28 May 2020

Matthew Elliott ready for NRL to kick-off again

From Checkpoint, 6:22 pm on 28 May 2020

Live sport returns to TV screens throughout New Zealand and Australia tonight when rugby league's NRL resumes across the ditch.

Absent for two months due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the competition is one of the first professional sports leagues to return.

Tonight's first game back features Brisbane and Parramatta - but much of the focus with the resumption has centered on the Warriors.

The New Zealand club spent two weeks in quarantine in rural New South Wales just to be involved - many players leaving behind young families, with no certainty around when they might reunite.

Former Warriors, Penrith and Canberra coach Matthew Elliott spoke with Felicity Reid about the appreciation in the Australian rugby league community for the Warriors actions.