Warriors backline duo Peta Hiku and Patrick Herbert will return to New Zealand for family reasons while the rest of the team stays in Australia.
The Warriors are marooned in Australia for the foreseeable future after New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern announced everyone entering the country would have to self-isolate for 14 days due to the threat of the coronavirus.
The Kiwi outfit started their season with a loss in Newcastle last night and were scheduled to return home to host the Canberra Raiders at Eden Park next weekend.
However the new restrictions, which come into effect at midnight, make it impossible for visiting teams to compete.
With their team staying across the Tasman, playing their round two game against the Canberra Raiders on the Gold Coast, Hiku and Herbert will return home today in order to support their partners. Hiku's wife is heavily pregnant, while Herbert's partner just had a baby.