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Template:NRL Team SeasonThe New Zealand Warriors 2009 season was the New Zealand Warriors 15th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the club's captain.

Milestones

  • 14 March - Round One: Steve Price played in his 300th National Rugby League game.
  • 14 March - Round One: Four players made their debuts for the Warriors; Denan Kemp, Joel Moon, Jacob Lillyman & Leeson Ah Mau. Ah Mau also made his first grade debut.
  • 22 March - Round Two: Two players made their debuts for the Warriors; Jesse Royal & Ukuma Ta'ai. Ta'ai also made his first grade debut.
  • 5 April - Round Four: Game dedicated to the memory of Sonny Fai, the Warriors lose to the South Sydney Rabbitohs 22-16.
  • 5 April - Round Four: Nathan Fien played in his 100th game for the Warriors.
  • 5 April - Round Four: Daniel O'Regan made his first grade debut, becoming Warrior #150.
  • 3 May - Round Eight: Lewis Brown made his first grade debut.
  • 17 May - Round Ten: Jerome Ropati played in his 100th National Rugby League game and 100th game for the club.
  • 31 May - Round Twelve: Two players made their first grade debuts; Kevin Locke and Aaron Heremaia.
  • 19 July - Round Nineteen: Isaac John made his first grade debut.
  • 31 July - Round Twenty One: Evarn Tuimavave played in his 100th National Rugby League game and 100th game for the club. It was also Tuimavave's first game of the season.
  • 15 August - Round Twenty Three: Siuatonga Likiliki made his first grade debut.
  • 5 September - Round Twenty Six: Simon Mannering played in his 100th National Rugby League game and 100th game for the club.
  • 5 September - Round Twenty Six: Stacey Jones played in his last game for the club, the Warriors lost to the Melbourne Storm 30-0.

Jersey and Sponsors

The Warriors used a new jersey design in 2009, produced by Canterbury of New Zealand. Previously Puma AG had supplied the Warriors with apparel. The jerseys were unveiled on 25 February.[1] The Main jersey retained the Black & White colours of the previous jersey, with a reversed scheme for the away jersey. The Warriors used a Blue jersey for the "Heritage round" in Round 10, to represent the Auckland. The Heritage jersey was also worn in Round 12, to celebrate the centenary of the Auckland Rugby League, and in Rounds 24 and 25.

Vodafone New Zealand was again the naming rights sponsor of the Warriors in 2009. Lion Red was the sleeve sponsor. Suzuki and HiFX were featured on the shorts while Loadlift was on the back of the jersey. Other major sponsors included ZM and Flava.

Fixtures

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

The Warriors used Mt Smart Stadium as their home ground in 2009, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Trial Matches

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Bericht
12 February Trial 1 Melbourne Storm Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Win 24 - 12 McKinnon, Kirk, O'Regan, Vatuvei Kemp (3), Ah Van 10,800 [2]
22 February Trial 2 North Queensland Cowboys North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Win 32 - 28 Ah Van, Moon, Hohaia,
Solomona, Brown, Vatuvei		 Kemp (2), Moon (2) 16,500 [3]
28 February Trial 3 Gold Coast Titans Oakes Oval, Lismore Win 34 - 12 Kemp (2), McKinnon (2), Tate, Rapira, Moon Kemp (2), Moon 5,117 [4]

