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2001 New Zealand Warriors season

The New Zealand Warriors 2001 season was the New Zealand Warriors' 7th first-grade season, and their first under the new name. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Daniel Anderson while Stacey Jones and Kevin Campion were the club's co-captains. The club made the final series for the first time, after finishing eighth in the regular season.

2001 New Zealand Warriors season
NRL Rank8th
2001 recordWins: 12; draws: 2; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 638; against: 629
Team information
CEOMick Watson
CoachDaniel Anderson
Assistant coachTony Kemp
Captain
StadiumEricsson Stadium
Avg. attendance12,361
Top scorers
TriesHenry Fa'afili (14)
GoalsIvan Cleary (80)
PointsIvan Cleary (173)
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Milestones edit

  • 4 March — Round 3: Ali Lauitiiti played in his 50th match for the club.
  • 24 March — Round 6: The Warriors defeat Brisbane for the first time, 13–12.
  • 16 June — Round 16: Jason Death played in his 50th match for the club.
  • 24 June — Round 17: Awen Guttenbeil played in his 50th match for the club.
  • 15 July — Round 19: Logan Swann played in his 100th match for the club.
  • 27 August — Round 25: The club reaches the play-offs for the first time when a 24–24 draw with Melbourne secures a finals berth.

The Sale edit

In November 2000 Tainui sold many of the club's assets to businessman Eric Watson. This purchase included the club's NRL license, the intellectual property rights and the training base but controversially did not include the player contracts.

The club was re-branded as the New Zealand Warriors, with new colours of black and grey — resembling the national sporting colours. Mick Watson was hired as CEO while little known coach Daniel Anderson was appointed head coach.

Jersey & Sponsors edit

 

The Warriors had a new jersey in 2001, produced by Puma, similar to old designs but with the new owners adding black to the design.

Fixtures edit

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 2001, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Pre Season trials edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
3 February   Canterbury Bulls Rugby League Park, Christchurch Win 74-12 Toopi (2), Koopu (2), Myles (2), Jones (2), Beverley, Tookey, Seuseu, Fa'afili, Betham, Meli Jones (7), Myles (2) 4,500 [1][2][dead link][3][dead link]

Regular season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
18 February Round 1   Canberra Raiders Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 8-24 Fa'afili Cleary (2) 11,134 [4]
25 February Round 2   Northern Eagles Central Coast Stadium, Gosford Win 24-16 Beverley, Guttenbeil, Jones, Meli Cleary (4) 8,012 [5]
4 March Round 3   Wests Tigers Campbelltown Sports Ground, Sydney Loss 10-29 Koopu, Meli Cleary (1) 8,899 [6]
9 March Round 4   St. George Illawarra Dragons Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 34-8 Betham, Campion, Cleary, Tony, Toopi Cleary (7) 8,730 [7]
18 March Round 5   Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Loss 24-30 Betham, Meli, Morgan, Swann Cleary (3), Jones (1) 12,141 [8]
24 March Round 6   Brisbane Broncos Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 13-12 Fa'afili, Swann Jones (2 & FG) 13,921 [9]
31 March Round 7   Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Loss 24-45 Toopi (2), Fa'afili, Meli, Wood Cleary (2) 15,894 [10]
7 April Round 8   Canterbury Bulldogs Westpac Stadium, Wellington Draw 24-24 Fa'afili, Meli, Justin Murphy, Toopi Jones (4) 27,724 [11]
16 April Round 9   Penrith Panthers Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 52-8 Meli (2), Murphy (2), Swann (2), Toopi (2), Richard Blackmore, Fa'afili Cleary (6) 16,876 [12]
21 April Round 10   Cronulla Sharks Toyota Park, Sydney Loss 16-26 Lauiti'iti, Swann, Villasanti Cleary (2) 9,011 [13]
29 April Round 11   Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 42-30 Seuseu (2), Fa'afili, Jones, Meli, Tony, Toopi Cleary (7) 9,857 [14]
12 May Round 12   Melbourne Storm Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 20-40 Tony (2), Betham Cleary (4) 15,167 [15]
20 May Round 13   North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Loss 18-35 Blackmore, Fa'afili, Swann Cleary (3) 10,819 [16]
26 May Round 14   Canberra Raiders Manuka Oval, Canberra Win 22-10 Death, Jones, Swann, Tony Cleary (3) 7,112 [17]
1 June Round 15   Northern Eagles Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 30-34 Betham, Campion, Cleary, Death, Fa'afili, Toopi Cleary (5) 12,282 [18]
16 June Round 16   Wests Tigers Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 16-21 Fa'afili (2), Jones Cleary (2) 8,333 [19]
24 June Round 17   St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Loss 18-38 Guttenbeil, Jones, Tony Cleary (3) 9,013 [20]
7 July Round 18   Parramatta Eels Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 29-18 Cleary, Hape, Jones, Paleaaesina Cleary (6 & FG) 10,554 [21]
15 July Round 19   Brisbane Broncos Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast Loss 12-48 Fa'afili, Tookey Cleary (2) 15,813 [22]
22 July Round 20   Newcastle Knights Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 30-37 Tony (2), Meli, Paleaaesina, Toopi Jones (3), Cleary (2) 8,188 [23]
28 July Round 21   Canterbury Bulldogs Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 34-8 Betham, Murphy, Jones, Fa'afili, Swann, Tookey Jones (5) 10,391 [24]
5 August Round 22   Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Win 48-32 Jones (2), Meli (2), Fa'afili, Lauiti'iti, Swann, Toopi Cleary (8) 8,234 [25]
11 August Round 23   Cronulla Sharks Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 30-0 Koopu, Myles, Swann, Toopi, Villasanti Cleary (5) 10,131 [26]
18 August Round 24   Sydney Roosters Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 14-8 Hape, Jones Jones (2), Cleary (1) 15,665 [27]
27 August Round 25   Melbourne Storm Telstra Dome, Melbourne Draw 24-24 Hape (2), Fa'afili, Myles Jones (4) 13,298 [28]
2 September Round 26   North Queensland Cowboys Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 18-30 Koopu, Lauiti'iti, Tony Jones (3) 24,568 [29]

