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2006 New Zealand Warriors season

The 2006 New Zealand Warriors season was the 12th in the club's history. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the club captain.

2006 New Zealand Warriors season
NRL Rank10th
2006 recordWins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 552; against: 463
Team information
CEOWayne Scurrah
CoachIvan Cleary
Assistant coachJohn Ackland
Captains
StadiumEricsson Stadium
Avg. attendance8,829
Top scorers
TriesBrent Webb (11)
GoalsTony Martin (68)
PointsTony Martin (160)
← 2005 2007 →

Milestones edit

  • 25 March - Round 3: Awen Guttenbeil played in his 150th match for the club.
  • 25 June - Round 16: The Warriors defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs 66–0 at Telstra Stadium. This result stands as the Warriors largest victory to date.
  • 9 July - Round 18: Jerome Ropati played in his 50th match for the club.
  • 9 July - Round 18: Louis Anderson played in his 50th match for the club.
  • 12 August - Round 23: Brent Webb played in his 100th match for the club.

Salary cap breach edit

Before the season started the Warriors were investigated by the National Rugby League over alleged salary cap breaches committed by the team's previous administrators. The club admitted to inflating its salary cap to the tune of nearly $1 million during the 2005 season. As punishment, the National Rugby League fined the Warriors club $430,000 and stripped the team of four competition points prior to the beginning of the season. It was the first time in 99 years of rugby league in Australia that a team has started a season on less than zero premiership points.

The Warriors appealed the decision by the NRL to strip the four competition points but accepted the financial penalty. Prior to the beginning of the season, the National Rugby League confirmed that the points penalty would stand. The penalty would prove the decisive factor in the Warriors missing the finals for the third year in succession.

Jersey & Sponsors edit

 
 

The Warriors adopted a new home jersey for 2006, a predominantly Black & White design supplied by Puma AG. A new away jersey was also adopted, being mainly Grey with Black details.

Fixtures edit

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 2006, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995. On 12 July, the stadium reverted to its original name: Mt Smart Stadium.

Pre-Season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
12 February Trial 1   Canberra Raiders North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Loss 16 - 28 Todd Byrne, Tony Martin, Cooper Vuna Martin (2) 11,000 [1]
18 February Trial 2   North Queensland Cowboys Barlow Park, Cairns Loss 10 - 26 Manu Vatuvei, George Tuakura Martin (1) 15,000 [1]
25 February Trial 3   Bulldogs Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast Win 24 - 20 Nathan Fien, Ruben Wiki, Tony Martin, Jerome Ropati Martin (4) 12,380 [1]

