NRL's New Zealand Warriors aim to be best club in Queensland during Redcliffe stint

The Warriors have declared they «want to be the best team in Queensland», as the club embarks on another NRL season, but this time based out of their temporary home in Redcliffe.

Before the Dolphins join the NRL in 2023, Moreton Bay will be home to the New Zealand side this year, with the Warriors wanting stability after spending the last two years on the road. 

Since the COVID-19 pandemic restricted travel between New Zealand and Australia from March 2020, the club is now literally considered as Road Warriors. 

An entourage of more than 100 players, staff and families have lived in Kingscliff, Tamworth, Terrigal, Robina and Surfers Paradise but are hoping their latest move to Redcliffe, at the start of the off-season, will be their last before they finally venture home to Auckland. 

Warriors coach Nathan Brown said the decision to be in Redcliffe for the entire 2023 season was about stability, with border rules continuing to change. 

«For us, it was obviously very important,» Brown said.

«To move here [to Redcliffe] was the fifth move for a lot of people in the club you know players, players partners, kids going to their fifth school in 12 months that's not good for anyone,» Brown said. 

«It's all a part of life's journey but the key is being in one spot and all the players would much rather be here for 12 months, rather than being in New Zealand for three, then Tamworth for two, Terrigal for four and keep moving about.

»Redcliffe's got a terrific set-up… I've been in the game a long time and I've trained professionally and coached professionally at places that don't have set-up's as good as this."

Warriors chief executive Cameron George told ABC Sport it's been important to ensure the families are just as comfortable as the