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1999 Auckland Warriors season

The Auckland Warriors 1999 season was the Auckland Warriors 5th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Mark Graham while Matthew Ridge was the club's captain.

1999 Auckland Warriors season
NRL Rank11th
1999 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 538; against: 498
Team information
CEOTrevor McKewen
CoachMark Graham
Captains
StadiumEricsson Stadium
Avg. attendance11,135
Top scorers
TriesStacey Jones (15)
GoalsMatthew Ridge (34)
PointsMatthew Ridge (80)
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Milestones edit

  • 13 March – Round 2: Tony Tatupu plays his 50th match for the club.
  • 21 March – Round 3: Brady Malam plays his 50th match for the club.
  • 16 May – Round 11: Tony Tuimavave plays his 50th match for the club.
  • 30 May – Round 13: Logan Swann plays his 50th match for the club.
  • 21 August – Round 25: Stacey Jones becomes the first player to appear in 100 first-grade games for the club.

Jersey & Sponsors edit

 

For 1999 the Warriors again used a similar style of jersey, produced by Nike, Inc., with Vodafone the shirt sponsor and Bartercard as sleeve sponsor.

Sale to Tainui edit

Between the 1998 and 1999 seasons the Auckland Rugby League sold the Auckland Warriors to a consortium that included majority investor the Tainui tribe as well as Graham Lowe and Malcolm Boyle. The new owners cleaned out the management and coaching structures and also straightened the tongue on the Warriors logo, as a curved tongue is believed to be cursed in Māori culture.

The consortium paid $2 million in cash, $1.5 million in deferred settlement over three years and an annual development grant of $250,000. The Auckland Rugby League was forced to write off the deferred settlement in 2000 when the Auckland Warriors folded and the assets were purchased by the New Zealand Warriors.[1]

Fixtures edit

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 1999, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Country Carnival edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
12 February Trial 1   Melbourne Storm Lang Park, Brisbane Win 16-14 Oudenryn (2), Ridge Ridge (1) 2,500 [1]
20 February Trial 2   Brisbane Broncos Toowoomba Loss 10-22 Manuel, Jones Ridge (1) 7,146 [2]

Regular season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
8 March Round 1   Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 26-16 Ridge (2), Galuvao, Jones Ridge (5) 10,124 [3]
13 March Round 2   North Sydney Bears Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 18-22 Galuvao, Jones, Swann Ridge (3) 20,268 [4]
21 March Round 3   Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval Win 36-10 Death, Henare, Jones, Manuel, Swann,
J.Vagana, N.Vagana		 Jones (3),
Ngamu (1)		 7,077 [5]
28 March Round 4   Sydney Roosters Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 14-28 Manuel, N.Vagana Ridge (3) 17,492 [6]
3 April Round 5   Balmain Tigers Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Lost 8-17 Jones Ridge (2) 7,460 [7]
9 April Round 6   Melbourne Storm Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 10-38 10-38 Lauitiiti, Oudenryn Jones (1) 10,343 [8]
18 April Round 7   North Queensland Cowboys Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 0-24 8,954 [9]
Round 8 Bye
2 May Round 9   South Sydney Rabbitohs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 8-12 Beverley Doherty (1),
Jones (1)		 7,241 [10]
8 May Round 10   Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Lost 6-28 Koopu Ridge (1) 13,087 [11]
16 May Round 11   Canberra Raiders Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 32-30 Galuvao, Lauiti'iti, Manuel, Mears, J.Vagana Ridge (6) 9,423 [12]
23 May Round 12   Canterbury Bulldogs Telstra Stadium, Sydney Lost 28-24 Lauiti'iti (2), Endacott, Jones Doherty (4) 9,062 [13]
30 May Round 13   Parramatta Eels Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 18-25 Jones, Swann Doherty (5) 8,940 [14]
Round 14 Bye
12 June Round 15   Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Lost 20-34 N.Vagana (2), Mears Doherty (4) 7,097 [15]
19 June Round 16   Canterbury Bulldogs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 30-10 N.Vagana (2), Hoppe, Jones, Manuel,
J.Vagana		 Simon (3) 9,500 [16]
26 June Round 17   Balmain Tigers Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 22-4 Swann, Manuel, Seuseu, N.Vagana Simon (1) 8,506 [17]
4 July Round 18   Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Lost 22-46 Hoppe, Manuel, Mears, N.Vagana Simon (3) 10,155 [18]
10 July Round 19   Brisbane Broncos ANZ Stadium, Brisbane Lost 16-24 Death, Lauiti'iti, Nelson Simon (2) 14,941 [19]
16 July Round 20   Cronulla Sharks Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 20-22 Jones, Oudenryn, Mears Simon (4) 8,000 [20]
25 July Round 21   South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 20-16 Jones, Manuel, Swann, Tuimavave Ridge (2) 7,364 [21]
1 August Round 22   Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Lost 14-16 Lewis, Tuimavave Simon (2),
Ridge (1)		 13,435 [22]
6 August Round 23   St. George Illawarra Dragons Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 32-18 Beverley, Jones, Lauiti'iti, Manuel, Meli,
N.Vagana		 Simon (4) 9,564 [23]
14 August Round 24   North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Win 40-14 Oudenryn (3), Jones, Swann, J.Vagana,
N.Vagana		 Ridge (4),
Simon (2)		 13,832 [24]
21 August Round 25   Newcastle Knights Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 42-0 Death (2), Lauiti'iti, Oudenryn, Ridge, Simon, N.Vagana Ridge (7) 15,385 [25]
29 August Round 26   Western Suburbs Magpies Campbelltown Sports Ground, Sydney Win 60-16 Jones (4), Beverley (2), Oudenryn (2),
Manuel, Meli, J.Vagana, N.Vagana		 Simon (5),
Swann (1)		 7,793 [26]