Regular season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
12 March Round 1   Melbourne Storm Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 16 - 22 Koopu, Vatuvei, Ropati Martin (2) 10,035 [2]
18 March Round 2   Parramatta Eels Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Loss 14 - 22 Tuimavave, Vatuvei Martin (3) 16,089 [3]
25 March Round 3   Wests Tigers AMI Stadium, Christchurch Win 26 - 10 Guttenbeil, Ropati, Toopi, Webb, Vatuvei Martin (3) 14,675 [4]
2 April Round 4   Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Win 26 - 22 Fien, Rovelli, Tuimavave, Vatuvei Martin (5) 18,359 [5]
9 April Round 5   Manly Sea Eagles Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 8 - 22 Martin (2) 7,888 [6]
15 April Round 6   Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Loss 14 - 18 Koopu, Webb Martin (3) 7,174 [7]
22 April Round 7   South Sydney Rabbitohs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 46 - 14 Wiki (2), Byrne, Gatis, Martin, Price, Webb Martin (9) 8,015 [8]
30 April Round 8   Bulldogs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 16 - 30 Faumuina, Koopu Martin (4) 11,604 [9]
Round 9 Bye
13 May Round 10   St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Illawarra Loss 16 - 22 Mannering, Price, Webb Martin (2) 10,117 [10]
20 May Round 11   Wests Tigers Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 34 - 12 Anderson, Faumuina, Mannering, Rovelli, Tuimavave, Webb Martin (5) 8,210 [11]
27 May Round 12   Cronulla Sharks Toyota Park, Sydney Loss 20 - 34 Koopu (2), Mannering, Faumuina Martin (2) 9,490 [12]
4 June Round 13   Brisbane Broncos Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 18 - 23 Wiki (2), Ah Van Martin (3) 7,746 [13]
11 June Round 14   Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 22 - 12 Vatuvei (2), Fien, Martin, Webb Martin (1) 6,806 [14]
18 June Round 15   Newcastle Knights Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 30 - 18 Fien (2), Faumuina, Price, Ropati Martin (5) 6,240 [15]
25 June Round 16   South Sydney Rabbitohs Telstra Stadium, Sydney Win 66 - 0 Hohaia (3), Ropati (2), Webb (2), Ah Van, Mannering, Martin,
Price, Tuimavave		 Martin (9) 6,597 [16]
1 July Round 17   Penrith Panthers Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 28 - 22 Mannering (2), Martin, Webb, Wiki Martin (4) 8,723 [17]
9 July Round 18   Bulldogs Telstra Stadium, Sydney Loss 18 - 22 (a.e.t) Koopu, Mannering, Vatuvei Martin (3) 14,076 [18]
15 July Round 19   Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 12 - 20 Price, Rovelli Martin (2) 14,499 [19]
Round 20 Bye
29 July Round 21   Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Loss 6 - 36 Vautvei Martin (1) 9,725 [20]
5 August Round 22   Cronulla Sharks Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 12 - 10 Luck, Rovelli Martin (2) 4,850 [21]
12 August Round 23   North Queensland Cowboys Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 26 - 0 Hohaia (2), Mannering, Rapira, Vatuvei Hohaia (3) 5,425 [22]
19 August Round 24   Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Win 24 - 20 Webb (2), Mannering, Vatuvei Hohaia (4) 13,477 [23]
27 August Round 25   Sydney Roosters Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 42 - 16 Ropati (4), Ah Van (2), Lauaki, Wiki Hohaia (5) 12,711 [24]
3 September Round 26   Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Loss 12 - 36 Byrne, Rovelli Hohaia (2) 47,193 [25]

Ladder edit

2006 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Melbourne Storm 24 20 0 4 2 605 404 +201 441
2   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 16 0 8 2 608 468 +140 36
3   Brisbane Broncos (P) 24 14 0 10 2 497 392 +105 32
4   Newcastle Knights 24 14 0 10 2 608 538 +70 32
5   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 534 493 +41 32
6   St George Illawarra Dragons 24 14 0 10 2 519 481 +38 32
7   Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 2 525 573 -48 30
8   Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 2 506 483 +23 28
9   North Queensland Cowboys 24 11 0 13 2 450 463 -13 26
10   New Zealand Warriors 24 12 0 12 2 552 463 +89 242
11   Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 490 565 -75 24
12   Penrith Panthers 24 10 0 14 2 510 587 -77 24
13   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 9 0 15 2 515 544 -29 22
14   Sydney Roosters 24 8 0 16 2 528 650 -122 20
15   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 3 0 21 2 429 772 -343 10

1 The Melbourne Storm were later stripped of this minor premiership due to gross salary cap breaches.
2 The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches.

