2014 New Zealand Warriors season
2014 New Zealand Warriors season | ||||
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Team information | ||||
CEO | Wayne Scurrah | |||
Coach | Andrew McFadden (19 games since 5 April) Matthew Elliott (5 games) | |||
Assistant coach | Ricky Henry Adam Mogg | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Mount Smart Stadium | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Manu Vatuvei (17) | |||
Goals | Shaun Johnson (63) | |||
Points | Shaun Johnson (163) | |||
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The 2014 New Zealand Warriors season was the 20th in
Milestones
- 9 March - Round 1: Four players made their club debuts for the Warriors; Sam Tomkins, Chad Townsend, Jayson Bukuya and John Palavi.
- 15 March - Round 2: David Fusituamade his NRL debut.
- 7 April: Head coach Matthew Elliott resigned as head coach.[1] Andrew McFaddenwas made acting coach.
- 13 April - Round 6: Siliva Havili made his NRL debut.
- 2 May: 2014 ANZAC Test.
- 3 May: Pacific International.
- 13 May: Andrew McFadden was appointed head coach until the end of the 2017 season.
- 1 June - Round 12: Simon Mannering played in his 200th match for the club, and his 100th as club captain. Nathan Friend also played in his 50th game for the club.
- 19 July - Round 19: Agnatius Paasi made his NRL debut.
- 27 July - Round 20: Tuimoala Lolohea made his NRL debut.
- 24 August - Round 24: NYC graduate from any club to reach the milestone.[2]
- 18 October: Sam Lisone and Adam Tuimavave-Gerard played for the Junior Kiwis.
- Sam Tomkins represented England, Simon Mannering, Manu Vatuvei, Shaun Johnson, Suaia Matagi, Siliva Havili and Thomas Leuluai represented New Zealand and Dominique Peyroux and Michael Sio represented Samoa in the end of year Four Nations tournament.
Jersey and sponsors
In 2014 the Warriors jerseys was again made by Canterbury of New Zealand. |
Fixtures
Pre-season training
Pre-season training began on 28 October 2013.[3]
Pre-season matches
The Warriors played the Gold Coast Titans at North Harbour Stadium on 9 February and the Brisbane Broncos at Forsyth Barr Stadium on 23 February.[4][5] The Warriors also played the Wigan Warriors on Wednesday 12 February, in a warm up game before Wigan competes in the 2014 World Club Challenge.[6]
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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9 February | Trial 1 | Gold Coast Titans | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 18-32 | Lolohea (2), Ikahifo | Lino (3) | 7,000 | [1] |
12 February | Trial 2 | Wigan Warriors | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton | Loss | 22-46 | Townsend, Tuimavave-Gerrard, Peteru, Friend | Townsend (3) | [2] | |
23 February | Trial 3 | Brisbane Broncos | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin | Win | 48-4 | Fusitua, Tomkins |
Johnson (4), Townsend (2) | [3] |
Auckland Nines
The Warriors were coached by Ricky Henry. The squad consisted of
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | New Zealand Warriors | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 6 |
2 | North Queensland Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 2 |
3 | Canberra Raiders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 2 |
4 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 53 | −28 | 2 |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Report |
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15 February | Nines 1 | Canberra Raiders | Eden Park, Auckland | Win | 25-14 | Johnson, Fisiiahi, Matagi, Kata | Johnson (3), Tomkins | [4] |
15 February | Nines 2 | Manly Sea Eagles |
Eden Park, Auckland | Win | 27-4 | Fusitua, Lolohea |
Johnson (3) | [5] |
16 February | Nines 3 | North Queensland Cowboys | Eden Park, Auckland | Win | 28-23 | Ikahihifo (2), Johnson, Tuimavave, Laumape | Johnson (3) | [6] |
16 February | Quarter | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Eden Park, Auckland | Win | 17-16 | Johnson, Fisiiahi, Laumape | Johnson, Tomkins | [7] |
16 February | Semi | North Queensland Cowboys | Eden Park, Auckland | Loss | 0-8 | [8] |
Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Newcastle Knights | 11 | |||||||||||||
Brisbane Broncos | 16 | |||||||||||||
Brisbane Broncos | 18 | |||||||||||||
Cronulla Sharks | 14 | |||||||||||||
Parramatta Eels | 6 | |||||||||||||
Cronulla Sharks | 17 | |||||||||||||
Brisbane Broncos | 7 | |||||||||||||
North Queensland Cowboys | 16 | |||||||||||||
New Zealand Warriors | 17 | |||||||||||||
South Sydney Rabbitohs | 16 | |||||||||||||
New Zealand Warriors | 0 | |||||||||||||
North Queensland Cowboys | 8 | |||||||||||||
Penrith Panthers | 12 | |||||||||||||
North Queensland Cowboys | 22 |
