{"id":356000,"date":"2026-03-31T00:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/356000\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:35:08","slug":"nz-warriors-co-captain-mitch-barnett-ruled-out-with-broken-thumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/356000\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ Warriors co-captain Mitch Barnett ruled out with broken thumb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">It\u2019s a blow for the Warriors on the eve of a testing fortnight as they prepare to take on the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, who looked impressive in a 34-22 win over the Canberra Raiders last time out, before meeting the Melbourne Storm the following week. Both of those fixtures are away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">It has also been a cruel way for Barnett\u2019s final season at the club to begin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">The impressive Australian is set to return to home soil in 2027 when he joins the Brisbane Broncos on a two-year deal. The New South Wales State of Origin representative was granted a release from the final year of his contract with the Warriors on compassionate grounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">The Warriors\u2019 squad to visit Shark Park will be confirmed later today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/christopher-reive\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Christopher Reive<\/a> joined the Herald sports team in 2017, bringing the same versatility to his coverage as he does to his sports viewing habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a blow for the Warriors on the eve of a testing fortnight as they prepare to take&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9526,149286,13912,27604,87833,111,139,69,3111,5353,24684,1321,213,76610,3006,102,1339,80],"class_list":["post-356000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-another","tag-barnett","tag-broken","tag-cocaptain","tag-mitch","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-out","tag-period","tag-ruled","tag-services","tag-sports","tag-thumb","tag-warriors","tag-with","tag-without","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}