Ladder edit

1999 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 18 0 6 2 586 332 +254 40
2   Parramatta Eels 24 17 0 7 2 500 294 +206 38
3   Melbourne Storm (P) 24 16 0 8 2 639 392 +247 36
4   Sydney City Roosters 24 16 0 8 2 592 377 +215 36
5   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 15 1 8 2 520 462 +58 35
6   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 15 0 9 2 588 416 +172 34
7   Newcastle Knights 24 14 1 9 2 575 484 +91 33
8   Brisbane Broncos 24 13 2 9 2 510 368 +142 32
9   Canberra Raiders 24 13 1 10 2 618 439 +179 31
10   Penrith Panthers 24 11 1 12 2 492 428 +64 27
11   Auckland Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 538 498 +40 24
12   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 10 0 14 2 349 556 -207 24
13   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 9 1 14 2 454 623 -169 23
14   North Sydney Bears 24 8 0 16 2 490 642 -152 20
15   Balmain Tigers 24 8 0 16 2 345 636 -291 20
16   North Queensland Cowboys 24 4 1 19 2 398 588 -190 13
17   Western Suburbs Magpies 24 3 0 21 2 285 944 -659 10

Squad edit

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

Thirty two players were used by the Warriors in 1999, including eight players making their first grade debuts.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
3 Sean Hoppe   WG 10 March 1995 13 2 0 0 8
6 Gene Ngamu   FE 10 March 1995 6 0 1 0 2
12 Tony Tatupu   SR 10 March 1995 21 0 0 0 0
13 Tony Tuimavave   PR / LK 10 March 1995 16 2 0 0 8
18 Joe Vagana   /   PR 18 March 1995 24 5 0 0 20
19 Syd Eru   HK 28 March 1995 2 0 0 0 0
24 Stacey Jones   HB 23 April 1995 24 15 5 0 70
32 Nigel Vagana   /   CE 4 April 1996 21 12 0 0 48
33 Awen Guttenbeil   /   SR 14 April 1996 3 0 0 0 0
37 Brady Malam   PR 23 June 1996 8 0 0 0 0
38 Bryan Henare   SR 23 July 1996 7 1 0 0 4
40 Matthew Ridge   FB 1 March 1997 10 3 34 0 80
42 Logan Swann   SR 1 March 1997 24 7 1 0 30
44 Shane Endacott   FE 29 March 1997 17 1 0 0 4
47 Lee Oudenryn   WG 6 July 1997 17 8 0 0 32
50 Jerry Seu Seu   /   PR 16 August 1997 16 1 0 0 4
55 Ali Lauitiiti   /   SR 19 April 1998 20 7 0 0 28
56 Joe Galuvao   /   FB / CE 2 May 1998 13 3 0 0 12
58 Odell Manuel   WG 8 March 1999 24 9 0 0 36
59 Jason Death   HK / LK 8 March 1999 18 4 0 0 16
60 Terry Hermansson   PR 8 March 1999 24 0 0 0 0
61 Monty Betham   HK / LK 8 March 1999 3 0 0 0 0
62 Cliff Beverley   FE 21 March 1999 16 4 0 0 16
63 Peter Lewis   CE 3 April 1999 11 1 0 0 4
64 Wairangi Koopu   CE / SR 9 April 1999 6 1 0 0 4
65 Francis Meli   /   WG 2 May 1999 3 2 0 0 8
66 Clinton Toopi   CE 2 May 1999 2 0 0 0 0
67 Carl Doherty   FB 2 May 1999 5 0 14 0 28
68 Robert Mears   HK 16 May 1999 15 4 0 0 16
69 John Simon   FE 12 June 1999 12 1 26 0 56
70 Boycie Nelson   CE 19 June 1999 5 1 0 0 4
71 Talite Liava'a   PR 4 July 1999 2 0 0 0 0

Staff edit

  • Chief executive officer: Trevor McKewen
  • Football manager: Hugh McGahan

Coaching Staff edit

Transfers edit

Gains edit

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Jason Death North Queensland Cowboys
Terry Hermansson Souths
Boycie Nelson Widnes Vikings

Mid-Season Gains edit

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Robert Mears Canterbury Bulldogs Debut Rd 11
John Simon Parramatta Eels Debut Rd 15
Talite Liava'a Balmain Tigers Debut Rd 18

Losses edit

Player Club Notes
Stephen Kearney Melbourne Storm
Tea Ropati Retired
Marc Ellis North Harbour Rugby Union
Anthony Swann North Sydney Bears
Paul Staladi Northland Rugby Union
Aaron Whittaker Canterbury Rugby League
Kevin Iro St Helens R.F.C.
Quentin Pongia Sydney Roosters
Tyran Smith Canberra Raiders
Zane Clarke Cessnock
Frank Watene Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Mid-Season Losses edit

Player Future Club
Gene Ngamu Huddersfield-Sheffield
Sean Hoppe St Helens R.F.C.

Other Teams edit

During the 1999 season players not selected for first grade competed in the NZRL's National Provincial competition.[3] The Warriors also sent four players a week to play for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and Brisbane Souths.[4][5]

Awards edit

Jason Death won the club's Player of the Year award.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
  2. ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.58
  3. ^ Peter Jessup Injury gives Hoppe a starting chance New Zealand Herald, 16 March 1999
  4. ^ Jonathan Smith rugbyleague.co.nz
  5. ^ Peter Jessup Price could rule out stadium New Zealand Herald, 18 September 1999
  6. ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual 2002, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 2002. p.50

External links edit

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