Squad edit

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

Twenty five players were used by the Warriors in 2006, including several players who made their first grade debuts.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
33 Awen Guttenbeil   SR 14 April 1996 23 1 0 0 4
64 Wairangi Koopu   CE / SR 9 April 1999 20 6 0 0 24
66 Clinton Toopi   CE 2 May 1999 10 1 0 0 4
87 Richard Villasanti   PR 18 February 2001 1 0 0 0 0
97 Brent Webb   FB 1 April 2002 22 11 0 0 44
98 Sione Faumuina   CE / LK 1 April 2002 17 4 0 0 16
99 Lance Hohaia   UB 6 April 2002 12 5 14 0 48
102 Evarn Tuimavave   PR 1 September 2002 23 4 0 0 16
108 Jerome Ropati   CE / FE 31 August 2003 22 9 0 0 36
109 Tony Martin   CE 14 March 2004 20 6 68 0 160
110 Epalahame Lauaki   SR 14 March 2004 8 1 0 0 4
112 Louis Anderson   LK 28 March 2004 23 1 0 0 4
115 Manu Vatuvei   WG 23 May 2004 18 10 0 0 40
118 Cooper Vuna   WG 21 August 2004 3 0 0 0 0
121 Steve Price   PR 13 March 2005 21 5 0 0 20
122 Todd Byrne   WG 13 March 2005 9 2 0 0 8
123 Ruben Wiki   PR 13 March 2005 22 6 0 0 24
124 Nathan Fien   HK 13 March 2005 21 4 0 0 16
125 Simon Mannering   CE 26 June 2005 17 9 0 0 36
126 Micheal Luck   SR 12 March 2006 24 1 0 0 4
127 Grant Rovelli   HB 12 March 2006 24 4 0 0 16
128 George Gatis   HK 25 March 2006 17 2 0 0 8
129 Patrick Ah Van   WG 9 April 2006 15 4 0 0 16
130 Misi Taulapapa   WG 22 April 2006 5 0 0 0 0
131 Sam Rapira   PR 20 May 2006 10 1 0 0 4

Staff edit

  • Chief Executive Officer: Wayne Scurrah

Coaching Staff edit

Transfers edit

Gains edit

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Micheal Luck North Queensland Cowboys
Grant Rovelli Sydney Roosters
George Gatis North Queensland Cowboys

Losses edit

Player Club Notes
Stacey Jones Catalans Dragons
Monty Betham Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Francis Meli St Helens R.F.C.
Iafeta Paleaaesina Wigan Warriors
Karl Temata Harlequins RL
Tevita Latu Cronulla Sharks

Mid-Season Losses edit

Player Club Notes
Richard Villasanti Cronulla Sharks granted an early release on 3 May after 96 appearances for the Warriors since arriving in 2001.
Clinton Toopi Leeds Rhinos granted an early release on 17 July.
Sione Faumuina Harlequins RL contract terminated by the Warriors on 30 Augustafter another case of serious misconduct.

Awards edit

  • 14 September – Steve Price wins the club's premier accolade as the Lion Red Player of the Year. Grant Rovelli wins the Vodafone Young Player of the Year, Micheal Luck the Puma Clubman of the Year and Brent Webb the Vodafone One Tribe Supporters' Player of the Year.

Other teams edit

Players not required by the Warriors were released to play in the 2006 Bartercard Cup. These included Misi Taulapapa for the Mount Albert Lions and Cooper Vuna for the Tamaki Titans. Sam Rapira and Lance Hohaia both made appearances for the Waicoa Bay Stallions while Richard Villasanti played for the Canterbury Bulls.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c 2006 NRL trials Archived 2 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine warriors.co.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 1 rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 2 rugbyleagueproject.org
  4. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 3 rugbyleagueproject.org
  5. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 4 rugbyleagueproject.org
  6. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 5 Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine rugbyleagueproject.org
  7. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 6 rugbyleagueproject.org
  8. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 7 rugbyleagueproject.org
  9. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 8 rugbyleagueproject.org
  10. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 10 rugbyleagueproject.org
  11. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 11 rugbyleagueproject.org
  12. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 12 rugbyleagueproject.org
  13. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 13 rugbyleagueproject.org
  14. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 14 rugbyleagueproject.org
  15. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 15 rugbyleagueproject.org
  16. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 16 rugbyleagueproject.org
  17. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 17 rugbyleagueproject.org
  18. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 18 rugbyleagueproject.org
  19. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 19 rugbyleagueproject.org
  20. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 21 rugbyleagueproject.org
  21. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 22 rugbyleagueproject.org
  22. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 23 rugbyleagueproject.org
  23. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 24 rugbyleagueproject.org
  24. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 25 rugbyleagueproject.org
  25. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 26 rugbyleagueproject.org
  26. ^ Iro decides to leave Vodafone Warriors warriors.co.nz, 31 October 2012
  27. ^ Warriors trainer quits to join Roosters stuff.co.nz, 15 October 2012

External links edit

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