Rugby league large Brad Fittler has taken the CEO of the Warriors' large sponsor to task, suggesting helium could beryllium taken to tribunal by referee Todd Smith.
Jason Paris, chief of telco One New Zealand, used his Twitter relationship connected Saturday to level stunning accusations astatine the NRL and its officials.
As helium watched his squad suffer to the Panthers successful Magic Round helium accused the crippled referees of "cheating of the highest order".
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When his tweets gained media attention, Paris attempted to backtrack but ended up doubling down connected his allegations.
"I bash judge that determination is unconscious bias happening each week against the Warriors and it needs to beryllium addressed," helium tweeted successful a lengthy station connected Monday.
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Fittler could not judge what helium read.
"That was disgraceful what helium said. Disgraceful," Fittler told Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth.
"(The referee) should beryllium capable to writer him done a court. You conscionable can't bash that. Awful.
"You tin instrumentality him to tribunal with a defamation case. I thought it was awful."
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The Warriors mislaid the punishment number 5-3 against Penrith and had 2 players sin-binned during the loss.
Jackson Ford was marched for a hip-drop tackle, and past young extracurricular backmost Demitric Sifakula was binned for striking Nathan Cleary during a melee.
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Fittler was confused arsenic to what Paris recovered incorrect with the mode the crippled was officiated, pointing to the Sifakula incidental successful particular.
"Get immoderate discipline," Fittler said of the Warriors.
"The bloke came successful and went similar that (punching motion) - helium didn't person to bash it.
"Get your crap successful order."
The NRL is investigating the Paris comments but has truthful acold not announced immoderate outcome.
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