side will spend 14 days in quarantine in the town before competition restarts on May 28. On Saturday Australian officials granted 36 players and staff a rare exemption from the country's ban on international arrivals amid a slowdown in new coronavirus cases in Australia and New Zealand. Two players - center David Fusitu'a and hooker Nathaniel Roache - stayed behind in Auckland.

Source: The Standard May 03, 2020 19:07 UTC