2017 New Zealand Warriors season | ||||
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Team information | ||||
CEO | Jim Doyle | |||
Coach | Stephen Kearney | |||
Assistant coach | Andrew McFadden Stacey Jones Steve McNamara | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Mount Smart Stadium | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | David Fusitua (12) | |||
Goals | Shaun Johnson (45) | |||
Points | Shaun Johnson (108) | |||
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The 2017 New Zealand Warriors season was the 23rd season in the club's history. Coached by Stephen Kearney and captained by Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, the Warriors competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines tournament.
In 2017 the Warriors jerseys will again be made by Canterbury of New Zealand. |
Pre-season training began on 1 November, with the exception of players involved in the 2016 Four Nations tournament. [24] [25]
The Warriors lost all three of their matches at the Nines.
The squad for the Nines was Ryan Hoffman, Junior Pauga, Matt Allwood, Blake Ayshford, Ata Hingano, Sam Cook, Shaun Johnson, Ruben Wiki (c), Mason Lino, Bunty Afoa, James Gavet, Tuimoala Lolohea, Jazz Tevaga, Ofahiki Ogden, Lewis Soosemea, Toafofoa Sipley, Isaiah Papalii, and James Bell. [26] Solomone Kata was originally named, but withdrew due to a virus and was replaced by Cook. [27]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Parramatta Eels | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 23 | +43 | 6 |
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 4 |
St George Illawarra Dragons | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 2 |
New Zealand Warriors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 0 |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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4 February | Game 4 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Eden Park, Auckland | Loss | 11–15 | Cook, Ayshford | Hingano | 22,000 | [28] [29] |
4 February | Game 12 | Parramatta Eels | Eden Park, Auckland | Loss | 0–11 | 22,000 | [30] | ||
5 February | Game 20 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Eden Park, Auckland | Loss | 10–14 | Hingano, Lolohea | Hingano | 22,000 | [31] |
The Warriors played two trial matches, against the Melbourne Storm and the Gold Coast Titans. [32] The match against the Titans was in Palmerston North, it was the first time the Warriors played in Palmerston North since 1995. [33]
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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11 February | Trial 1 | Melbourne Storm | Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast | Loss | 18–30 | Lolohea, Aofa, Tuivasa-Sheck | Lino (2), Hingano | 10,169 | [34] [35] |
19 February | Trial 2 | Gold Coast Titans | Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North | Win | 26–6 | Papalii, Lolohea, Fusitu'a, Gavet, Mannering | Johnson (3) | [36] [37] |
Home matches were played at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, with the exception of one game at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. The Warriors also played an away game at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. [38] [39]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Melbourne Storm (P) | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 633 | 336 | +297 | 44 |
2 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 500 | 428 | +72 | 38 |
3 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 597 | 433 | +164 | 36 |
4 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 496 | 457 | +39 | 36 |
5 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 476 | 407 | +69 | 34 |
6 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 552 | 512 | +40 | 32 |
7 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 504 | 459 | +45 | 30 |
8 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 467 | 443 | +24 | 30 |
9 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 533 | 450 | +83 | 28 |
10 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 558 | 497 | +61 | 26 |
11 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 360 | 455 | −95 | 24 |
12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 464 | 564 | −100 | 22 |
13 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 444 | 575 | −131 | 18 |
14 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 413 | 571 | −158 | 18 |
15 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 448 | 638 | −190 | 18 |
16 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 428 | 648 | −220 | 14 |
No. | Name | Position | Warriors Debut | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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115 | Manu Vatuvei | WG | 23 May 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
125 | Simon Mannering | SR | 26 June 2005 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
142 | Ben Matulino | PR | 14 June 2008 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
146 | Jacob Lillyman | PR | 14 March 2009 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
168 | Shaun Johnson | HB | 4 June 2011 | 18 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 108 |
183 | Charlie Gubb | PR | 7 July 2013 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
189 | David Fusitua | WG | 15 March 2014 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
192 | Tuimoala Lolohea | HB | 27 July 2014 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
193 | Solomone Kata | CE | 7 March 2015 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
194 | Bodene Thompson | SR | 7 March 2015 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
195 | Ryan Hoffman | SR | 7 March 2015 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
196 | Sam Lisone | PR | 7 March 2015 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
197 | Albert Vete | PR | 7 March 2015 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
199 | Matt Allwood | CE | 29 March 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
201 | Ken Maumalo | WG | 16 May 2015 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
202 | Mason Lino | HB | 24 August 2015 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
203 | Roger Tuivasa-Sheck | FB | 5 March 2016 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
204 | Blake Ayshford | CE | 5 March 2016 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
206 | Issac Luke | HK | 5 March 2016 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 38 |
207 | Nathaniel Roache | HK | 5 March 2016 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
208 | James Gavet | PR | 5 March 2016 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
209 | Jazz Tevaga | HK | 20 March 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
210 | Ligi Sao | LK | 16 April 2016 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
212 | Toafofoa Sipley | PR | 1 May 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
213 | Bunty Afoa | PR | 2 July 2016 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
214 | Ata Hingano | FE | 20 August 2016 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
215 | Isaiah Papalii | PR | 5 March 2017 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
216 | Erin Clark | HK | 10 March 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
217 | Kieran Foran | FE | 2 April 2017 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
218 | Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad | WG | 30 April 2017 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
219 | Chris Satae | PR | 22 July 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
220 | James Bell | SR | 28 July 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zac Santo | UB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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As in 2016, the Warriors entered a team into the Intrust Super Premiership NSW and the Junior Warriors competed in the Holden Cup.
The Warriors finished the season second and played the third placed Penrith Panthers in week one of the finals. [87] After losing to eventual winners Penrith they defeated Newcastle 30–6 before losing to the Wyong Roos in a preliminary final to end the season.
Bureta Faraimo, Mason Lino and Toafofoa Sipley were named in the 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year. [88]
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
Sydney Football Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Wyong | 34 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Canterbury | 26 | Jubilee Oval | ||||||||||||||||
Canterbury-Bankstown | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jubilee Oval | Illawarra | 14 | Leichhardt Oval | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Mount Pritchard | 26 | Wyong | 16 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Illawarra | 30 | New Zealand | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | ||||||||||||||
Wyong | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jubilee Oval | Leichhardt Oval | Penrith | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | North Sydney | 18 | Penrith | 16 | |||||||||||||||
7 | Newcastle | 40 | Jubilee Oval | Canterbury-Bankstown | 12 | ||||||||||||||
New Zealand | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jubilee Oval | Newcastle | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | New Zealand | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Penrith | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
The Holden Cup team finished in last place, with only three wins during the season. [89] This was the final year of the Holden Cup.
Captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck won the club's NRL player of the year award while Simon Mannering won the people's choice award. [90]
Mason Lino was the club's Intrust Super Premiership NSW player of the year while Chanel Harris-Tavita was the NYC player of the year.
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad won the clubman of the year while Sam Cook was the Intrust Super Premiership NSW team man of the year and Kenese Kenese was the NYC clubman of the year.
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