The 2020 NRL season is again on the brink of collapse after Warriors stars reportedly voted to ignore the league’s plea for the entire Warriors team to remain in Australia for the foreseeable future.

Rather, the team will take it week-by-week, if not day-by-day, after star Blake Green and CEO Cameron George clarified the teams’ position.

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg on Sunday morning announced the Warriors would remain in Australia in response to New Zealand’s unprecedented travel restrictions announced on Saturday.

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He said the Warriors would set up camp in Kingscliff before their round two match against the Raiders on the Gold Coast — a match originally scheduled to be a blockbuster double header in New Zealand.

However, The Courier-Mail reported first on Sunday evening that the Warriors playing group has voted not to remain in Australia beyond the round two match, which will be played behind closed doors in an empty stadium.

George earlier admitted his team will decide again next week if they want to stay in the NRL or return to New Zealand to be with their families.

The decision to return home pushes the NRL 2020 season to the point of collapse with the game seemingly having to decide if the season will be suspended or continue on as a 15-team competition.

With Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison following the lead of New Zealand and announcing a 14-day period of self isolation for any travellers arriving in Australia from overseas, the Warriors face the impossible decision of choosing whether to remain in Australia for the entire season — or return home and be unable to participate in the rest of the season.

The report claims Warriors players have agreed to remain in Australia for a further seven days, but have rejected the league’s plea for them to remain in Australia for a further 16 days.

Warriors players Peta Hiku and Patrick Herbert have already returned home to New Zealand for family reasons, and the Warriors have left some reserve graders in Australia for cover.

Speaking on Fox Sports’ Big League Wrap, Green said Greenberg had addressed the team but too much was still up in the air to commit to any amount of time in Australia.

“Todd was great, to be honest,” Green told The Big League Wrap on Fox League.

“He was really open an honest about the situation. Things can change on a day-to-day basis, so at this stage we agreed to stay in camp in Kingscliff for the next seven days and continue on to Round 2 for our game against the Raiders.

“I just think because of the uncertainty of how everything was going, the NRL sort of received some intelligence that Australia was going to make that decision on their borders today, so because that prevents us from bringing people over and putting them in isolation, we decided that we would choose to do the seven days here and see where it takes us.

“For all we know, the comp could relocate somewhere else and we’d be on the move again.

“We just thought we’d go week by week and Todd will address us and update when necessary.”

But the new self-isolation policy means no more players will be able to be flown across in the case of further injuries.

The NRL had also planned to fly families across for players, but that and the arrival of further club staff is now also off the cards given none are booked in for travel on Sunday.

“We’ll make some big decisions at the end of the week, and it will be based on family and player outcomes,” George said.

“There was a lot of devastated players there yesterday, grown men with tears in their eyes because it is really a difficult period to endure when you don’t know what the outcome is going to be.”

“It’s a reality (not being able to play in the competition). It’s on the table, we get through this weekend and we’ve got to make a decision with the players.

“Do we continue to do this week-by-week scenario? Or if the players want to choose to come home they come home.

“That could change during the week; some of the players could want to come home during the week.”

He told New Zealand radio on Sunday the club was unlikely to play any home games in New Zealand in 2020.

“The reality is we probably won’t play in New Zealand this year,” George admitted.

“So many people are devastated by it, we’re devastated by it, and the ramifications both for our fans, and financially for our club, are absolutely crippling and devastating.”

The Warriors are due to face Manly on Friday March 27 at Lottloland. Warriors veteran Adam Blair’s wife Jess voiced her concerns over players staying in Australia on social media on Saturday.

Hiku’s wife is heavily pregnant and expecting a child next Friday, while Herbert has a young baby, prompting their calls to come home.

“I have a family and that is something I have to put first,” Hiku said. “My partner was telling me to stay. But everything is changing day by day. We didn’t want anything to happen where flights were cancelled.” George conceded on Sunday it was unlikely his club would host a game in New Zealand this year.

ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys also admitted the squad couldn’t stay in Australia for the whole year.

Speaking before the Australian government’s announcement, V’landys hoped the New Zealand government could change its policy which is next up for review on March 30.

The NRL has meanwhile made contact with Warriors’ apparel supplier Canterbury for more gear, given they only brought enough clothes over for Saturday’s loss to Newcastle.

Players will also be paid an allowance by the NRL while they stay abroad.

Meanwhile the Australian government’s new exclusion policy all but rules the Warriors’ reserve grade and junior teams out of NSW Rugby League competitions. NSWRL boss Dave Trodden was on Sunday in Fiji, trying to fly back home before the midnight deadline for the self-isolation policy.

— with AAP