Hours before the Warriors' showdown against the Panthers last Sunday, fullback Sam Tomkins took to Twitter seeking information about the death of his friend and Wigan junior teammate Luke Rhoden. The 25-year-old was holidaying in Ibiza when he fell from a hotel balcony and then died in an ambulance after a scrape with local police.
Get in line
As if their final-round defeat to Penrith wasn't embarrassing enough, the Warriors were subjected to further humiliation upon arriving back in Auckland. Set of Six was told by a witness how a group of players arrived at customs and tried to skip ahead of the queue only to be refused by a customs officer who told them, "You aren't special." Ouch.
Happy Meal time
Once the team had cleared customs, the waiting television news cameras didn't miss the chance to capture the Warriors exiting the airport with McDonald's takeaways. It seems no time was wasted in getting their off-season started, and Set of Six has no issue with that. However, no doubt club sponsor Wendy's would have preferred the boys to have stopped by one of their own drive-through restaurants.