New Zealand Warriors star Issac Luke has hit out at the NRL after a report that under-fire referee Gerard Sutton was "demoted" to their vital clash against the Titans.
Luke shared a screenshot of a NRL.com article saying that Sutton had been "assigned to a lower-profile match", calling it "an insult".
"Just found out the low profile game is the Warriors v Titans. What an insult. @NRL uppercut yourself. That's dispresectful [sic] to both teams," Luke tweeted.
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Luke later deleted the tweet, but the Warriors' official Twitter account had already raised the question about the news.