{"id":9908,"date":"2024-05-24T05:20:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=9908"},"modified":"2024-05-24T05:20:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:20:38","slug":"nrl-addin-fonua-blake-stood-down-from-warriors-in-shock-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=9908","title":{"rendered":"NRL: Addin Fonua-Blake stood down from Warriors in shock move"},"content":{"rendered":"

Addin Fonua-Blake has been dropped from the Warriors’ side for Sunday’s fixture against the Dolphins.<\/p>\n

Head coach Andrew Webster said Fonua-Blake had removed himself from the dressing room after the 22-20 win over Penrith and wasn’t present for the post-match team address or the team song, according to a statement released by the club late on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“This doesn’t meet our standards and Addin accepts full responsibility for his behaviour,” Webster said.<\/p>\n

Fonua-Blake only spent 49 minutes on the field in the team’s\u00a022-20 win<\/a>\u00a0over the Panthers on Sunday, around 15 minutes less than usual.<\/p>\n

Webster has named a replacement for Fonua-Blake in the initial 23-man squad, however, the most logical replacement would be bringing Tom Ale onto the interchange and move Mitch Barnett to prop.<\/p>\n

The Warriors are welcoming back Marata Niukore this weekend. He can move into a starting second row spot.<\/p>\n

Fonua-Blake was named in the Dally M Team of the Year in 2023 and subsequently asked for an early contract release. He eventually signed with the Sharks and agreed to play out the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

The Warriors have acquired James Fisher-Harris from the Panthers to replace Fonua-Blake next season.<\/p>\n

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Addin Fonua-Blake has been dropped from the Warriors’ side for Sunday’s fixture against the Dolphins. Head coach Andrew Webster said Fonua-Blake had removed himself from the dressing room after the 22-20 win over Penrith and wasn’t present for the post-match team address or the team song, according to a statement released by the club late […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9910,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9908\/revisions\/9910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}