Regular season
The Warriors played eight home matches at
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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9 March | Round 1 | Parramatta Eels | Pirtek Stadium, Sydney |
Loss | 16-36 | Vatuvei, Tuimavave, Fisiiahi | Johnson (2) | 14,397 | [9] |
15 March | Round 2 | St George Illawarra Dragons |
Eden Park, Auckland | Loss | 12-31 | Tomkins, Ropati | Johnson (2) | 14,392 | [10] |
22 March | Round 3 | North Queensland Cowboys | Townsville |
Win | 20-16 | Fisiiahi (2), Lousi, Hurrell | Johnson (2) | 12,738 | [11] |
30 March | Round 4 | Wests Tigers | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
Win | 42-18 | Fisiiahi (4), Johnson, Vatuvei, Bukuya, Tomkins | Johnson (5) | 22,512 | [12] |
5 April | Round 5 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Remondis Stadium, Sydney |
Loss | 6-37 | Vatuvei | Johnson (1) | 11,307 | [13] |
13 April | Round 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Eden Park, Auckland | Loss | 20-21 | Tomkins, Vatuvei, Hurrell, Mannering | Johnson (2) | 22,160 | [14] [15] |
19 April | Round 7 | St George Illawarra Dragons |
WIN Jubilee Oval, Sydney |
Loss | 10-20 | Tomkins, Vatuvei | Johnson (1) | 10,559 | [16] |
25 April | Round 8 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
Win | 16-10 | Johnson (2) | 28,716 | [17] | |
10 May | Round 9 | Canberra Raiders | Eden Park, Auckland | Win | 54-12 | Johnson (2), Vatuvei (2), Matulino, Hurrell, Laumape, Tomkins, Bukuya |
Johnson (9) | 18,165 | [18] |
18 May | Round 10 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton | Loss | 12-16 | Matulino, Henry | Johnson (2) | 17,673 | [19] |
24 May | Round 11 | Gold Coast Titans | Gold Coast |
Win | 24-16 | Townsend (2) | 18,753 | [20] | |
1 June | Round 12 | Newcastle Knights | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | Win | 38-18 | Mannering (2), Vatuvei (2), Tomkins, Townsend, Hurrell | Johnson (5) | 19,068 | [21] |
7 June | Round 13 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | nib Stadium, Perth |
Loss | 18-34 | Johnson (1) | 20,267 | [22] | |
Round 14 | Bye | ||||||||
21 June | Round 15 | Brisbane Broncos | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | Win | 19-10 | Henry, Hurrell, Townsend | Johnson (3 & FG) | 16,025 | [23] |
29 June | Round 16 | Penrith Panthers | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | Win | 30-20 | Hurrell (2), Vatuvei, Mannering, Johnson | Johnson (5) | 12,801 | [24] |
Round 17 | Bye | ||||||||
12 July | Round 18 | Parramatta Eels | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | Win | 48-0 | Johnson (8) | 14,087 | [25] | |
19 July | Round 19 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane |
Loss | 22-28 | Henry (2), Mannering, Tomkins | Johnson (3) | 37,082 | [26] |
27 July | Round 20 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 12-22 | Hurrell, Mannering | Townsend (2) | 19,199 | [27] |
3 August | Round 21 | Canberra Raiders | GIO Stadium, Canberra |
Win | 54-18 | Vatuvei (3), Rapira (2), Lousi, Tomkins, Hurrell, Matulino, Laumape |
Townsend (7) | 7,094 | [28] |
10 August | Round 22 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | Win | 16-12 | Laumape (2), Vatuvei | Townsend (2) | 13,939 | [29] |
16 August | Round 23 | Newcastle Knights | Newcastle |
Loss | 22-28 | Townsend (1) | 12,733 | [30] | |
23 August | Round 24 | Sydney Roosters | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 12-46 | Tomkins, Laumape | Johnson (2) | 19,676 | [31] |
30 August | Round 25 | Gold Coast Titans | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | Win | 42-0 | Tomkins (2), Henry, Peyroux, Friend, Hurrell, Johnson | Johnson (7) | 13,540 | [32] |
6 September | Round 26 | Penrith Panthers | Centrebet Stadium, Sydney |
Loss | 6-22 | Vatuvei | Johnson (1) | 13,551 | [33] |
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 615 | 385 | +230 | 36 |
2 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 502 | 399 | +103 | 36 |
3 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (P) | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 585 | 361 | +224 | 34 |
4 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 506 | 426 | +80 | 34 |
5 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 596 | 406 | +190 | 32 |
6 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 536 | 460 | +76 | 32 |
7 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 446 | 439 | +7 | 30 |
8 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 549 | 456 | +93 | 28 |
9 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 571 | 491 | +80 | 28 |
10 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 477 | 580 | −103 | 28 |
11 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 469 | 528 | −59 | 26 |
