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While the Warriors might be struggling on the field, their future is not under threat in spite of the increasingly difficult NRL landscape.
The Auckland-based club have the advantage of being privately owned by Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin, meaning they don't rely on gaming machine money.
The Warriors have attempted to create a stable club under the present administration and this is helped by the fact it is run solely by the board. Members don't vote on administrative and personnel matters, as happens at the Rabbitohs.
Watson and Hotchin bought the club from Tainui in 2000 when it was on the brink of collapse and, while they don't expect to make money they don't expect to lose money either, meaning the HMS Warriors is run as a pretty tight ship.
"There's an advantage of being a one-team town - and we are a one-team country - because we don't have heavy cross-pollination of fans across boundaries," Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah said. "The other thing is we have never had to rely on poker machine money.
"The present situation in Sydney is a reality check for other clubs. They are having to do what we have done since day one, and that's fight tooth and nail for every dollar.
"It's a concern what's going on in Australia but these clubs have other benefits like feeder clubs. They spend more money on this and have the choice to cut it back to just a Toyota Cup [under-20] side like we do."
