2008 New Zealand Warriors season

2008 New Zealand Warriors season
2008 New Zealand Warriors
League 8th NRL
2008 record 15-0-12
Points for 502
Points against 567
Team information
CEO Wayne Scurrah
Coach Ivan Cleary
Assistant Coach John Ackland
Captain Steve Price
Alternate captains Micheal Luck
Ruben Wiki
Ground Mt Smart Stadium
Average attendance 12,528
Top scorers
Tries Manu Vatuvei (16)
Goals Michael Witt (59)
Points Michael Witt (138)
 < 2007 2009 > 

The New Zealand Warriors 2008 season was the New Zealand Warriors 14th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the club's captain.

Contents

Milestones

  • 19 April - Round 6: Lance Hohaia played in his 100th match for the club.
  • 14 September - Qualifying Finals: The Warriors become the first team finishing eighth to beat the minor premiers when they defeat the Melbourne Storm, 18 - 15.

Jersey & Sponsors

New Zealand Warriors away jersey 1999.svg
New Zealand home jersey 2006.svg
New Zealand Warriors away jersey 2006.svg

The Warriors again did not change their jersey, sticking with the predominantly Black & White design supplied by Puma AG. The away jersey also remained unchanged, being mainly Grey with Black details. For the "Heritage Round" the Warriors played in a strip based on their 1999 Red away strip

Fixtures

The Warriors used Mt Smart Stadium as their home ground in 2008, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Trial Matches

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
15 February Trial 1 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Loss 14 - 22 Ah Van, Vatuvei, Koopu Witt (1) 9,000 [1]
23 February Trial 2 Canterbury colours.svg Auckland Vulcans Henham Park, Auckland Win 50 - 0 Solomona (2), Hohaia (2), Fien, Witt, Locke, Taylor, Mika Witt (7) [1]
29 February Trial 3 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast Loss 16 - 24 Rovelli, Witt, Solomona Witt (2) 8,040 [1]

Regular Season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
17 March Round 1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Telstra Dome, Melbourne Loss 18 - 32 Vatuvei (2), Ropati Witt (3) 20,084
23 March Round 2 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 30 - 16 Vatuvei (2), Rovelli, Tate, Tuimavave Witt (5) 15,250
31 March Round 3 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Sydney Loss 6 - 52 Hohaia Witt (1) 10,175
6 April Round 4 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 26 - 20 Shortland (2), Ah Van, Tuimavave Witt (5) 11,518
13 April Round 5 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 36 - 16 Vatuvei (2), Ah Van, Fai, Hohaia, Wiki Witt (6) 15,912
19 April Round 6 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Loss 20 - 48 Henderson, Ropati, Mannering Witt (4) 20,544
27 April Round 7 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park, Gold Coast Loss 24 - 36 Witt (2), Luck, Vatuvei Witt (4) 25,310
4 May Round 8 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 14 - 6 Shortland, Tate Witt (3) 7,358
Round 9 Bye -
18 May Round 10 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Loss 22 - 46 Mannering (2), Henderson Packer Hohaia (3) 9,450
25 May Round 11 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 12 - 38 Henderson, Kirk Hohaia (2) 11,922
31 May Round 12 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Win 18 - 16 Ah Van, Crockett, Henderson Ah Van (3) 15,489
6 June Round 13 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 28 - 35 Crockett (3), Ah Van, Kirk, Ropati Ah Van (1), Hohaia (1) 13,112
13 June Round 14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Toyota Park, Sydney Loss 8 - 24 Ropati Hohaia (2) 9,023
22 June Round 15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 14 - 20 Kirk, Vatuvei, Mannering Witt (1) 7,141
29 June Round 16 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Win 28 - 26 Fai, Fien, Henderson, Hohaia,
Ropati
Hohaia (2), Witt (2) 15,027
Round 17 Bye -
12 July Round 18 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 24 - 14 Fai, Kirk, Luck, Mannering, Ropati Hohaia (2) 7,722
19 July Round 19 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Win 40 - 22 Solomona (3), Fai, Hohaia, Kirk,
Price, Rapira
Hohaia (4) 12,973
27 July Round 20 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 8 - 6 Fai Hohaia (2) 8,700
2 August Round 21 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Loss 18 - 16 Hohaia (2), Ropati Hohaia (2) 9,276
9 August Round 22 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 16 - 12 Matulino, McKinnon, Witt Witt (2) 13,007
16 August Round 23 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 18 - 4 Hohaia, Ropati, Vatuvei Witt (3) 10,417
24 August Round 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Loss 6 - 36 McKinnon Witt (1) 11,583
31 August Round 25 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 42 - 20 Vatuvei (2), Henderson, Luck,
McKinnon, Ropati, Witt
Witt (7) 15,214
6 September Round 26 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Win 28 - 6 Vatuvei (3), Tate (2) Witt (4) 5,102

