“I don’t know whether we could because we’re light on players ourselves, but at the end of the day I said ‘If you need anything, give us a call and we’ll work it out from there.‘”

The Warriors were the main beneficiaries when a loan system was first introduced to help the club deal with the coronavirus situation. Daniel Alvaro, George Jennings and Albert Hopoate were among the players loaned to the New Zealand club during its stay in Australia.

George said he was pleased to potentially now be in a position to help.

“Gus [Gould] was really appreciative and said he would keep an eye on the situation,” George said.

“We’ll see where it all lands, but I have a pretty close relationship with him and I told him to ring us if there’s anything we can do while we’re based in Queensland.

“What that is I don’t know, I don’t even know if we could give them players because of our situation.

“But I’d hate not to at least try after everything he’d done for our footy club and also for the game.

“He’s only got to ring us and say ‘this is what we need.’

“If we can help him, we’ll help. If not, we can’t, but the offer is there.“

Titans CEO Steve Mitchell added that his club was also amenable to offering assistance.

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“We haven’t had any dialogue with the Bulldogs at this time ... but collegially it’s an issue the game has to address,” Mitchell said.

“We’re all in this together.”

Asked if he was open to providing a lower-grader as a standby player if required: Mitchell said: “I think there is merit in that. At the moment it’s the Bulldogs in that position, but any of us could be in that position.

“To ensure the game is protected, there’s probably some merit in that. We have to learn to adapt.”

Jacob Kiraz and Billy Tsikrikas are in line to make their NRL debuts for the Bulldogs, but others could be in line for a first-grade promotion if there are more positive results.

Regardless, Canterbury coach Trent Barrett is hopeful the team pull off an upset and register just their second victory of the season.

“We’ve put together a side we know will be competitive and we’re going up there expecting to win,” Barrett said.

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