2017 New Zealand Warriors season

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2017 New Zealand Warriors season
Team information
CEOJim 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)
  2016 2018  

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.

Contents

Milestones

Jersey and sponsors

Warriors home 2012.png

In 2017 the Warriors jerseys will again be made by Canterbury of New Zealand.

Warriors away 2012.png

Fixtures

Pre-season training

Pre-season training began on 1 November, with the exception of players involved in the 2016 Four Nations tournament. [24] [25]

Auckland Nines

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]

Piha Pool
TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 33006623+436
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 32015048+24
St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 31024565202
Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 30032146250
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
4 FebruaryGame 4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Eden Park, Auckland Loss11–15 Cook, Ayshford Hingano 22,000 [28] [29]
4 FebruaryGame 12 Parramatta Eels Eden Park, Auckland Loss0–1122,000 [30]
5 FebruaryGame 20 St. George Illawarra Dragons Eden Park, Auckland Loss10–14 Hingano, Lolohea Hingano 22,000 [31]

Pre-season matches

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]

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
11 FebruaryTrial 1 Melbourne Storm Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Loss18–30 Lolohea, Aofa, Tuivasa-Sheck Lino (2), Hingano 10,169 [34] [35]
19 FebruaryTrial 2 Gold Coast Titans Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North Win26–6 Papalii, Lolohea, Fusitu'a, Gavet, Mannering Johnson (3) [36] [37]

Regular season

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]

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
5 MarchRound 1 Newcastle Knights Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win26–22 Fusitu'a (3), Kata, Hoffman Johnson (2),
Luke (1)
13,712 [40]
10 MarchRound 2 Melbourne Storm Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss10–26 Lolohea, Johnson Johnson (1)9,811 [41]
17 MarchRound 3 Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin [42] Loss12–24 Thompson, Johnson Johnson (2)10,523 [43] [44]
26 MarchRound 4 St George Illawarra Dragons UOW Jubilee Oval, Sydney Loss12–26 Luke, Maumalo Johnson (2)11,608 [45]
2 AprilRound 5 Gold Coast Titans Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win28–22 Johnson, Fusitua, Tuivasa-Sheck,
Foran, Hoffman
Johnson (4)10,263 [46] [47]
9 AprilRound 6 Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win22–10 Thompson (2), Mannering, Maumalo Johnson (3)13,526 [48]
15 AprilRound 7 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Canberra Loss8–20 Hoffman Johnson (2)13,996 [49]
25 AprilRound 8 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss14–20 Fusitua (2) Johnson (3)22,153 [50]
30 AprilRound 9 Sydney Roosters Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win14–13 Gavet, Fusitua Johnson (3)13,126 [51]
13 MayRound 10 Penrith Panthers Pepper Stadium, Sydney Loss28–36 Nicoll-Klokstad (2), Foran, Hoffman, Fusitua Johnson (4)11,588 [52]
19 MayRound 11 St George Illawarra Dragons Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Loss14–30 Nicoll-Klokstad (2), Matulino Johnson (1)11,108 [18]
27 MayRound 12 Brisbane Broncos Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win28–10 Ayshford, Johnson, Tuivasa-Sheck,
Maumalo, Gavet
Johnson (4)13,826 [53]
2 JuneRound 13 Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium, Sydney Loss24–32 Mannering, Maumalo, Hoffman, Tuivasa-Sheck Johnson (4)9,489 [54]
10 JuneRound 14 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast Win34–12 Ayshford (2), Hoffman, Maumalo,
Tuivasa-Sheck, Hingano
Luke (4),
Hoffman (1)
14,067 [55] [56]
Round 15Bye
23 JuneRound 16 Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win21–14 Maumalo, Ayshford, Tuivasa-Sheck Johnson (4 & FG)13,476 [57]
1 JulyRound 17 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles nib Stadium, Perth Loss22–26 Nicoll-Klokstad (2), Thompson, Tuivasa-Sheck Johnson (3)6,258 [58]
Round 18Bye
14 JulyRound 19 Penrith Panthers Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss22–34 Kata (2), Mannering, Thompson Johnson (2)
Luke (1)
13,076 [59]
22 JulyRound 20 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville Loss12–24 Afoa, Mannering Luke (2)16,080 [60]
28 JulyRound 21 Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss12–26 Kata, Thompson Luke (2)9,771 [61]
5 AugustRound 22 Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium, Newcastle Loss10–26 Fusitua, Roache Luke (1)11,824 [62]
13 AugustRound 23 Canberra Raiders Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss16–36 Fusitu'a, Tuivasa-Sheck, Papali'i Lino (2)10,182 [63]
18 AugustRound 24 South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Loss18–36 Tuivasa-Sheck (2), Mannering Luke (3)6,213 [64]
27 AugustRound 25 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss22–21
(G.P.)
Fusitu'a (2), Ayshford, Maumalo Luke (1),
Johnson (1 & FG)
9,167 [65]
3 SeptemberRound 26 Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Loss16–28 Kata, Tuivasa-Sheck, Nicoll-Klokstad Luke (2)10,231 [66]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm (P)2420042633336+29744
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2417072500428+7238
3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2416082597433+16436
4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2416082496457+3936
5 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2415092476407+6934
6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24140102552512+4032
7 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24130112504459+4530
8 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24130112467443+2430
9 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24120122533450+8328
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24110132558497+6126
11 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24100142360455−9524
12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2490152464564−10022
13 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2470172444575−13118
14 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2470172413571−15818
15 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2470172448638−19018
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2450192428648−22014