Finals

  Qualifying Finals Semi Finals Preliminary Finals Grand Final
                                     
1  Melbourne Storm 15
8  NZ Warriors 18
  1W  Manly Sea Eagles 32  
2  Manly Sea Eagles 38   4W  NZ Warriors 30        NZ Warriors 6    
7  St. George Illawarra 6   2L  Sydney Roosters 13            Manly Sea Eagles 40
         Melbourne Storm 0
3  Cronulla Sharks 36         2W  Cronulla Sharks 0    
6  Canberra Raiders 10   3W  Brisbane Broncos 14        Melbourne Storm 28  
  1L  Melbourne Storm 16  
4  Sydney Roosters 16
5  Brisbane Broncos 24
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
14 September Qualifying Final Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Win 18 - 15 Ropati, Vatuvei, Witt Witt (3) 15,193
19 September Semi Final Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 30 - 13 Hohaia (2), Henderson, Kirk, Vatuvei Witt (5) 25,585
27 September Preliminary Final Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Loss 6 - 32 Kirk Hohaia (1) 32,095

Ladder

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 24 17 0 7 2 584 282 +302 38
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 24 17 0 7 2 645 355 +290 38
3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 24 17 0 7 2 451 384 +67 38
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 15 0 9 2 511 446 +65 34
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 24 14 1 9 2 560 452 +108 33
6 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 24 13 0 11 2 640 527 +113 30
7 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra 24 13 0 11 2 489 378 +111 30
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 24 13 0 11 2 502 567 -65 30
9 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 24 12 0 12 2 516 486 +30 28
10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 2 528 560 -32 26
11 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 24 11 0 13 2 501 547 -46 26
12 Panthers colours.svg Penrith 24 10 1 13 2 504 611 -107 25
13 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 24 10 0 14 2 476 586 -110 24
14 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 24 8 0 16 2 453 666 -213 20
15 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 24 5 0 19 2 474 638 -164 14
16 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 24 5 0 19 2 433 782 -349 14

Squad

Twenty Six players played for the club in 2008. Eight players made their debut for the club, including five who were also making their first grade debuts.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
42 Swann, LoganLogan Swann New Zealand SR 1 March 1997 24 0 0 0 0
64 Koopu, WairangiWairangi Koopu New Zealand CE / SR 9 April 1999 6 0 0 0 0
99 Hohaia, LanceLance Hohaia New Zealand UB 6 April 2002 26 9 21 0 78
102 Tuimavave, EvarnEvarn Tuimavave New Zealand PR 1 September 2002 25 2 0 0 8
108 Ropati, JeromeJerome Ropati New Zealand CE / FE 31 August 2003 22 9 0 0 36
110 Lauaki, EpalahameEpalahame Lauaki New Zealand / Tonga SR 14 March 2004 16 0 0 0 0
115 Vatuvei, ManuManu Vatuvei New Zealand WG 23 May 2004 17 16 0 0 64
121 Price, SteveSteve Price Australia PR 13 March 2005 17 1 0 0 4
123 Wiki, RubenRuben Wiki New Zealand PR 13 March 2005 24 1 0 0 4
124 Fien, NathanNathan Fien New Zealand HK 13 March 2005 27 1 0 0 4
125 Mannering, SimonSimon Mannering New Zealand CE 26 June 2005 27 5 0 0 20
126 Luck, MichealMicheal Luck Australia SR 12 March 2006 25 3 0 0 12
127 Rovelli, GrantGrant Rovelli Italy HB 12 March 2006 21 1 0 0 4
129 Ah Van, PatrickPatrick Ah Van New Zealand WG 9 April 2006 12 4 4 0 24
131 Rapira, SamSam Rapira New Zealand PR 20 May 2006 27 2 0 0 8
132 McKinnon, WadeWade McKinnon Australia FB 17 March 2007 5 3 0 0 12
133 Crockett, MichaelMichael Crockett Australia WG 17 March 2007 6 4 0 0 12
134 Witt, MichaelMichael Witt Australia FE 17 March 2007 18 5 59 0 138
136 Kirk, AidanAidan Kirk Australia FB / CE 17 March 2008 15 7 0 0 28
137 Tate, BrentBrent Tate Australia CE 17 March 2008 24 4 0 0 16
138 Henderson, IanIan Henderson Scotland HK 23 March 2008 26 7 0 0 28
139 Fai, SonnySonny Fai New Zealand SR 23 March 2008 15 5 0 0 20
140 Shortland, RyanRyan Shortland New Zealand CE 6 April 2008 5 3 0 0 12
141 Packer, RussellRussell Packer New Zealand PR 4 May 2008 5 1 0 0 4
142 Matulino, BenBen Matulino New Zealand SR 14 June 2008 15 1 0 0 4
143 Solomona, MaloMalo Solomona Samoa WG 29 June 2008 8 3 0 0 12

