The Warriors have taken a seemingly light-hearted jab at Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith.

The Warriors are the latest New Zealand professional sports franchise to spice up the banter and divide opinion on social media.

On their verified Twitter account, the Warriors took a seemingly light-hearted dig at Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith and the NRL referees when they posted "High tackle", only for it to be followed by a second post saying "Oh wait, it's Cam Smith."

The post appeared shortly after Smith made a questionable tackle on Warriors winger Ken Maumalo - that went unpunished - during the Auckland-based team's 12-6 loss to the Melbourne Storm at Mt Smart Stadium on Sunday.

Smith, a former Queensland and Australian hooker, has long been in the firing line for seemingly trying to influence referees in his lengthy career at the Storm.

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The Warriors' post drew a mixed response. Most supported the comment but another called it unprofessional conduct.

‏A Warriors spokesperson said the club had no comment on the post, which was still on their account two hours after fulltime.

The post follows the official Twitter account of the Hurricanes Super Rugby team posting "what a shocker... player with a bad history of that crap" on July 13 as the Television Match Official reviewed Chiefs midfielder Johnny Fa'auli's high, no-arms shot on Hurricane Wes Goosen.

Fa'auli was handed a red card but following the Hurricanes 28-24 loss to the Chiefs, the Hurricanes said in a statement, that they "regret a social media post that was made on the club's official Twitter account during Friday night's match against the Chiefs at FMG Waikato Stadium following an incident that saw a red card issued to Johnny Fa'auli for a dangerous tackle.

"The post was deleted because it was inappropriate."