Christopher Luxon Mixes Up Waratahs and Warriors at Pacific Islands Forum Meeting
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- New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon mistakenly confused the New Zealand Warriors with the New South Wales Waratahs during a leaders’ meeting in Palau.
- The slip involved the NRL’s only New Zealand team and the Sydney-based Super Rugby side.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made an embarrassing verbal slip at the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting in Palau, confusing the New Zealand Warriors with the New South Wales Waratahs.
The Warriors are the NRL’s only New Zealand team. The Waratahs are a struggling New South Wales side in Super Rugby Pacific.
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