12 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 463 | 571 | −108 | 24 |
13 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 420 | 631 | −211 | 24 |
14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 372 | 538 | −166 | 22 |
15 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 466 | 623 | −157 | 20 |
16 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 334 | 613 | −279 | 14 |
Squad
No. | Name | Position | Warriors Debut | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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105 | Thomas Leuluai | HB | 2 May 2003 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
108 | Jerome Ropati | CE | 31 August 2003 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
115 | Manu Vatuvei | WG | 23 May 2004 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
125 | Simon Mannering | SR | 26 June 2005 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
131 | Sam Rapira | PR | 20 May 2006 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
142 | Ben Matulino | PR | 14 June 2008 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
146 | Jacob Lillyman | PR | 14 March 2009 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
152 | Kevin Locke | FB | 31 May 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
159 | Sione Lousi | SR | 14 March 2010 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
163 | Glen Fisiiahi | FB | 12 March 2011 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
164 | Feleti Mateo | SR | 12 March 2011 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
168 | Shaun Johnson | HB | 4 June 2011 | 21 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 163 |
171 | Ben Henry | SR | 4 March 2012 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
172 | Nathan Friend | HK | 4 March 2012 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
173 | Konrad Hurrell | CE | 4 March 2012 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
175 | Sam Lousi | SR | 21 July 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
176 | Sebastine Ikahihifo | LK | 28 July 2012 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
177 | Carlos Tuimavave | FE | 5 August 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
178 | Dane Nielsen | CE | 9 March 2013 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
180 | Ngani Laumape | WG | 24 March 2013 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
181 | Suaia Matagi | PR | 11 May 2013 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
182 | Dominique Peyroux | CE | 3 June 2013 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
183 | Charlie Gubb | PR | 7 July 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
185 | Sam Tomkins | FB | 9 March 2014 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
186 | Chad Townsend | HB | 9 March 2014 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 40 |
187 | Jayson Bukuya | SR | 9 March 2014 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
188 | John Palavi | PR | 9 March 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
189 | David Fusitua |
WG | 15 March 2014 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
190 | Siliva Havili | HK | 13 April 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
191 | Agnatius Paasi | PR | 19 July 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
192 | Tuimoala Lolohea | HB | 27 July 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Staff
- Chief Executive Officer: Wayne Scurrah
- General Manager: Don Mann Jr
- General Manager Football Operations: Dean Bell
- Medical Services Manager: John Mayhew
- Welfare and Education Manager: Jerry Seuseu
- Media and Communications Manager: Richard Becht
Coaching staff
- NRL Head Coach: Andrew McFadden
- NRL Assistant Coach: Ricky Henry
- NRL Assistant Coach: Adam Mogg
- NSW Cup Head Coach: Rohan Smith[9]
- NSW Assistant Coach: Willie Swan
- NYC Head Coach: Stacey Jones
- NYC Assistant Coach: Kelvin Wright
- Academy and Pathways Manager: Duane Mann[9]
Strength and Conditioning
- Strength and Conditioning Coach: Carl Jennings
- Strength and Conditioning Coach: Ruben Wiki
- Sports Science Manager: Brad Morris
- Rehab and Speed Coach: Dayne Norton
- Performance Analyst: Adam Sadler
Transfers
Gains
Player | Previous Club | Length | Notes |
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Sam Tomkins | Wigan Warriors | 3 years | World Record Transfer fee[10] |
Chad Townsend | Cronulla Sharks |
[34] | |
Jayson Bukuya | Cronulla Sharks |
[35] |
Losses
Other teams
The Warriors entered a team into the NSW Cup for the first time. The team replaced the Auckland Vulcans, who the club previously helped to fund.[11] The Junior Warriors again competed in the Holden Cup.