Regular Season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Bericht
14 March Round 1 Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 26 - 18 Hohaia (2), Moon, Packer Kemp (5) 20,102[2] [5]
22 March Round 2 File:Manly colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Sydney Win 26 - 24 Tate (2), Vatuvei, Royal,
Ropati		 Kemp (3) 16,307 [6]
28 March Round 3 Brisbane Broncos Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 10 - 26 Mannering, Ta'ai Kemp (1) 24,350 [7]
5 April Round 4 South Sydney Rabbitohs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 16 - 22 Kirk, Luck, McKinnon Kemp (2) 19,386 [8]
12 April Round 5 Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Loss 22 - 24 McKinnon, Fien, Packer,
Ah Van		 Kemp (3) 16,307 [9]
19 April Round 6 Sydney Roosters Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win (G.P.) 17 - 16 Jones, Ropati, Vatuvei Kemp (2), Jones (FG) 16,309 [10]
25 April Round 7 Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Draw (G.P.) 14 - 14 Vatuvei (2), Ah Van Kemp (1) 15,200 [11]
3 May Round 8 St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Loss 11 - 12 Ah Van, Ropati Ah Van (1), Jones (FG) 14,562 [12]
Round 9 Bye -
17 May Round 10 North Queensland Cowboys Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 12 - 34 Fien, Kemp Kemp (2) 16,345 [13]
24 May Round 11 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Loss 12 - 38 Price, Mannering Kemp (2) 8,383 [14]
31 May Round 12 Wests Tigers Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 14 - 0 Locke (2), McKinnon Locke (1) 15,365 [15]
7 June Round 13 Cronulla Sharks Toyota Stadium, Sydney Loss 10 - 18 Vatuvei, Brown Locke (1) 14,082 [16]
13 June Round 14 Newcastle Knights Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 13 - 0 Hohaia, Locke Locke (2), Hohaia (FG) 14,255 [17]
Round 15 Bye -
27 June Round 16 Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park, Robina Loss 12 - 28 Hohaia, Brown Locke (2) 20,031 [18]
3 July Round 17 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Loss 14 - 28 Price (2) Locke (3) 32,456 [19]
12 July Round 18 Bulldogs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 14 - 18 Vatuvei, Locke, Packer Locke (1) 11,802 [20]
19 July Round 19 Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 30 - 24 Vatuvei (2), Ah Van,
Mannering, Jones		 Jones (3) 8,021 [21]
26 July Round 20 St George Illawarra Dragons Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 4 - 29 Moon 13,507 [22]
1 August Round 21 Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Draw (G.P.) 32 - 32 Moon (4), Brown Locke (6) 12,677 [23]
9 August Round 22 Gold Coast Titans Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 10 - 30 Vatuvei (2) Locke (1) 10,205 [24]
15 August Round 23 Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Lost 4 - 40 Vatuvei 12,627 [25]
23 August Round 24 Canberra Raiders Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Won 34 - 20 Hohaia (2), Heremaia,
Mannering, Ropati, Moon		 Locke (5) 8,812 [26]
30 August Round 25 Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Loss 20 - 40 Vatuvei (2), Rapira (2) Jones (2) 41,835 [27]
5 September Round 26 Melbourne Storm Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 0 - 30 14,734 [28]

Ladder

2009 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 17 0 7 2 548 329 +219 38
2 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 18 0 6 2 575 428 +147 381
3 Gold Coast Titans 24 16 0 8 2 514 467 +47 36
4 Melbourne Storm 24 14 1 9 2 505 348 +157 33
5 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 549 459 +90 32
6 Brisbane Broncos 24 14 0 10 2 511 566 −55 32
7 Newcastle Knights 24 13 0 11 2 508 491 +17 30
8 Parramatta Eels 24 12 1 11 2 476 473 +3 29
9 Wests Tigers 24 12 0 12 2 558 483 +75 28
10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 1 12 2 566 549 +17 27
11 Penrith Panthers 24 11 1 12 2 515 589 −74 27
12 North Queensland Cowboys 24 11 0 13 2 558 474 +84 26
13 Canberra Raiders 24 9 0 15 2 489 520 −31 22
14 New Zealand Warriors 24 7 2 15 2 377 565 −188 20
15 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 5 0 19 2 359 568 −209 14
16 Sydney Roosters 24 5 0 19 2 382 681 −299 14

