1999 Auckland Warriors season

1999 Auckland Warriors
League 11th NRL
1999 record 10-0-14
Points for 538
Points against 498
Team information
CEO Trevor McKewen
Coach Mark Graham
Captain Matthew Ridge
Alternate captains Stacey Jones
John Simon
Ground Ericsson Stadium
Average attendance 11,135
Top scorers
Tries Stacey Jones (15)
Goals Matthew Ridge (34)
Points Matthew Ridge (80)
 < 1998 2000 > 

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.

Contents

Milestones

Jersey & Sponsors

For 1999 the Warriors again used a similar style of jersey, produced by Nike, Inc.

The Sale

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. Unfortunately this move did not improve the Warriors on field performances.

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

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

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

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

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

Squad

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 Hoppe, SeanSean Hoppe WG March 10, 1995 13 2 0 0 8
6 Ngamu, GeneGene Ngamu FE March 10, 1995 6 0 1 0 2
12 Tatupu, TonyTony Tatupu SR March 10, 1995 21 0 0 0 0
13 Tuimavave, TonyTony Tuimavave PR / LK March 10, 1995 16 2 0 0 8
18 Vagana, JoeJoe Vagana / PR March 18, 1995 24 5 0 0 20
19 Eru, SydSyd Eru HK March 28, 1995 2 0 0 0 0
24 Jones, StaceyStacey Jones HB April 23, 1995 24 15 5 0 70
32 Vagana, NigelNigel Vagana / CE April 4, 1996 21 12 0 0 48
33 Guttenbeil, AwenAwen Guttenbeil / SR April 14, 1996 3 0 0 0 0
37 Malam, BradyBrady Malam PR June 23, 1996 8 0 0 0 0
38 Henare, BryanBryan Henare SR July 23, 1996 7 1 0 0 4
40 Ridge, MatthewMatthew Ridge FB March 1, 1997 10 3 34 0 80
42 Swann, LoganLogan Swann SR March 1, 1997 24 7 1 0 30
44 Endacott, ShaneShane Endacott FE March 29, 1997 17 1 0 0 4
47 Oudenryn, LeeLee Oudenryn WG July 6, 1997 17 8 0 0 32
50 Seu Seu, JerryJerry Seu Seu / PR August 16, 1997 16 1 0 0 4
55 Lauitiiti, AliAli Lauitiiti / SR April 19, 1998 20 7 0 0 28
56 Galuvao, JoeJoe Galuvao / FB / CE May 2, 1998 13 3 0 0 12
58 Manuel, OdellOdell Manuel WG March 8, 1999 24 9 0 0 36
59 Death, JasonJason Death HK / LK March 8, 1999 18 4 0 0 16
60 Hermansson, TerryTerry Hermansson PR March 8, 1999 24 0 0 0 0
61 Betham, MontyMonty Betham HK / LK March 8, 1999 3 0 0 0 0
62 Beverley, CliffCliff Beverley FE March 21, 1999 16 4 0 0 16
63 Lewis, PeterPeter Lewis CE April 3, 1999 11 1 0 0 4
64 Koopu, WairangiWairangi Koopu CE / SR April 9, 1999 6 1 0 0 4
65 Meli, FrancisFrancis Meli / WG May 2, 1999 3 2 0 0 8
66 Toopi, ClintonClinton Toopi CE May 2, 1999 2 0 0 0 0
67 Doherty, CarlCarl Doherty FB May 2, 1999 5 0 14 0 28
68 Mears, RobertRobert Mears HK May 16, 1999 15 4 0 0 16
69 Simon, JohnJohn Simon FE June 12, 1999 12 1 26 0 56
70 Nelson, BoycieBoycie Nelson CE June 19, 1999 5 1 0 0 4
71 Liava'a, TaliteTalite Liava'a PR July 4, 1999 2 0 0 0 0

Staff

Coaching Staff

Transfers

Gains

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Death, JasonJason Death North Queensland Cowboys
Hermansson, TerryTerry Hermansson Souths
Nelson, BoycieBoycie Nelson Widnes Vikings

Mid-Season Gains

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Mears, RobertRobert Mears Canterbury Bulldogs Debut Rd 11
Simon, JohnJohn Simon Parramatta Eels Debut Rd 15
Liava'a, TaliteTalite Liava'a Balmain Tigers Debut Rd 18

Losses

Player Club Notes
Kearney, StephenStephen Kearney Melbourne Storm
Ropati, TeaTea Ropati Retired
Ellis, MarcMarc Ellis North Harbour Rugby Union
Swann, AnthonyAnthony Swann North Sydney Bears
Staladi, PaulPaul Staladi Northland Rugby Union
Whittaker, AaronAaron Whittaker Canterbury Rugby League
Iro, KevinKevin Iro St Helens RLFC
Pongia, QuentinQuentin Pongia Sydney Roosters
Smith, TyranTyran Smith Canberra Raiders
Clarke, ZaneZane Clarke Cessnock
Watene, FrankFrank Watene Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Mid-Season Losses

Player Future Club
Ngamu, GeneGene Ngamu Huddersfield-Sheffield
Hoppe, SeanSean Hoppe St Helens RLFC

Other Teams

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

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

References

  1. ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 9781869693664.
  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

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