2000 Auckland Warriors season

The Auckland Warriors 2000 season was the Auckland Warriors 6th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Mark Graham while John Simon was the club's captain.

2000 Auckland Warriors season
NRL Rank13th
2000 recordWins: 8; draws: 2; losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 426; against: 662
Team information
CEOTrevor McKewen
CoachMark Graham
Captains
StadiumEricsson Stadium
Avg. attendance12,246
Top scorers
TriesNigel Vagana (12)
GoalsJohn Simon (25)
PointsJohn Simon (54)
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Milestones

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Jersey & Sponsors

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For 2000 the Warriors again used a similar style of jersey, produced by Puma. A red away jersey was also used, and was occasionally worn at home matches. The main sponsor is Vodafone.

Fixtures

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The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 2000, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Pre-season trials

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Date Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
14 January   New Zealand Māori HopuHopu, Ngaruawahia Win 50-18 [1]
21 January   Canberra Raiders Western Springs Stadium, Auckland Win 22-8 Death, J.Vagana, Spence, Manuel Cleary (3) 16,000 [2][1]

Regular season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
6 February Round 1   Melbourne Storm Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 14-6 Death, Swann, Tuimavave Cleary (1) 20,546 [3]
14 February Round 2   Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Loss 16-17 N.Vagana (2), Beverley, Myles 10,807 [4]
20 February Round 3   Brisbane Broncos Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 10-28 Lauiti'iti Cleary (3) 17,505 [5]
26 February Round 4   Newcastle Knights Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Draw 18-18 Lauiti'iti, Tuimavave, N.Vagana Cleary (3) 12,560 [6]
6 March Round 5   Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Loss 12-56 Tuimavave (2) Cleary (2) 8,170 [7]
11 March Round 6   Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Loss 24-31 Death, Beverley, Cleary Lythe (2), Cleary (1),
Pethybridge (1)
9,305 [8]
18 March Round 7   St. George Illawarra Dragons Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 8-36 Death Lythe (2) 11,217 [9]
26 March Round 8   Sydney Roosters Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 26-22 Beverley, Hermansson, Lauiti'iti, Swann Simon (5) 11,125 [10]
1 April Round 9   Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Loss 22-24 Oudenryn (2), N.Vagana (2) Simon (3) 12,026 [11]
8 April Round 10   Canterbury Bulldogs Telstra Stadium, Sydney Draw 18-18 Lauiti'iti, Oudenryn, N.Vagana Simon (3) 7,132 [12]
15 April Round 11   North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Win 18-12 N.Vagana (2), Tuimavave Simon (3) 13,557 [13]
24 April Round 12   Cronulla Sharks Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 24-20 Death, Fa'afili, Spence, Oudenryn Simon (4) 12,286 [14]
29 April Round 13   Wests Tigers Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 4-30 N.Vagana 12,560 [15]
6 May Round 14   St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Loss 0-54 7,039 [16]
13 May Round 15   Northern Eagles Brookvale Oval, Sydney Win 18-14 Lauiti'iti, Myles, N.Vagana Simon (3) 6,106 [17]
20 May Round 16   Canterbury Bulldogs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 24-12 Hape (2), Manuel, Oudenryn, N.Vagana Simon (2) 11,000 [18]
27 May Round 17   Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Loss 12-30 Jones, Mears Simon (2) 13,954 [19]
3 June Round 18   Canberra Raiders Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 6-13 Oudenryn Oudenryn (1) 9,500 [20]
10 June Round 19   Penrith Panthers Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 20-24 Hape, Mears, Swann Jones (4) 10,305 [21]
18 June Round 20   Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Loss 10-56 Fa'afili, Oudenryn Mulhall (1) 13,028 [22]
24 June Round 21   Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Loss 4-36 Oudenryn 7,286 [23]
30 June Round 22   Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 10-11 Mears, Coxon Jones (1) 9,220 [24]
8 July Round 23   Cronulla Sharks Toyota Park, Sydney Loss 12-22 Lauiti'iti, Spence Jones (2) 10,635 [25]
15 July Round 24   North Queensland Cowboys Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 44-12 Swann (2), Fa'afili, Jones, Lauiti'iti, Manuel, Toopi, N.Vagana Jones (6) 8,105 [26]
22 July Round 25   Brisbane Broncos ANZ Stadium, Brisbane Loss 20-38 Jones, Manuel, Mears, J.Vagana Jones (2) 17,545 [27]
30 July Round 26   Northern Eagles Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 32-22 Mears (2), Fa'afili, Manuel, Simon, Spence Jones (4) 13,263 [28]

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Brisbane Broncos (P) 26 18 2 6 696 388 +308 38
2   Sydney Roosters 26 16 0 10 601 520 +81 32
3   Newcastle Knights 26 15 1 10 686 532 +154 31
4   Canberra Raiders 26 15 0 11 506 479 +27 30
5   Penrith Panthers 26 15 0 11 573 562 +11 30
6   Melbourne Storm 26 14 1 11 672 529 +143 29
7   Parramatta Eels 26 14 1 11 476 456 +20 29
8   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 26 13 0 13 570 463 +107 26
9   St George Illawarra Dragons 26 12 0 14 576 656 -80 24
10   Wests Tigers 26 11 2 13 519 642 -123 24
11   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 26 10 1 15 469 553 -84 21
12   Northern Eagles 26 9 0 17 476 628 -152 18
13   Auckland Warriors 26 8 2 16 426 662 -236 18
14   North Queensland Cowboys 26 7 0 19 436 612 -176 121

