1997 Auckland Warriors season
1997 Auckland Warriors season | ||||
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Ericsson Stadium | ||||
Avg. attendance | 15,442 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Sean Hoppe (11) | |||
Goals | Marc Ellis (25) | |||
Points | Marc Ellis (71) | |||
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The Auckland Warriors 1997 season was the
Milestones
- 12 April - Round 7: Sean Hoppe plays his 50th match for the club.
- 19 April - Round 8: Gene Ngamu and Tea Ropati play in their 50th match for the club.
- 27 April - Round 9: Stephen Kearney plays his 50th match for the club.
- 6 July - Round 14: Stacey Jones plays his 50th match for the club.
Jersey & Sponsors
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/New_Zealand_home_jersey_1997.svg/128px-New_Zealand_home_jersey_1997.svg.png)
The Warriors adopted a new jersey in 1997 that matched the Super League style used by the other nine teams in the competition. The jerseys were made by Nike, Inc.
Fixtures
The Warriors used
Regular season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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1 March | Round 1 | ![]() |
ANZ Stadium, Brisbane | Loss | 2 - 14 | Ridge (1) | 42,361 | ||
8 March | Round 2 | ![]() |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Win | 18 - 14 | Hoppe (2), Eru | Ridge (3) | 20,300 | |
17 March | Round 3 | Cronulla Sharks |
Shark Park, Sydney |
Loss | 8 - 34 | Betts | Ridge (2) | 16,860 | |
21 March | Round 4 | ![]() |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Loss | 12 - 16 | Jones, Tuimavave | Ellis (2) |
13,000 | |
29 March | Round 5 | ![]() |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Win | 16 - 14 | Betts, Hoppe, T.Ropati | Ellis (1), Ridge (1) |
19,400 | |
7 April | Round 6 | ![]() |
Bruce Stadium, Canberra |
Win | 31 - 24 | Henare, Hoppe, Jones, Kearnery, I.Ropati | Ellis (5 + FG) |
15,061 | |
12 April | Round 7 | ![]() |
Topper Stadium, Newcastle |
Loss | 10 - 18 | Hoppe, I.Ropati | Ellis (1) |
7,719 | |
19 April | Round 8 | Canterbury Bulldogs |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Loss | 24 - 38 | Eru, Jones, I.Ropati, T.Ropati | Ellis (4) |
17,000 | |
27 April | Round 9 | ![]() |
Townsville |
Loss | 22 - 30 | Endacott, Hoppe, T.Ropati | Ellis (5) |
12,464 | |
4 May | Round 10 | ![]() |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Loss | 18 - 34 | Hoppe (2), T.Ropati | Ellis (3) |
16,471 | |
26 May | Round 11 | ![]() |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Loss | 10 - 20 | Ellis, Ridge |
Ellis (1) |
15,100 | |
1 June | Round 12 | ![]() |
Perth |
Loss | 12 - 24 | Eru, Hoppe | Ngamu (2) | 10,203 | |
6 June | WCC 1 | ![]() |
Knowsley Road, St. Helens | Win | 42 - 14 | Hoppe (2), A.Swann (2), Jones, Kearney, T.Ropati |
Ridge (7) | 8,911 | |
14 June | WCC 2 | ![]() |
Odsal Stadium, Bradford | Win | 20 - 16 | Jones, Ridge, Staladi | Ridge (4) | 13,133 | |
23 June | WCC 3 | ![]() |
Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington | Win | 56 - 28 | T.Ropati (4), A.Swann (2), Kearney, Ngamu, Ridge, Vagana |
Ridge (8) | 4,428 | |
29 June | Round 13 | ![]() |
Penrith Stadium, Sydney | Loss | 22 - 26 | Eru (2), Jones, Staladi | Ngamu (3) | 4,446 | |
6 July | Round 14 | Cronulla Sharks |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Win | 11 - 8 | Ellis |
Ridge (3), Jones (FG) | 12,568 | |
11 July | Round 15 | ![]() |
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Win | 18 - 8 | Oudenryn, T.Ropati | Ellis (3) |
13,278 | |
18 July | WCC 4 | ![]() |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Win | 64 - 14 | Ngamu (12) | 12,500 | ||
25 July | WCC 5 | ![]() |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Win | 70 - 6 | Ellis, Jones |
Ridge (11) | 18,354 | |
3 August | WCC 6 | ![]() |
Lancaster Park, Christchurch | Win | 16 - 4 | Eru, Jones, Kearney | Ridge (2) | 5,500 | |
11 August | Round 16 | Canterbury Bulldogs |
Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney | Loss | 18 - 40 | Hoppe, Oudenryn, A.Swann | Ridge (3) | 5,126 | |
16 August | Round 17 | ![]() |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Win | 30 - 22 | Ridge (2), Betts, Jones, Kearney | Ridge (5) | 13,142 | |
24 August | Round 18 | ![]() |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Win | 50 - 22 | Ngamu (7) | 12,000 |
World Club Challenge Finals
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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3 October | Qualifying Final | ![]() |
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland |
Win | 62 - 14 | Ridge (9) | 12,063 | ||
10 October | Semi-final | ![]() |
ANZ Stadium, Brisbane | Loss | 16 - 22 | Oudenryn (2), Endacott | Ridge (2) | 9,686 |
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 481 | 283 | +198 | 29 |
2 | ![]() |
18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 403 | 230 | +173 | 24 |
3 | ![]() |
18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 436 | 337 | +99 | 22 |
4 | ![]() |
18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 453 | 447 | +6 | 20 |
5 | ![]() |
18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 431 | 462 | -31 | 18 |
6 | ![]() |
18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 350 | 363 | -13 | 14 |
7 | ![]() |
18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 332 | 406 | -74 | 14 |
8 | ![]() |
18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 321 | 456 | -135 | 14 |
9 | ![]() |
18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 303 | 402 | -99 | 13 |
10 | ![]() |
18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 328 | 452 | -124 | 12 |
- (P) - Premiers
WCC Australasia Pool A
Club | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff. | Points |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 52 | 218 | 12 |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 82 | 186 | 12 |
Cronulla Sharks |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 54 | 176 | 12 |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 120 | 136 | 12 |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 302 | 108 | 194 | 10 |
Canterbury Bulldogs |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 218 | 121 | 97 | 8 |
Squad
The Warriors used 29 players in 1997, including four players making their first grade debuts.
