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Jason Paris discusses the Warriors' partnership with One NZ, social media incidents, and the future of NRL expansion.

TWL 2026 - Ep 26: Ill Telecommuncation feat. Jason Paris A special bye week treat for TWL as One NZ CEO, Warriors superfan and social media assassin Jason Paris stops in for an in-depth chat about what makes the Warriors' record-breaking partnership with One NZ tick, the ups and down of COVID and the 'Up the Wahs' phenomenon since, the infamous Twitter incident, One NZ and the prospect of a South Island NRL club, and the balance of being a passionate supporter and a chief sponsor. Join us as a paid subscriber on Substack at https://www.thiswarriorslife.com/ Brought to you by the Warriors-mad legends at Kingz Container Crew 👑 - head to kingzcontainercrew.com for all your container packing and unpacking solutions, or hit the Work With Us tab to get a spot in the KCC squad. With the support of PlaceMakers, New Zealand's experts in trade since 1981. Know how. Can do. 🔨 This is a Frank podcast GET YOUR EXCLUSIVE THIS WARRIORS LIFE MERCH: https://thiswarriorslife.digitees.co.nz/ SUBSCRIBE TO THIS WARRIORS LIFE ON YOUTUBE:     / @thiswarriorslife   SUBSCRIBE TO THIS WARRIORS LIFE ON SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/3Dk0NbC FOLLOW THIS WARRIORS LIFE ON FACEBOOK…

People in this episode

Host: This Warriors Life

Guest: Jason Paris

Topics covered

• Warriors
• One NZ
• NRL expansion
• social media
• sports sponsorship
• fan experience

Keywords

• Warriors
• One NZ
• Jason Paris
• NRL
• sports sponsorship
• Twitter
• fan experience

Sponsors

Kingz Container Crew, PlaceMakers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One NZ, Warriors

Places: South Island

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