Jump to content

2005 New Zealand Warriors season

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 27.33.35.225 (talk) at 01:46, 25 December 2011 (→‎Milestones). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Template:NRL Team SeasonThe 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.

Milestones

Round 9: Wairangi Koopu played in his 100th match for the club in the Warriors 28-24 loss to the Cronulla Sharks at NIB Stadium.

Jersey & Sponsors

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

Fixtures

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

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.[1] For the Warriors, the match was Nathan Fien's first for the club.[2] The Warriors won the game 58-6.[3]

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

Regular Season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Bericht
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

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Parramatta 24 16 0 8 2 704 456 +248 36
2 St George Illawarra 24 16 0 8 2 655 510 +145 36
3 Brisbane 24 15 0 9 2 597 484 +113 34
4 Wests Tigers 24 14 0 10 2 676 575 +101 32
5 North Queensland 24 14 0 10 2 639 563 +76 32
6 Melbourne 24 13 0 11 2 640 462 +178 30
7 Cronulla 24 12 0 12 2 550 564 -14 28
8 Manly 24 12 0 12 2 554 632 -78 28
9 Sydney 24 11 0 13 2 488 487 +1 26
10 Penrith 24 11 0 13 2 554 554 =0 26
11 Neuseeland 24 10 0 14 2 515 528 -13 24
12 Canterbury 24 9 1 14 2 472 670 -198 23
13 South Sydney 24 9 1 14 2 482 700 -218 23
14 Canberra 24 9 0 15 2 465 606 -141 22
15 Newcastle 24 8 0 16 2 467 667 -200 20

Squad

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 Neuseeland HB 23 April 1995 23 5 63 1 147
33 Awen Guttenbeil Neuseeland SR 14 April 1996 23 2 0 0 8
61 Monty Betham Neuseeland HK / LK 8 March 1999 16 2 0 0 8
64 Wairangi Koopu Neuseeland CE / SR 9 April 1999 24 9 0 0 36
65 Francis Meli Neuseeland WG May 2, 1999 21 8 0 0 32
66 Clinton Toopi Neuseeland CE May 2, 1999 23 6 0 0 24
87 Richard Villasanti Australien PR February 18, 2001 19 4 0 0 16
93 Iafeta Paleaaesina Neuseeland PR June 1, 2001 22 3 0 0 12
97 Brent Webb Neuseeland FB April 1, 2002 20 3 0 0 12
98 Sione Faumuina Neuseeland CE / LK April 1, 2002 20 5 0 0 20
99 Lance Hohaia Neuseeland UB April 6, 2002 19 5 10 0 40
102 Evarn Tuimavave Neuseeland PR September 1, 2002 2 0 0 0 0
103 Karl Temata Cook Inseln PR / SR September 6, 2002 20 1 0 0 4
107 Tevita Latu Neuseeland HK June 7, 2003 8 0 0 0 0
108 Jerome Ropati Neuseeland CE / FE August 31, 2003 23 4 0 0 16
109 Tony Martin Australien CE March 14, 2004 2 0 0 0 0
110 Epalahame Lauaki Neuseeland SR March 14, 2004 5 0 0 0 0
112 Louis Anderson Neuseeland LK March 28, 2004 18 1 0 0 4
115 Manu Vatuvei Neuseeland WG May 23, 2004 12 9 0 0 36
118 Cooper Vuna Neuseeland WG August 21, 2004 0 0 0 0 0
121 Steve Price Australien PR March 13, 2005 16 0 0 0 0
122 Todd Byrne Australien WG March 13, 2005 22 14 0 0 56
123 Ruben Wiki Neuseeland PR March 13, 2005 19 4 0 0 16
124 Nathan Fien Neuseeland HK 13 March 2005 22 7 0 0 28
125 Simon Mannering Neuseeland CE 26 June 2005 7 0 0 0 0

Staff

Coaching Staff

Transfers

Gains

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

Losses

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 RLFC
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

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.

References

  1. ^ NZ Presidents Selection / 2005 Tag International Series leagueunlimited, 24 February 2005
  2. ^ Former Cowboy Fien to debut for Warriors The Press, 24 February 2005
  3. ^ a b Warriors' class wins out after tough challenge New Zealand Herald, 28 February 2005
  4. ^ League game with all the fun of sevens Daily News, 14 February 2005
  5. ^ Happy homecoming for Warriors coach Daily News, 24 January 2005
  6. ^ Warriors hook, fry Eels; Kemp thrilled with team and home town crowd support Daily News, 14 February 2005
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005_New_Zealand_Warriors_season&oldid=467577904"