NRL NZ Warriors farewell Tamworth with roaring Maori Haka before trip to Central Coast for season restart

In traditional Maori style, the players performed a roaring Haka to Wests Entertainment Group chief executive Rod Laing, staff, Tamworth Regional Council mayor Col Murray, MP Kevin Anderson and Oxley Police District Inspector Jeff Budd as a special thank you on their way out.

Warriors head coach Stephen Kearney stood outside the facility that hosted the elite players and support staff while in strict isolation on Wednesday morning before they boarded a bus headed for the Central Coast.

"We'd like to take this opportunity to formally thank everyone who's helped us here in Tamworth," he said.

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"It's been a wonderful stay and given the current climate in this country and all over the world, it took a fair bit of effort to get us here.

"We were booked to go to northern NSW and that fell over pretty late, to coordinate the situation that we found ourselves in here quickly was a wonderful effort by a number of people."

More to come.