Adam Pompey (L) and Viliami Vailea during a Warriors' training session in Tamworth. PhotosportThe New Zealand Warriors could benefit from the NRL's attempts to have players jump the Covid-19 vaccine queue in Australia. V'landys will make a request for all NRL players to be in the third phase of Australia's vaccine roll-out. "Under no circumstances are we going to jump the gun and go before emergency workers and the most vulnerable. Any NRL matches back in New Zealand would depend on a transtasman bubble or an exemption for players to skip managed isolation.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 25, 2021 18:11 UTC