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2004 New Zealand Warriors season

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2004 New Zealand Warriors season
NRL Rank14th
2004 recordWins: 6; draws: 0; losses: 18
Points scoredFor: 427; against: 693
Team information
CEOMick Watson
CoachDaniel Anderson (11)
Tony Kemp (13)
Assistant coachTony Kemp
Captains
StadiumEricsson Stadium
Avg. attendance10,171
Top scorers
TriesFrancis Meli (10)
GoalsSione Faumuina (32)
PointsSione Faumuina (68)
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 New Zealand Warriors season was the 10th in the club's history. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Daniel Anderson while Monty Betham was the club captain. Daniel Anderson resigned in June and was replaced by assistant coach Tony Kemp.

Milestones

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Jersey & Sponsors

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The Warriors made no changes to their jersey design for the 2004 season.

Fixtures

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The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 2004, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Pre-season Trials

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The Warriors played the St. George Illawarra Dragons in Hamilton.[1]

Regular season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
14 March Round 1 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Lost 20-28 Webb (2), Leuluai, Meli Martin (2) 28,548 [1]
20 March Round 2 St. George Illawarra Dragons Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 10-16 Fa'afili, Meli Martin (1) 16,425 [2]
28 March Round 3 Penrith Panthers Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 22-42 L.Anderson, Guttenbeil, Latu, Paleaaesina Faumuina (3) 15,781 [3]
4 April Round 4 Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Sydney Win 28-10 Lauaki (2), Webb (2), Lauitiiti Faumuina (4) 8,722 [4]
10 April Round 5 Newcastle Knights Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 20-34 Martin, Murphy, Seuseu Faumuina (4) 14,409 [5]
16 April Round 6 Canterbury Bulldogs Westpac Stadium, Wellington Lost 18-24 V.Anderson, Jones, Lauaki Faumuina (3) 13,772 [6]
Round 7 Bye
2 May Round 8 Melbourne Storm Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 20-14 Faumuina, Lauaki, Villsanti Faumuina (4) 9,637 [7]
8 May Round 9 North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Lost 8-16 V.Anderson Faumuina (2) 13,062 [8]
16 May Round 10 Manly Sea Eagles Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 20-42 Jones (2), Meli Faumuina (4) 10,099 [9]
23 May Round 11 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 26-12 V.Anderson (2), Meli (2), Jones Faumuina (3) 8,032 [10]
30 May Round 12 Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Lost 6-58 Paleaaesina Faumuina (1) 10,078 [11]
6 June Round 13 Canberra Raiders Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 20-14 V.Anderson, Hohaia, Meli, Villasanti Faumuina (2) 6,967 [12]
13 June Round 14 Wests Tigers AMI Stadium, Christchurch Lost 4-50 Tookey 16,221 [13]
20 June Round 15 North Queensland Cowboys Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 26-28 (a.e.t) Toopi (2), V.Anderson, Fa'afili, Tuimavave, Villasanti Webb (1) 6,793 [14]
26 June Round 16 Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Lost 6-42 Martin Hohaia (1) 10,621 [15]
3 July Round 17 Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 20-10 Jones, Ropati, Toopi Martin (4) 6,391 [16]
10 July Round 18 Cronulla Sharks Toyota Park, Sydney Lost 14-22 L.Anderson, Betham, Koopu Faumuina (1) 7,017 [17]
18 July Round 19 South Sydney Rabbitohs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 34-20 Webb (2), L.Anderson, Fa'afili, Koopu, Meli, Ropati Jones (2), Faumuina (1) 7,894 [18]
25 July Round 20 Canberra Raiders Bruce Stadium, Canberra Lost 29-30 (a.e.t) Jones, Meli, Paleaaesina, Ropati, Webb Jones (4 & FG) 8,535 [19]
Round 21 Bye
7 August Round 22 Brisbane Broncos Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 14-21 Meli, Villasanti Jones (2) 9,710 [20]
14 August Round 23 St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Lost 10-28 Meli, Webb Jones (1) 12,520 [21]
21 August Round 24 Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Lost 18-48 Hohaia, Martin, Villasanti Faumuina (3) 7,271 [22]
29 August Round 25 Sydney Roosters Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 24-30 Guttenbeil, Ropati, Temata, Vuna Jones (4) 8,019 [23]
5 September Round 26 Canterbury Bulldogs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 10-54 Martin (2) Jones (1) 9,930 [24]

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 24 19 0 5 2 710 368 +342 42
2 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (P) 24 19 0 5 2 760 491 +269 42
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 16 1 7 2 602 533 +69 37
4 Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 2 672 567 +105 34
5 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 14 0 10 2 624 415 +209 32
6 Melbourne Storm 24 13 0 11 2 684 517 +167 30
7 North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 1 11 2 526 514 +12 29
8 Canberra Raiders 24 11 0 13 2 554 613 −59 26
9 Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 509 534 −25 24
10 Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 2 516 617 −101 24
11 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 10 0 14 2 528 645 −117 24
12 Parramatta Eels 24 9 0 15 2 517 626 −109 22
13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 9 0 15 2 615 754 −139 22
14 New Zealand Warriors 24 6 0 18 2 427 693 −266 16
15 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 5 2 17 2 455 812 −357 16

