Jersey & Sponsors
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.
| 2001 New Zealand Warriors season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRL Rank | 8th | |||
| 2001 record | Wins: 12; draws: 2; losses: 12 | |||
| Points scored | For: 638; against: 629 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Mick Watson | |||
| Coach | Daniel Anderson | |||
| Assistant coach | Tony Kemp | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Ericsson Stadium | |||
| Avg. attendance | 12,361 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Henry Fa'afili (14) | |||
| Goals | Ivan Cleary (80) | |||
| Points | Ivan Cleary (173) | |||
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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.
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.
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.
The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 2001, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.
| 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 | [ dead link ] [ dead link ] |
| Qualifying finals | Semifinals | Preliminary finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Parramatta Eels | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 22 | 1W | Parramatta Eels | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 4W | St. George Illawarra | 28 | Brisbane Broncos | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Newcastle Knights | 40 | 2L | Brisbane Broncos | 44 | |||||||||||||
| Parramatta Eels | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Cronulla Sharks | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Newcastle Knights | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Brisbane Broncos | 6 | 2W | Newcastle Knights | 18 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Sydney Roosters | 6 | 3W | Cronulla Sharks | 52 | Cronulla Sharks | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1L | Canterbury Bulldogs | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | St. George Illawarra | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | NZ Warriors | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
| 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 | |
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 |
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.
Jerry Seuseu won the club's Player of the Year award. [2]
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