The Warriors wanted to borrow Tesi Niu, the Broncos said no.

The Broncos have refused to lend a helping hand to the Warriors as the club struggles on, stranded in Australia.

The Sunday Mail in Brisbane has reported that the Warriors asked the Broncos if they could borrow, the club's 18-year-old fullback Tesi Niu.

Niu, who played for Tonga against Great Britain late last year, is on a development contract with the Broncos, so can't play for the club until June 30.

Because of the situation the Warriors are in, the NRL would have allowed Niu to play straight away if he made a short term move.

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However, the Broncos have shown the hand to the Warriors, deciding they didn't want to risk Niu getting injured while playing for a rival club.

Niu was a player with a huge future in front of him, but even if he was able to play for the Broncos now, he'd be behind Jamayne Isaako, Jesse Arthars and the injured Jack Bird in their fullback pecking order.

The NRL have allowed the Warriors to borrow players from other clubs to help them get through this tough time.

Their recruitment manager Peter O'Sullivan is with the team in Australia and has been actively trying to bring in players.

But so far he hasn't had any success and that will continue if other clubs follow the uncharitable actions of the Broncos.

A few Warriors players had head knocks in the 20-6 loss to the Raiders on Saturday and Stephen Kearney will be keeping his fingers' crossed that they will all be available to play against the Sea Eagles next week.

The Warriors went into the game against the Raiders with just 24 players in their squad and five of them being players from the development team.

Help is coming as Patrick Herbert, Gerard Beale, Jazz Tevaga, Josh Curran and Agnatius Paasi all flew to Australia a couple of days ago.

However, they have to go through the 14-day isolation period and won't be available until the round four game against Wests Tigers.