 After Joe Warbrick's mother died, his father remarried and had seven more children.Four of his brothersAlfred, Arthur, Fred, and Billywent on to tour with Joe as part of the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team.With his family still based in the Bay of Plenty, Joe Warbrick was sent to board at St Stephen's Native School in the Bombay Hills, where he started playing rugby union.