Staff

  • Chief Executive Officer: Wayne Scurrah

NRL Staff

NYC Staff

Transfers

Gains

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Brent Tate Brisbane Broncos
Ian Henderson Bradford Bulls
Ryan Shortland Melbourne Storm

Losses

Player Club Notes
George Gatis Huddersfield Giants
Todd Byrne Hull
Louis Anderson Warrington Wolves
Tony Martin Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Other Teams

In 2008 the Junior Warriors competed in the new Under 20's competition, the Toyota Cup, while Senior players who were not required for the first team played with the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. The Auckland Vulcans were coached by Bernie Perenara. Wayne McDade was named the Vulcans player of the year with Aaron Heremaia as the runner up and Pita Godinet as the Rookie of the year.[2]

Junior Warriors

The Junior Warriors finished third in the Toyota Cup, making the finals before losing to the Brisbane Broncos in a Preliminary Final. Both Russell Packer and Ben Matulino were named in the Toyota Cup's team of the year.

National Youth Competition season 2008v · Canberra
24 18 0 6 2 744 581 +163 40
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 24 15 1 8 2 684 476 +208 35
3 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 24 14 3 7 2 721 533 +188 35
4 Panthers colours.svg Penrith 24 15 1 8 2 692 583 +109 35
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 24 14 3 7 2 578 564 +14 35
6 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 24 13 2 9 2 561 520 +41 32
7 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 24 12 3 9 2 711 587 +124 31
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 24 13 1 10 2 686 567 +119 31
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 13 0 11 2 620 623 -3 30
10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 24 11 2 11 2 618 584 +34 28
11 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly 24 11 0 13 2 519 532 -13 26
12 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 24 8 1 15 2 526 630 -104 21
13 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 24 8 1 15 2 512 638 -126 21
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 24 6 1 17 2 394 666 -272 17
15 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 24 6 0 18 2 480 721 -241 16
16 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 24 4 3 17 2 455 696 -241 15
  Qualifying Finals Semi Finals Preliminary Finals Grand Final
                                     
1  Canberra Raiders 43
8  Gold Coast Titans 12
  1W  Canberra Raiders 18  
2  Brisbane Broncos 28   4W  Parramatta Eels 22      St. George Illawarra 14    
7  Bulldogs 22   2L  St. George Illawarra 23          Canberra Raiders 28
       Brisbane Broncos 24
3  NZ Warriors 47         2W  Brisbane Broncos 28    
6  St. George Illawarra 20   3W  NZ Warriors 38      NZ Warriors 26  
  1L  Penrith Panthers 4  
4  Penrith Panthers 16
5  Parramatta Eels 24

References

  1. ^ a b c 2008 NRL trials warriors.co.nz, Accessed 1 July 2009
  2. ^ Auckland Vulcans Player of the Year Auckland Vulcans, Accessed 15 August 2009

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