CEO of major Warriors sponsor One NZ, Jason Paris, has issued a public apology after “unacceptable” comments questioning the integrity of referees in the wake of the team’s 18-6 loss to Penrith at Magic Round.
Paris was highly critical of the refereeing in the game on social media platform Twitter, at one point accusing match officials of “cheating of the highest order” after the defeat.
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“Are you kidding me? How biased are the @NRL bunker and referees against the @NZWarriors? Have they got money on them to lose? It’s like we are permanently against 14 on the field and they want us to play with 12,” Paris wrote in one tweet.
“Imagine how the team feel – three games in 11 days and then this…
