NRL Players Blasted For Partying At Ginuwine Concert Days Before Team Thrashing

The coach of the NRL's New Zealand Warriors football club has blasted three of his players after they were found to have partied with R&B artist Ginuwine on stage during the singer's Friday night show in Auckland, just two days before the team was thrashed 50-16 by the West Tigers.

As SMH reports, football stars Manu Vatuvei, Konrad Hurrell and Dominique Peyroux, joined Ginuwine on stage during his live show and shared videos of themselves at the concert to their respective Instagram accounts. 

Warriors coach Andrew McFadden called his players actions "unacceptable".

"When I first heard about that I must admit I was extremely disappointed," McFadden said. 

"I think that sort of level of professionalism is unacceptable."

McFadden explained that his anger stemmed from the fact that the team were due to fly out early Saturday morning and he also hinted that the players in question may face penalties.

"We had an early flight the next day and one of the things we preach in terms of our preparation is making sure we get enough sleep, hydration and make sure we eat properly," he said.

"I don't think that was acceptable, so it's something we've looked at internally and that's how we'll be dealing with it too."

While there are yet to be any suggestions that the players were drunk or acting inappropriately at the show, it no doubt paints the club in a bad light, especially given their massive defeat days later and the fact that they will not be playing finals football this year. 

Meanwhile, Ginuwine recently wrapped up his Australian tour this past week after performing headline shows around the country.

Check out the videos posted online below by Vatuvei and Hurrell.