Warriors forward Charlie Gubb has backed the club's hard-line stance in axing six players to reserve grade for breaking team protocol as the club continues to work on improving their culture and discipline.
Veteran players Manu Vatuvei, Ben Matulino and Bodene Thompson, and young front-rowers Sam Lisone and Albert Vete, were all dropped from the side named to play St George Illawarra on Sunday, while Konrad Hurrell was also excluded, after enjoying a big night out following Monday's 42-0 Anzac Day defeat to Melbourne.
After returning home on Tuesday, the group went out that evening until the early hours of Wednesday morning. Some of the group were then late to a team meeting the following day, which prompted an investigation.
McFadden handed out the punishment to the six players and put the rest of the squad on notice in a team meeting before training yesterday.