Squad

No.NamePositionWarriors Debut App TGFGPts
115 Manu Vatuvei WG23 May 200410000
125 Simon Mannering SR26 June 20052250020
142 Ben Matulino PR14 June 2008161004
146 Jacob Lillyman PR14 March 2009210000
168 Shaun Johnson HB4 June 2011184452108
183 Charlie Gubb PR7 July 2013110000
189 David Fusitua WG15 March 201424120048
192 Tuimoala Lolohea HB27 July 201441004
193 Solomone Kata CE7 March 20151950020
194 Bodene Thompson SR7 March 20151960024
195 Ryan Hoffman SR7 March 20151961026
196 Sam Lisone PR7 March 2015230000
197 Albert Vete PR7 March 201580000
199 Matt Allwood CE29 March 201500000
201 Ken Maumalo WG16 May 20152370028
202 Mason Lino HB24 August 201560204
203 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck FB5 March 201623100040
204 Blake Ayshford CE5 March 20162150020
206 Issac Luke HK5 March 201623117038
207 Nathaniel Roache HK5 March 201691004
208 James Gavet PR5 March 2016132008
209 Jazz Tevaga HK20 March 201640000
210 Ligi Sao LK16 April 2016110000
212 Toafofoa Sipley PR1 May 201600000
213 Bunty Afoa PR2 July 2016171004
214 Ata Hingano FE20 August 2016131004
215 Isaiah Papalii PR5 March 201751004
216 Erin Clark HK10 March 201710000
217 Kieran Foran FE2 April 2017172008
218 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad WG30 April 2017770028
219 Chris Satae PR22 July 201730000
220 James Bell SR28 July 201720000
Zac Santo UB00000

Staff

Transfers

Other teams

As in 2016, the Warriors entered a team into the Intrust Super Premiership NSW and the Junior Warriors competed in the Holden Cup.

Intrust Super Premiership NSW squad

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]

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
Sydney Football Stadium  
1 Wyong.png Wyong 34
4 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury 26 Jubilee Oval
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 32
Jubilee Oval   Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra 14 Leichhardt Oval
5 Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard 26 Wyong.png Wyong 16
8 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra 30 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand 12 Leichhardt Oval  
Wyong.png Wyong 12
Jubilee Oval   Leichhardt Oval Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 20
6 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 18 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 16
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 40 Jubilee Oval Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 12
Auckland colours.svg New Zealand 30
Jubilee Oval   Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 6
2 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand 20
3 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 36

Holden Cup squad

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.

Awards

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.

Bunty Afoa won the NRL rookie of the year and Tyler Slade was the NYC rookie of the year. [91]

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