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2005 New Zealand Warriors season

The 2005 New Zealand Warriors season was the 11th in the club's history. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Tony Kemp while Steve Price was the club captain.

2005 New Zealand Warriors season
NRL Rank11th
2005 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 515; against: 528
Team information
CEOMick Watson
CoachTony Kemp
Assistant coachIvan Cleary
Kevin Campion
Captains
StadiumEricsson Stadium
Avg. attendance13,101
Top scorers
TriesTodd Byrne (14)
GoalsStacey Jones (63)
PointsStacey Jones (147)
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Milestones edit

  • 3 April - Round 4: Clinton Toopi played in his 100th match for the club.
  • 9 April - Round 5: Francis Meli plays in his 100th first grade match for the club.[1]
  • 7 May - Round 9: Wairangi Koopu played in his 100th match for the club.
  • 13 August - Round 23: Monty Betham played in his 100th first grade match for the club and Karl Temata played in his 50th game for the club.

Jersey & Sponsors edit

 
 
 

The Warriors again made no changes to their jersey design for the 2005 season. During Round Sixteen a replica 1995 jersey was worn against the Brisbane Broncos to mark the 10th season of the Warriors.

Fixtures edit

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 2005, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Pre-season edit

The Warriors played a match against the NZRL's Presidents selection at North Harbour Stadium on 27 February. The President's selection was coached by John Ackland and Tawera Nikau and included: Toshio Laiseni, Cooper Vuna, Simon Mannering, Joshua Davis, Rowan Baxter, Daniel Vasau, Bernard Perenara, George Tuakura, Ben Lythe, Phil Shead, Odell Manuel, Chris Newton, Wayne McDade. Interchange: Paul Atkins, Andreas Bauer, Marvin Filipo, Robinson Godfrey, Pinomi Tafea, Willie Live, Artie Shead, Sam Rapira, Chris Tupou, Dean Shepherd, Antonio Tusani.[2] For the Warriors, the match was Nathan Fien's first for the club.[3] The Warriors won the game 58–6.[4]

Date Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
13 February   Parramatta Eels Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth Win 20-10 9,500 [5][6][7]
27 February   NZRL's Presidents selection North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Win 58-6 Meli (3), Webb (3), Hohaia (2), Ropati, Martin, Latu Jones (5) [4]

Regular season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
13 March Round 1   Manly Sea Eagles Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 20-26 Anderson, Koopu, Toopi Jones (4) 13,682 [1]
19 March Round 2   Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Win 24-12 Jones, Ropati, Wiki Jones (6) 24,719 [2]
27 March Round 3   North Queensland Cowboys Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 22-32 Betham, Byrne, Fien, Paleaaesina Jones (3) 13,888 [3]
3 April Round 4   South Sydney Rabbitohs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 46-14 Betham, Byrne, Fien, Guttenbeil, Jones,
Koopu, Toopi, Manu Vatuvei		 Jones (7) 9,751 [4]
9 April Round 5   Wests Tigers AMI Stadium, Christchurch Lost 6-24 Byrne Jones (1) 18,421 [5]
17 April Round 6   Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Win 30-26 Vatuvei (2), Byrne, Faumuina,
Meli, Toopi		 Jones (3) 18,173 [6]
Round 7 Bye
1 May Round 8   Penrith Panthers Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 14-16 Byrne, Temata, Vatuvei Jones (1) 10,989 [7]
7 May Round 9   Cronulla Sharks Members Equity Stadium, Perth Lost 24-28 Byrne, Hohaia, Koopu, Villasanti Hohaia (4) 13,293 [8]
15 May Round 10   Sydney Roosters Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 6-10 Byrne Hohaia (1) 10,082 [9]
21 May Round 11   South Sydney Rabbitohs North Sydney Oval, Sydney Win 34-16 Faumuina, Meli, Ropati, Vatuvei,
Villasanti, Webb		 Jones (3), Hohaia (2) 6,195 [10]
29 May Round 12   Wests Tigers Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 21-4 Toopi (2), Byrne, Villasanti Jones (1 & FG), Hohaia (1) 9,420 [11]
4 June Round 13   St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Lost 18-32 Byrne, Paleaaesina, Vatuvei Jones (3) 14,479 [12]
12 June Round 14   Melbourne Storm Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 24-16 Byrne (2), Meli, Paleaaesina, Ropati Jones (2) 7,898 [13]
18 June Round 15   Parramatta Eels Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Lost 18-28 Byrne, Meli, Toopi, Villasanti Hohaia (1) 17,142 [14]
26 June Round 16   Brisbane Broncos Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 30-18 Koopu (2), Faumuina, Hohaia,
Meli, Vatuvei		 Jones (3) 13,752 [15]
2 July Round 17   North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Lost 16-24 Koopu, Vatuvei, Wiki Jones (2) 20,078 [16]
10 July Round 18   Canterbury Bulldogs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 24-26 Meli, Byrne, Koopu, Jones Jones (4) 12,822 [17]
16 July Round 19   Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 24-22 Hohaia (2), Webb, Wiki Jones (4) 13,789 [18]
23 July Round 20   Canberra Raiders Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 24-16 Fien, Hohaia, Meli, Ropati Jones (4) 18,361 [19]
30 July Round 21   Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Lost 34-42 Byrne, Faumuina, Fien,
Guttenbeil, Jones, Webb		 Jones (5) 13,985 [20]
6 August Round 22   Parramatta Eels Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 20-38 Fien (2), Koopu Jones (4) 19,211 [21]
13 August Round 23   Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Lost 10-22 Fien, Meli Jones (1) 11,072 [22]
20 August Round 24   Newcastle Knights Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 4-16 Vatuvei 17,356 [23]
27 August Round 25   Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Sydney Win 22-20 Faumuina, Jones, Koopu, Wiki Jones (3) 14,219 [24]
Round 26 Bye

