Warriors find clarity with situation but hits keep coming as quartet likely to return home – Stuff.co.nz

Todd Payten is resigned to having four players return home but the Warriors interim coach says the rest of the squad have accepted the fact that they won’t be following anytime soon and he believes they will be better for it.
The Kiwi NRL club are still waiting for the Australian Border Security to clear the families of top trio Ken Maumalo, David Fusitua and Agnatius Paasi to join them on the NSW Central Coast, otherwise the players will return to Auckland.
Warriors wingers Ken Maumalo and David Fusitua could return home after next weeks game against the Sharks.
Payten confirmed after Friday nights frustrating 16-12 defeat to the Titans that forward King Vuniyayawa was in the same situation and time is against the Warriors, having agreed on a deadline of next Sunday after the game against the Sharks to make a final decision.
Peter Vlandys has been lobbying the Australian government and the past three months have shown that if there’s one person you want fighting your cause, it’s the Australian Rugby League Commission chairman.
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But with Covid-19 crisis escalating in Victoria and airlines told to cut the number of international arrivals into the country, this may be a bridge too far for even Vlandys.
“At the moment they are

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