1 The Bulldogs were deducted 2 competition points after an interchange breach in Round 2.

Squad

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

The Warriors used Twenty Nine players in 2009. Twelve players made their debut for the club, including eight making their National Rugby League debuts.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
24 Stacey Jones Neuseeland HB 23 April 1995 23 2 5 2 20
99 Lance Hohaia Neuseeland UB 6 April 2002 20 6 0 1 25
102 Evarn Tuimavave Neuseeland PR 1 September 2002 6 0 0 0 0
108 Jerome Ropati Neuseeland CE / FE 31 August 2003 17 4 0 0 16
115 Manu Vatuvei Neuseeland WG 23 May 2004 19 13 0 0 52
121 Steve Price Australien PR 13 March 2005 14 3 0 0 12
124 Nathan Fien Neuseeland HK 13 March 2005 9 2 0 0 8
125 Simon Mannering Neuseeland CE 26 June 2005 23 4 0 0 16
126 Micheal Luck Australien SR 12 March 2006 23 1 0 0 4
129 Patrick Ah Van Neuseeland WG 9 April 2006 14 4 1 0 18
131 Sam Rapira Neuseeland PR 20 May 2006 23 2 0 0 8
132 Wade McKinnon Australien FB 17 March 2007 21 4 0 0 16
136 Aidan Kirk Australien FB / CE 17 March 2008 5 1 0 0 4
137 Brent Tate Australien CE 17 March 2008 3 2 0 0 8
138 Ian Henderson Scotland HK 23 March 2008 22 0 0 0 0
141 Russell Packer Neuseeland PR 4 May 2008 21 3 0 0 12
142 Ben Matulino Neuseeland SR 14 June 2008 17 0 0 0 0
144 Denan Kemp Australien WG 14 March 2009 10 1 21 0 46
145 Joel Moon Australien FE 14 March 2009 23 7 0 0 28
146 Jacob Lillyman Australien PR 14 March 2009 24 0 0 0 0
147 Leeson Ah Mau Neuseeland PR 14 March 2009 2 0 0 0 0
148 Jesse Royal Neuseeland PR 22 March 2009 15 1 0 0 4
149 Ukuma Ta'ai Tonga SR 22 March 2009 10 1 0 0 4
150 Daniel O'Regan Neuseeland FE 5 April 2009 1 0 0 0 0
151 Lewis Brown Neuseeland HK 3 May 2009 15 3 0 0 12
152 Kevin Locke Neuseeland FB 31 May 2009 12 4 22 0 60
153 Aaron Heremaia Neuseeland HB 31 May 2009 11 1 0 0 4
154 Isaac John Neuseeland FE 19 July 2009 3 0 0 0 0
155 Siuatonga Likiliki Neuseeland CE 15 August 2009 1 0 0 0 0

Staff

  • Chief Executive Officer: Wayne Scurrah

NRL Staff

  • NRL Head Coach: Ivan Cleary
  • NRL Assistant Coach: John Ackland
  • NRL Head Trainer: Craig Walker
  • NRL Assistant Trainer: Dayne Norton
  • NRL Football Manager: Don Mann Jr
  • NRL Physiotherapist: Jude Spiers
  • Club Doctor: John Mayhew

NYC Staff

  • NYC Head Coach: Tony Iro
  • NYC Assistant Coach: Frank Harold
  • NYC Team Manager: Dean Bell

Transfers

Gains

Stacey Jones: came out of retirement to play for the Warriors in 2009
Player Previous Club Length Notes
Liam Foran Melbourne Storm 2009, with option
Jacob Lillyman North Queensland Cowboys 2010 [3]
Denan Kemp Brisbane Broncos 2010 [4]
Joel Moon Brisbane Broncos 2011 [5]
Stacey Jones Retired 2009
Lewis Brown Wests Tigers 2009, with option
Jesse Royal Newcastle Knights 2010 [6]

Losses

Player Club Notes
Ruben Wiki Retired [7]
Wairangi Koopu Melbourne Storm [8]
Logan Swann Retired [8]
Michael Crockett Released [7]
Ryan Shortland Released [7]
Grant Rovelli North Queensland Cowboys [9]
Sonny Fai presumed drowned [10]

Mid-Season Losses

Player Club Notes
Epalahame Lauaki Hull
Michael Witt Otago Rugby Union
Liam Foran Newtown Jets [11]
Nathan Fien St. George Illawarra Dragons [12]

Contract Extensions

Sonny Fai

Warrior Sonny Fai went missing at around 7pm on 4 January 2009, after being caught in a rip current while trying to save some family who had got into difficulty at Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Auckland. His body is yet to be found.[20][21] The entire team attended his two memorial services, one in a Samoan Methodist Church and one held at Te Henga (Bethells Beach).[22]

The Warriors wore black armbands for their opening NRL match of the 2009 season, as well as jerseys embroidered with Fai's signature and official team number in honour of him.[23]

End of Season awards

Other Teams

In 2009 the Junior Warriors again competed in the Toyota Cup while senior players who were not required for the first team played with the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. The Auckland Vulcans were coached by Bernie Perenara and finished 11th out of eleven teams.