Squad

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Thirty five players were used by the Warriors in 2004, including seven players who made their first grade debuts. In addition PJ Marsh was in the squad but did not play a game due to a serious injury.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
24 Stacey Jones New Zealand HB 23 April 1995 23 6 15 1 55
33 Awen Guttenbeil New Zealand / Tonga SR 14 April 1996 21 2 0 0 8
50 Jerry Seu Seu New Zealand / Samoa PR 16 August 1997 11 1 0 0 4
55 Ali Lauitiiti New Zealand / Samoa SR 19 April 1998 5 1 0 0 4
61 Monty Betham New Zealand / Samoa HK / LK 8 March 1999 13 1 0 0 4
64 Wairangi Koopu New Zealand CE / SR 9 April 1999 21 2 0 0 8
65 Francis Meli New Zealand / Samoa WG 2 May 1999 16 10 0 0 40
66 Clinton Toopi New Zealand CE 2 May 1999 18 3 0 0 12
76 Mark Tookey Australia PR 6 February 2000 5 0 0 0 4
81 Henry Fa'afili New Zealand / Samoa WG 26 March 2000 13 3 0 0 12
87 Richard Villasanti Australia / Tonga PR 18 February 2001 19 5 0 0 20
92 Justin Murphy France WG 7 April 2001 8 1 0 0 4
93 Iafeta Paleaaesina New Zealand / Samoa PR 1 June 2001 21 3 0 0 12
96 PJ Marsh Australia HB / HK 24 March 2002 0 0 0 0 0
97 Brent Webb New Zealand FB 1 April 2002 23 8 1 0 34
98 Sione Faumuina New Zealand CE / LK 1 April 2002 19 1 32 0 68
99 Lance Hohaia New Zealand UB 6 April 2002 17 2 4 0 16
100 Vinnie Anderson New Zealand / Tonga CE 7 July 2002 22 6 0 0 24
102 Evarn Tuimavave New Zealand PR 1 September 2002 13 1 0 0 4
103 Karl Temata Cook Islands PR / SR 6 September 2002 21 1 0 0 4
105 Thomas Leuluai New Zealand HB 2 May 2003 9 1 0 0 4
106 Vince Mellars New Zealand CE 7 June 2003 3 0 0 0 0
107 Tevita Latu New Zealand / Tonga HK 7 June 2003 7 1 0 0 4
108 Jerome Ropati New Zealand CE / FE 31 August 2003 11 4 0 0 16
109 Tony Martin Australia CE 14 March 2004 18 5 7 0 34
110 Epalahame Lauaki New Zealand / Tonga SR 14 March 2004 16 4 0 0 16
111 Danny Sullivan Australia SR 28 March 2004 1 0 0 0 0
112 Louis Anderson New Zealand / Tonga LK 28 March 2004 16 3 0 0 12
113 Matt Jobson Australia PR 4 April 2004 2 0 0 0 0
114 Paul Dezolt Italy HK 8 May 2004 3 0 0 0 0
115 Manu Vatuvei New Zealand WG 23 May 2004 5 0 0 0 0
116 Shannon Stowers New Zealand PR 20 June 2004 2 0 0 0 0
117 Herewini Rangi New Zealand HK 25 July 2004 1 0 0 0 0
118 Cooper Vuna New Zealand / Tonga WG 21 August 2004 2 1 0 0 4
119 Kane Ferris New Zealand PR 29 August 2004 1 0 0 0 0
120 Paul Atkins New Zealand WG 29 August 2004 1 0 0 0 0

Staff

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Coaching Staff

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Transfers

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Gains

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Player Previous Club Length Notes
Tony Martin London Broncos
Danny Sullivan Parramatta Eels
Matt Jobson Newcastle Knights
Paul Dezolt North Queensland Cowboys

Losses

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Player Club Notes
Mark Robinson Northampton Saints (RU)
John Carlaw St George Illawarra Dragons
Motu Tony Brisbane Broncos
Logan Swann Bradford Bulls

Mid-Season Losses

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Player Club Notes
Ali Lauitiiti Leeds Rhinos Released in April
Paul Dezolt Queensland Cup Released 14 June
Mark Tookey Castleford Tigers Released in June
Justin Murphy Widnes Vikings Released in July

Other Teams

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Players not required by the Warriors were released to play in the 2004 Bartercard Cup. These included Iafeta Paleaaesina, who played for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders, Brent Webb, who played for the North Harbour Tigers, Evarn Tuimavave, who played with the Marist-Richmond Brothers, Lance Hohaia, who played with the Waicoa Bay Stallions and the Eastern Tornadoes' Justin Murphy.

Awards

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Wairangi Koopu won the Player of the Year award.[3]

References

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