1 North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in Round 4.

Squad

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Thirty four players were used by the Warriors in 2000, including seven players who made their first grade debut.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
13 Tony Tuimavave   /   PR / LK 10 March 1995 20 5 0 0 20
18 Joe Vagana   /   PR 18 March 1995 24 1 0 0 4
24 Stacey Jones   HB 23 April 1995 19 3 19 0 50
32 Nigel Vagana   /   CE 4 April 1996 26 12 0 0 48
33 Awen Guttenbeil   /   SR 14 April 1996 3 0 0 0 0
42 Logan Swann   SR 1 March 1997 23 5 0 0 20
47 Lee Oudenryn   WG 6 July 1997 19 8 1 0 34
50 Jerry Seu Seu   /   PR 16 August 1997 17 0 0 0 0
55 Ali Lauitiiti   /   SR 19 April 1998 19 7 0 0 28
56 Joe Galuvao   /   FB / CE 2 May 1998 3 0 0 0 0
58 Odell Manuel   WG 8 March 1999 15 4 0 0 16
59 Jason Death   HK / LK 8 March 1999 16 5 0 0 20
60 Terry Hermansson   PR 8 March 1999 15 1 0 0 4
61 Monty Betham   /   HK / LK 8 March 1999 19 0 0 0 0
62 Cliff Beverley   FE 21 March 1999 19 3 0 0 12
64 Wairangi Koopu   CE / SR 9 April 1999 0 0 0 0 0
65 Francis Meli   /   WG 2 May 1999 2 0 0 0 0
66 Clinton Toopi   CE 2 May 1999 4 1 0 0 4
68 Robert Mears   HK 16 May 1999 25 6 0 0 24
69 John Simon   FE 12 June 1999 20 1 25 0 54
71 Talite Liava'a   PR 4 July 1999 9 0 0 0 0
72 Scott Pethybridge   UB 6 February 2000 14 0 1 0 2
73 Ivan Cleary   FB / CE 6 February 2000 5 1 10 0 24
74 Matt Spence   SR 6 February 2000 18 3 0 0 12
75 Scott Coxon   SR 6 February 2000 12 1 0 0 4
76 Mark Tookey   PR 6 February 2000 10 0 0 0 0
77 David Myles   CE 14 February 2000 21 2 0 0 8
78 Paul Whatuira   CE 14 February 2000 5 0 0 0 0
79 Ben Lythe   HB 26 February 2000 5 0 4 0 8
80 Shontayne Hape   CE 18 March 2000 13 3 0 0 12
81 Henry Fa'afili   /   WG 26 March 2000 13 4 0 0 16
82 Jason Bell   FE / HK 13 May 2000 8 0 0 0 0
83 David Mulhall   FB 18 June 2000 3 0 1 0 2
84 Jonathan Smith   SR 24 June 2000 2 0 0 0 0
85 Henry Perenara   SR 24 June 2000 3 0 0 0 0

Staff

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  • Chief executive Officer: Trevor McKewen

Coaching staff

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Transfers

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Gains

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Player Previous Club Length Notes
Scott Pethybridge North Sydney Bears
Ivan Cleary Sydney City Roosters
Matthew Spence Western Suburbs Magpies
Scott Coxon Western Suburbs Magpies
Mark Tookey Parramatta Eels
David Myles Cronulla Sharks

Mid-Season Gains

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Player Previous Club Length Notes
Jason Bell Newtown Jets Debut Round 15
David Mulhall Brisbane Souths Debut Round 20

Losses

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Player Club Notes
Tony Tatupu Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Syd Eru Retired
Matthew Ridge Retired
Bryan Henare St Helens R.F.C.
Brady Malam Wigan Warriors
Shane Endacott Retired
Peter Lewis Mt Albert Lions
Carl Doherty Mt Albert Lions
Boycie Nelson Otahuhu Leopards

Other Teams

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The Warriors had feeder agreements with the Newtown Jets in the NSWRL Premier League and Brisbane Souths in the Queensland Cup.[2] Players not selected for the first grade side would be sent to one of these clubs for the weekend. This arrangement also worked the other way when the Warriors signed Jason Bell from the Jets midway through the season and the Brisbane Souths captain, David Mulhall, made his debut in Round 20. Occasionally players were also released to Bartercard Cup teams.[3]

Awards

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Robert Mears won the club's Player of the Year award.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Jessup, Peter (19 January 2000). "Warriors go with experience for warm-up match". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  2. ^ Richard Becht Backs To The Future, 16 March 2000
  3. ^ John Coffey Whatuira boosts Wainui backline The Press, 8 April 2000
  4. ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual 2002, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 2002. p.50
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