Ladder edit

2005 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 2 704 456 +248 36
2   St George Illawarra Dragons 24 16 0 8 2 655 510 +145 36
3   Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 2 597 484 +113 34
4   Wests Tigers (P) 24 14 0 10 2 676 575 +101 32
5   North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 0 10 2 639 563 +76 32
6   Melbourne Storm 24 13 0 11 2 640 462 +178 30
7   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 12 0 12 2 550 564 -14 28
8   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 12 0 12 2 554 632 -78 28
9   Sydney Roosters 24 11 0 13 2 488 487 +1 26
10   Penrith Panthers 24 11 0 13 2 554 554 0 26
11   New Zealand Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 515 528 -13 24
12   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 9 1 14 2 472 670 -198 23
13   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 1 14 2 482 700 -218 23
14   Canberra Raiders 24 9 0 15 2 465 606 -141 22
15   Newcastle Knights 24 8 0 16 2 467 667 -200 20

Squad edit

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

Twenty Four players were used by the Warriors in 2005, including several 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 23 5 63 1 147
33 Awen Guttenbeil   SR 14 April 1996 23 2 0 0 8
61 Monty Betham   HK / LK 8 March 1999 16 2 0 0 8
64 Wairangi Koopu   CE / SR 9 April 1999 24 9 0 0 36
65 Francis Meli   WG 2 May 1999 21 8 0 0 32
66 Clinton Toopi   CE 2 May 1999 23 6 0 0 24
87 Richard Villasanti   PR 18 February 2001 19 4 0 0 16
93 Iafeta Paleaaesina   PR 1 June 2001 22 3 0 0 12
97 Brent Webb   FB 1 April 2002 20 3 0 0 12
98 Sione Faumuina   CE / LK 1 April 2002 20 5 0 0 20
99 Lance Hohaia   UB 6 April 2002 19 5 10 0 40
102 Evarn Tuimavave   PR 1 September 2002 2 0 0 0 0
103 Karl Temata   PR / SR 6 September 2002 20 1 0 0 4
107 Tevita Latu   HK 7 June 2003 8 0 0 0 0
108 Jerome Ropati   CE / FE 31 August 2003 23 4 0 0 16
109 Tony Martin   CE 14 March 2004 2 0 0 0 0
110 Epalahame Lauaki   SR 14 March 2004 5 0 0 0 0
112 Louis Anderson   LK 28 March 2004 18 1 0 0 4
115 Manu Vatuvei   WG 23 May 2004 12 9 0 0 36
118 Cooper Vuna   WG 21 August 2004 0 0 0 0 0
121 Steve Price   PR 13 March 2005 16 0 0 0 0
122 Todd Byrne   WG 13 March 2005 22 14 0 0 56
123 Ruben Wiki   PR 13 March 2005 19 4 0 0 16
124 Nathan Fien   HK 13 March 2005 22 7 0 0 28
125 Simon Mannering   CE 26 June 2005 7 0 0 0 0

Staff edit

Coaching Staff edit

Transfers edit

Gains edit

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Steve Price Canterbury Bulldogs
Todd Byrne Sydney Roosters
Ruben Wiki Canberra Raiders
Nathan Fien North Queensland Cowboys

Losses edit

Player Club Notes
Paul Atkins Otahuhu-Ellerslie Leopards
Kane Ferris Canterbury Bulls
Herewini Rangi Central Comets
Shannon Stowers Mount Albert Lions
Paul Dezolt Queensland Cup Released 14 June 2004
Matt Jobson Wests Tigers
Danny Sullivan Retired
Vince Mellars Cronulla Sharks
Thomas Leuluai London Broncos
Vinnie Anderson St Helens R.F.C.
PJ Marsh Parramatta Eels
Justin Murphy Widnes Vikings Released July 2004
Henry Fa'afili Warrington Wolves
Mark Tookey Castleford Tigers Released June 2004
Ali Lauitiiti Leeds Rhinos Released April 2004
Jerry Seuseu Wigan Warriors

Other Teams edit

Players not required by the Warriors were released to play in the 2005 Bartercard Cup. This included Cooper Vuna who played for the Otahuhu-Ellerslie Leopards.

Awards edit

Ruben Wiki won the Player of the Year award.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ Warrior makes it to 100 Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Western Leader, 27 May 2005. p.1.
  2. ^ NZ Presidents Selection / 2005 Tag International Series Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine leagueunlimited, 24 February 2005
  3. ^ Former Cowboy Fien to debut for Warriors[dead link] The Press, 24 February 2005
  4. ^ a b Warriors' class wins out after tough challenge New Zealand Herald, 28 February 2005
  5. ^ League game with all the fun of sevens[dead link] Daily News, 14 February 2005
  6. ^ Happy homecoming for Warriors coach[dead link] Daily News, 24 January 2005
  7. ^ Warriors hook, fry Eels; Kemp thrilled with team and home town crowd support[dead link] Daily News, 14 February 2005
  8. ^ Iro decides to leave Vodafone Warriors warriors.co.nz, 31 October 2012
  9. ^ Warriors trainer quits to join Roosters stuff.co.nz, 15 October 2012
  10. ^ Vodafone Warriors RED BALL Awards warriors.co.nz, 16 September 2014

External links edit

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