Warriors Mixed Prescription Drugs With Energy Drinks

Five of the six Warriors players banned from test football by the club have admitted to mixing prescription drugs with energy drinks on the infamous night out less than 48 hours after the big loss to Melbourne.

The revelation sheds dramatic new light on the controversy and explains why a club matter has seen players pulled out of test football, in part because the Warriors have great concern over the players' welfare. The players have also been punished for breaching club standards.

Established Kiwis Manu Vatuvei and Ben Matulino along with fringe test candidate Bodene Thompson were barred from being picked for Friday night's test against the Kangaroos in Newcastle.

Sam Lisone (Samoa), Konrad Hurrell and Albert Vete (Tonga) were stopped from playing Pacific tests in west Sydney on Saturday.

Vatuvei, Matulino, Thompson, Lisone, and Vete admitted to the club last Thursday that they mixed prescription drugs and energy drinks on the late Tuesday/early Wednesday incident in Auckland.

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