NSW Cup squad
The NSW Cup side were coached by Rohan Smith. It was the first time that the team had a full-time coach.[9] In June the team took a match to Gisborne's Rugby Park.[12]
The side finished eighth in regular season and made the finals, defeating the
Raymond Faitala-Mariner was named in the NSW Cup team of the year.[14]
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Illawarra Cutters | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Wentworthville Magpies | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wyong Roos | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Wentworthville Magpies | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
Holden Cup Squad
The Junior Warriors won the Holden Cup by defeating the Brisbane Broncos 34-32 in the grand final.[15][16] The Junior Warriors had finished eighth in the regular season, just qualifying for the finals series. In the finals they defeated the Sydney Roosters 44-30 in the elimination finals.[17]
The Grand Final team was:
Sam Lisone was named at prop in the Holden Cup team of the year.[18] Solomone Kata won the Jack Gibson Medal as the grand final player of the match.[16]
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
1 | St. George-Illawarra Dragons | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | NZ Warriors | 44 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | |||||||||||||||
Brisbane Broncos | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand Warriors | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Wests Tigers | 28 | NZ Warriors | 29 | |||||||||||||||
7 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | Parramatta Eels | 26 | |||||||||||||||
Wests Tigers | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brisbane Broncos | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Brisbane Broncos | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Parramatta Eels | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
Awards
The NSW Cup Player of the Year was Agnatius Paasi, who also won the NSW Cup Players' Player of the Year award. Tuimoala Lolohea was the NSW Cup Rookie of the Year.[19]
Sam Lisone won the NYC Player of the Year and NYC Players' Player of the Year awards while Brad Abbey was the NYC Rookie of the Year.[19]
References
- ^ Elliott quits as Warriors coach nzherald.co.nz, 7 April 2014
- ^ Changes to Spine warriors.co.nz, 24 August 2014
- ^ Your club's pre-season guide nrl.com, 1 November 2013
- ^ Ben Barba to debut for Broncos in Dunedin stuff.co.nz, 19 November 2013
- ^ 2014 NRL trial game details nrl.com, 9 December 2013
- ^ Warriors to play Wigan in Hamilton nrl.com, 19 December 2013
- ^ Warriors name star-studded Nines squad nrl.com, 25 January 2014
- ^ Warriors to take three games to Eden Park nzherald.co.nz, 2 October 2013
- ^ a b c Mann and Smith return to club Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine thewarriors.com.au, 29 September 2013
- ^ Sam Tomkins' NZ Warriors deal a world record stuff.co.nz, 24 September 2013
- ^ Three Vodafone Warriors teams in 2014 Archived 16 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine thewarriors.com.au, 16 October 2013
- ^ Getting ready for Gisborne warriors.co.nz, 9 June 2014
- ^ Warriors reserves knocked out of NSW Cup stuff.co.nz, 14 September 2014
- ^ 2014 NSW CUP TEAM OF THE YEAR Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine rugbyleagueweek.com.au, 21 September 2014
- ^ Junior Warriors triumph in Holden Cup nzherald.co.nz, 5 October 2014
- ^ a b Warriors survive Broncos scare to win Holden Cup nrl.com, 5 October 2014
- ^ Top two fall in Holden Cup finals nrl.com, 15 September 2014
- ^ Holden Cup Team of the Year Announced Archived 26 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine rugbyleagueweek.com.au, 2 September 2014
- ^ a b c Vodafone Warriors RED BALL Awards warriors.co.nz, 16 September 2014
External links
- Warriors 2014 season rugby league project