No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Warriors Debut | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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2 | Phil Blake | ![]() |
FB / HK | 10 March 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Sean Hoppe† | ![]() |
WG | 10 March 1995 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
6 | Gene Ngamu† | ![]() |
FE | 10 March 1995 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
10 | Hitro Okesene | ![]() |
PR / HK | 10 March 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Stephen Kearney† | ![]() |
SR | 10 March 1995 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
13 | Tony Tuimavave† | ![]() ![]() |
PR / LK | 10 March 1995 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
15 | Tea Ropati† | ![]() ![]() |
CE / FE | 10 March 1995 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
18 | Joe Vagana† | ![]() ![]() |
PR | 18 March 1995 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Syd Eru† | ![]() |
HK | 28 March 1995 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
24 | Stacey Jones† | ![]() |
HB | 23 April 1995 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
28 | Denis Betts† | ![]() |
SR | 4 June 1995 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
29 | Marc Ellis † |
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FB / WG | 31 March 1996 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 71 |
30 | Mark Horo† | ![]() |
PR / SR | 31 March 1996 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Awen Guttenbeil† | ![]() ![]() |
SR | 14 April 1996 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Iva Ropati | ![]() |
CE | 19 April 1996 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
36 | Anthony Swann† | ![]() ![]() |
CE | 23 June 1996 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
37 | Brady Malam† | ![]() |
PR | 23 June 1996 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Bryan Henare | ![]() |
SR | 23 July 1996 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
40 | Matthew Ridge† | ![]() |
FB | 1 March 1997 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 48 |
41 | Grant Young | ![]() |
PR | 1 March 1997 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Logan Swann† | ![]() |
SR | 1 March 1997 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Steve Buckingham | ![]() |
FE | 17 March 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Shane Endacott† | ![]() |
FE | 29 March 1997 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
45 | Paul Staladi† | ![]() |
WG | 27 April 1997 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
46 | Meti Noovao | ![]() |
CE / LK | 1 June 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
47 | Lee Oudenryn† | ![]() |
WG | 6 July 1997 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
48 | Aaron Whittaker | ![]() |
HB | 29 June 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | David Bailey | ![]() |
CE | 11 August 1997 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
50 | Jerry Seu Seu |
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PR | 16 August 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- A cross (†) next to a name denotes that the player played in the 1997 World Club Championship.
Staff
- Chief Executive Officer: Ian Robson, replaced by Bill MacGowan in February 1997[1]
Coaching Staff
- Head Coach: John Monie, replaced by Frank Endacott in late April 1997.
- Reserve Grade Coach: Frank Endacott, replaced by Gary Kemble.[1]
- Under 19 Coach: John Ackland
Transfers
Gains
Player | Previous Club | Length | Notes |
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Matthew Ridge | Manly Sea Eagles |
Had initially signed and trained with the side in 1996, until the Super League season was postponed. | |
Grant Young | South Queensland Crushers | ||
Shane Endacott | Canterbury Country Cardinals | ||
Lee Oudenryn | Gold Coast Seagulls |
Losses
Player | Club | Notes |
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Aaron Lester | Whitehaven | |
Doc Murray | Wigan Warriors | |
Nigel Vagana | Warrington Wolves | |
Mark Carter | Auckland Rugby Football Union |
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Andy Platt | Salford City Reds | |
John Kirwan | NEC Green Rockets |
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Tony Tatupu | Warrington Wolves | |
Gavin Hill | Retired | |
Greg Alexander | Penrith Panthers | |
Richie Blackmore | Leeds Rhinos |
Awards
Stacey Jones won the club's Player of the Year award.[2]
Other Teams
The Warriors fielded teams in both Super League's reserve grade and the Under-19 competition (The Mal Meninga Cup). The Reserve Grade side finished fourth and then beat Cronulla, Perth and North Queensland to make the Grand Final while the Under 19's finished the regular season as minor premiers, beating Penrith to make the Grand Final. Ultimately however both sides lost their respective Grand Finals, with the reserve grade going down 12-40 and the Under-19's losing 12–27.
Grand Final Teams
Reserve Grade:
Under-19: Junior Lemafa,
References
- ^ ISBN 1-86958-922-X.
- ^ John Coffey Jones honoured as `Player of the Year'[dead link] The Press, 29 August 1997