Daniel O'Regan was the Vulcan's player of the year, while Pita Godinet was the runner up and Sione Tongia was the rookie of the year.[26]

2009 Junior Warriors

See also: National Youth Competition (rugby league) season 2009

Siuatonga Likiliki was named in the 2009 Toyota Cup team of the year.[27]

National Youth Competition season 2009
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 19 1 4 2 879 417 +462 43
2 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 19 0 5 2 758 461 +297 42
3 Melbourne Storm (P) 24 19 0 5 2 833 597 +236 42
4 Wests Tigers 24 15 1 8 2 709 588 +121 35
5 Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 2 698 551 +147 34
6 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 13 1 10 2 776 568 +208 31
7 New Zealand Warriors 24 13 1 10 2 725 612 +113 31
8 Canberra Raiders 24 11 2 11 2 706 685 +21 28
9 North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 0 12 2 668 683 -15 28
10 Newcastle Knights 24 9 1 14 2 596 756 -160 23
11 Canterbury Bulldogs 24 9 1 14 2 649 867 -218 23
12 Parramatta Eels 24 8 0 16 2 604 698 -94 20
13 Penrith Panthers 24 8 0 16 2 573 755 -182 20
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 8 0 16 2 542 738 -196 20
15 Sydney Roosters 24 6 0 18 2 443 736 -293 16
16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 4 0 20 2 391 838 -447 12

References

  1. ^ Vodafone Warriors 2009 - new year, new team, new look Warriors Official Site
  2. ^ Revised crowd number for Vodafone Warriors - Parramatta Eels NRL match Warriors Official Site
  3. ^ Warriors sign Origin backrower, 19 June 2008
  4. ^ Vodafone Warriors Sign Brisbane Speedster Kemp for Two Years, 28 May 2008
  5. ^ Moon rises as sun sets on top Warriors picks, 22 June 2008
  6. ^ Warriors sign prop Jesse Royal TVNZ/One Sport, 16 February 2009
  7. ^ a b c League: Warriors look to solve halves problem with Moon signing 22 June 2008
  8. ^ a b Swann and Koopu to leave Warriors, Wednesday, 18 June 2008
  9. ^ Rovelli Heading Home to Link up with North Queensland for 2009 NRL season @ Warriors Official Site, 3 December 2008
  10. ^ [1], Monday, 5 January 2009
  11. ^ Sir 'Lance-lot' the Warriors' saviour Sunday Star-Times, 14 June 2009
  12. ^ Fien targets regular role with Dragons New Zealand Herald, 1 July 2009
  13. ^ Mannering re-signs with Warriors NZ Herald, 15 February 2009
  14. ^ Ropati extends contract to 2012 NZ Herald, 29 March 2009
  15. ^ Ropati to become 10-year Vodafone Warrior Warriors Official Site, 29 March 2009
  16. ^ Lance spearheads signings NZ Herald, 12 April 2009
  17. ^ a b c Warriors re-sign three players AAP, 10 May 2009
  18. ^ Henderson re-signs with Warriors AAP, 14 May 2009
  19. ^ Warriors show faith in coach Cleary NRL.com, 4 Jun 2009
  20. ^ Warriors join search for talented prospect, missing after being caught in rip Glenn Jackson | 6 January 2009
  21. ^ Team-Mates and Club Officials help in search for Sonny Fai Warriors Official Site 5 January 2009
  22. ^ Remembering Sonny at Bethells Beach Warriors Official Site
  23. ^ "Steve Price to play 300th NRL match". NRL.com. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  24. ^ Luck earns top award New Zealand Herald, 11 September 2009
  25. ^ Tackling machine Luck wins premier award Warriors.co.nz, 11 September 2009
  26. ^ November 2009 Newsletter Auckland Rugby League
  27. ^ 2009 Toyota Cup Team of the Year NRL.com, 1 September 2009
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