Warriors chairman made a complaint in Feb alleging that Sir Owen was seen "grabbing patrons" bottoms and sucking a wedge of lemon from the mouth of a female patron.

Warriors captain Simon Mannering admits Sunday's limp performance against the Penrith Panthers proved they were not worthy of a top-eight finish.

The Warriors season came to a spirit-crushing end at the hands of a clinical Panthers side at Penrith tonight.

Ryan Hoffman admits he can't help but imagine a dream premiership farewell to his 12 NRL seasons with Melbourne.

Watch a replay of tonight's live blog of the Warriors do-or-die clash with the Penrith Panthers at Sportingbet Stadium in Australia.

Sometimes sport serves up delicious irony. Ivan Cleary was the last coach to take the Warriors to the playoffs and now his Penrith side stand between the Auckland club and the end of their top-eight dreams.

Benji Marshall isn't likely to feature in the Kiwis squad for this year's Four Nations, despite the fact he's made a successful return to rugby league.

Stop the rot and positive results will follow. Turmoil leads to disasters on the scoreboard and table.

Warriors co-owner Sir Owen Glenn has been accused of inappropriate behaviour towards several of the club's star players during an evening at an upmarket Viaduct restaurant.

The Warriors have been drawn into an investigation into the use of tertiary education funding on the eve of the club's biggest game of the season.

The last thing on Benji Marshall's mind on his NRL return was a test recall but that seems less far-fetched after a chat with New Zealand coach Steve Kearney.

Star halfback Mitchell Pearce steered the Sydney Roosters to a 22-18 win over South Sydney last night.

Back-rower Feleti Mateo is set to make a late dash from his grandfather's funeral in Tonga to join the Warriors in Sydney ahead of Sunday's must-win clash against the Panthers at Penrith.

Coach Andrew McFadden says the Warriors need to put the distractions of the other weekend matches out of their minds as they prepare for their crunch game against the Panthers.

NRL chief operating officer Jim Doyle has fended off suggestions he has access to confidential salary cap information that could benefit the Warriors when he takes on the club's chief executive role at the end of the season.

The Warriors have called upon the enigmatic ball-playing talents of Feleti Mateo for Sunday's must-win final round clash at Penrith.