NRL investigates Warriors over
salary cap

The National Rugby League has confirmed its investigating the New Zealand Warriors' salary cap position.

NRL chief executive David Gallop says the NRL and the club's management are examining a number of previously undisclosed issues relating to past seasons and possibly affecting the 2006 season. The Warriors underwent a significant restructure of senior management positions last year.

Gallop says the club's current management is offering full cooperation and opted to make news of the investigation public in the interests of transparency. The NRL had raised with the previous management in November that it wished to conduct a pre-season audit with the club for 2006.

Preparing for that audit, the current management raised a number of matters which have uncovered "potential salary cap issues".