We want Foran say Warriors

Co-owner Eric Watson has confirmed the Warriors’ interest in Manly playmaker Kieran Foran on Sunday, after errantly earlier confirming his signing with the Auckland-based NRL club.

On Sunday morning Watson wrote on his Twitter account: “Gt signing for @NZWarriors with Kieran Foran – exciting player.”

Twitter users instantly queried whether Watson’s account had been hacked or if he had made a mistake.

It was something Watson himself acknowledged an hour later.

“I definitely need to lay off the Halloween punch sorry to cause such a stir,” he wrote.

“Kieran Foran is on our wish list but not signed Apologies fans.”

The New Zealand five-eighth is off contract at the end of the 2015 season and is set to be one of the most sought after players in the game.

If he was to join the Warriors it would be the club’s biggest ever recruitment coup.

But the newly installed leadership team at the Sea Eagles under new chief executive Joe Kelly will have retaining Foran at Brookvale as one of their No.1 priorities.

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