Final Series edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
9 September Qualifying Final   Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Loss 12 - 56 Koopu, Tony Cleary (2) 17,336 [30]

Ladder edit

2001 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Parramatta Eels 26 20 2 4 839 406 +433 42
2   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 26 17 3 6 617 568 +49 37
3   Newcastle Knights (P) 26 16 1 9 782 639 +143 33
4   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 26 15 2 9 594 513 +81 32
5   Brisbane Broncos 26 14 1 11 696 511 +185 29
6   Sydney Roosters 26 13 1 12 647 589 +58 27
7   St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 12 2 12 661 573 +88 26
8   New Zealand Warriors 26 12 2 12 638 629 +9 26
9   Melbourne Storm 26 11 1 14 704 725 -21 23
10   Northern Eagles 26 11 1 14 603 750 -147 23
11   Canberra Raiders 26 9 1 16 600 623 -23 19
12   Wests Tigers 26 9 1 16 474 746 -272 19
13   North Queensland Cowboys 26 6 2 18 514 771 -257 14
14   Penrith Panthers 26 7 0 19 521 847 -326 14

Squad edit

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

Twenty Seven players were used by the Warriors in 2001, including three players who made their first grade debuts.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
24 Stacey Jones   HB 23 April 1995 26 10 24 1 89
26 Richie Blackmore   CE 14 May 1995 8 2 0 0 8
33 Awen Guttenbeil   /   SR 14 April 1996 26 2 0 0 8
42 Logan Swann   SR 1 March 1997 22 10 0 0 40
50 Jerry Seu Seu   /   PR 16 August 1997 23 2 0 0 8
55 Ali Lauitiiti   /   SR 19 April 1998 26 3 0 0 12
59 Jason Death   HK / LK 8 March 1999 21 2 0 0 8
61 Monty Betham   /   HK / LK 8 March 1999 24 5 0 0 20
62 Cliff Beverley   FE 21 March 1999 9 1 0 0 4
64 Wairangi Koopu   CE / SR 9 April 1999 18 4 0 0 16
65 Francis Meli   /   WG 2 May 1999 25 11 0 0 44
66 Clinton Toopi   CE 2 May 1999 24 11 0 0 44
73 Ivan Cleary   FB / CE 6 February 2000 22 3 80 1 173
76 Mark Tookey   PR 6 February 2000 11 2 0 0 8
77 David Myles   CE 14 February 2000 17 2 0 0 8
80 Shontayne Hape   CE 18 March 2000 14 4 0 0 16
81 Henry Fa'afili   /   WG 26 March 2000 27 14 0 0 56
84 Jonathan Smith   SR 24 June 2000 5 0 0 0 0
86 Kevin Campion   /   LK 18 February 2001 23 2 0 0 8
87 Richard Villasanti   /   PR 18 February 2001 21 2 0 0 8
88 Justin Morgan   PR 25 February 2001 11 1 0 0 4
89 Jason Temu   PR 4 March 2001 4 0 0 0 0
90 Motu Tony   /   UH 9 March 2001 19 10 0 0 40
91 Nathan Wood   HK / HB 24 March 2001 17 1 0 0 4
92 Justin Murphy   WG 7 April 2001 9 4 0 0 16
93 Iafeta Paleaaesina   /   PR 1 June 2001 5 2 0 0 8
94 Anthony Seu Seu   PR 15 July 2001 1 0 0 0 0

Staff edit

Coaching Staff edit

Transfers edit

Gains edit

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Kevin Campion Brisbane Broncos
Richard Villasanti Wests Tigers
Justin Morgan Canberra Raiders
Jason Temu Newcastle Knights
Nathan Wood Sydney City Roosters
Justin Murphy Canterbury Bulldogs

Losses edit

Player Club Notes
Jason Bell Retired
David Mulhall Wests Tigers
Henry Perenara Melbourne Storm
Paul Whatuira Melbourne Storm
Ben Lythe Mt Albert Lions
Matthew Spence Retired
Scott Coxon Newcastle Knights
Robbie Mears Leeds Rhinos
John Simon Wests Tigers
Talite Liava'a Perpignan
Scott Pethybridge Northern Eagles
Joe Galuvao Penrith Panthers
Odell Manuel Canberra Raiders
Terry Hermansson Retired
Lee Oudenryn North Queensland Cowboys
Nigel Vagana Canterbury Bulldogs
Tony Tuimavave Retired
Joe Vagana Bradford Bulls

Other Teams edit

Players not required by the Warriors each week were released to play in the 2001 Bartercard Cup. This included Anthony Seuseu, Iafeta Paleaaesina, Cliff Beverley, Shontayne Hape, Jason Temu, Motu Tony, Jonathan Smith, Justin Murphy, Mark Tookey and Kevin Campion who all played in the Bartercard Cup and the National Rugby League in 2001.

Awards edit

Jerry Seuseu won the club's Player of the Year award.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Mann named to head foundation New Zealand Herald, 19 March 2003
  2. ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual 2002, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 2002. p.50

External links edit

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