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.

1 Milestones
2 Jersey & Sponsors
3 Fixtures
- 3.1 Pre-season trials
- 3.2 Regular Season
4 Ladder
5 Squad
6 Staff
- 6.1 Coaching Staff
7 Transfers
- 7.1 Gains
  - 7.1.1 Mid-Season Gains
- 7.2 Losses
8 Other Teams
9 Awards
10 References
11 External links

Milestones

Round 9: Joe Vagana played in his 100th match for the club.
Round 14: The Warriors lost 0-54 to the St. George Illawarra Dragons at WIN Stadium. This result stands as the Warriors largest defeat to date.

Jersey & Sponsors

For 2000 the Warriors again used a similar style of jersey, produced by Nike, Inc. A red away jersey was also used, and was occasionally worn at home matches.

Fixtures

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

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

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

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

North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in one game.

Squad

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	Pts
13	Tuimavave, TonyTony Tuimavave	NZL ! /	PR / LK	March 10, 1995	20	5	0	20
18	Vagana, JoeJoe Vagana	NZL ! /	PR	March 18, 1995	24	1	0	4
24	Jones, StaceyStacey Jones	NZL !	HB	April 23, 1995	19	3	19	50
32	Vagana, NigelNigel Vagana	NZL ! /	CE	April 4, 1996	26	12	0	48
33	Guttenbeil, AwenAwen Guttenbeil	NZL ! /	SR	April 14, 1996	3	0	0	0
42	Swann, LoganLogan Swann	NZL !	SR	March 1, 1997	23	5	0	20
47	Oudenryn, LeeLee Oudenryn	AUS !	WG	July 6, 1997	19	8	1	34
50	Seu Seu, JerryJerry Seu Seu	NZL ! /	PR	August 16, 1997	17	0	0	0
55	Lauitiiti, AliAli Lauitiiti	NZL ! /	SR	April 19, 1998	19	7	0	28
56	Galuvao, JoeJoe Galuvao	NZL ! /	FB / CE	May 2, 1998	3	0	0	0
58	Manuel, OdellOdell Manuel	NZL !	WG	March 8, 1999	15	4	0	16
59	Death, JasonJason Death	AUS !	HK / LK	March 8, 1999	16	5	0	20
60	Hermansson, TerryTerry Hermansson	NZL !	PR	March 8, 1999	15	1	0	4
61	Betham, MontyMonty Betham	NZL ! /	HK / LK	March 8, 1999	19	0	0	0
62	Beverley, CliffCliff Beverley	NZL !	FE	March 21, 1999	19	3	0	12
64	Koopu, WairangiWairangi Koopu	NZL !	CE / SR	April 9, 1999	0	0	0	0
65	Meli, FrancisFrancis Meli	NZL ! /	WG	May 2, 1999	2	0	0	0
66	Toopi, ClintonClinton Toopi	NZL !	CE	May 2, 1999	4	1	0	4
68	Mears, RobertRobert Mears	AUS !	HK	May 16, 1999	25	6	0	24
69	Simon, JohnJohn Simon	AUS !	FE	June 12, 1999	20	1	25	54
71	Liava'a, TaliteTalite Liava'a	TON !	PR	July 4, 1999	9	0	0	0
72	Pethybridge, ScottScott Pethybridge	AUS !	UB	February 6, 2000	14	0	1	2
73	Cleary, IvanIvan Cleary	AUS !	FB / CE	February 6, 2000	5	1	10	24
74	Spence, MattMatt Spence	NZL !	SR	February 6, 2000	18	3	0	12
75	Coxon, ScottScott Coxon	AUS !	SR	February 6, 2000	12	1	0	4
76	Tookey, MarkMark Tookey	AUS !	PR	February 6, 2000	10	0	0	0
77	Myles, DavidDavid Myles	AUS !	CE	February 14, 2000	21	2	0	8
78	Whatuira, PaulPaul Whatuira	NZL !	CE	February 14, 2000	5	0	0	0
79	Lythe, BenBen Lythe	NZL !	HB	February 26, 2000	5	0	4	8
80	Hape, ShontayneShontayne Hape	NZL !	CE	March 18, 2000	13	3	0	12
81	Fa'afili, HenryHenry Fa'afili	NZL ! /	WG	March 26, 2000	13	4	0	16
82	Bell, JasonJason Bell	AUS !	FE / HK	May 13, 2000	8	0	0	0
83	Mulhall, DavidDavid Mulhall	NZL !	FB	June 18, 2000	3	0	1	2
84	Smith, JonathanJonathan Smith	NZL !	SR	June 24, 2000	2	0	0	0
85	Perenara, HenryHenry Perenara	NZL !	SR	June 24, 2000	3	0	0	0

Staff

Chief Executive Officer: Trevor McKewen

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Mark Graham

Transfers

Gains

Player	Previous Club	Length	Notes
Pethybridge, ScottScott Pethybridge	North Sydney Bears
Cleary, IvanIvan Cleary	Sydney City Roosters
Spence, MatthewMatthew Spence	Western Suburbs Magpies
Coxon, ScottScott Coxon	Western Suburbs Magpies
Tookey, MarkMark Tookey	Parramatta Eels
Myles, DavidDavid Myles	Cronulla Sharks

Mid-Season Gains

Player	Previous Club	Length	Notes
Bell, JasonJason Bell	Newtown Jets		Debut Round 15
Mulhall, DavidDavid Mulhall	Brisbane Souths		Debut Round 20

Losses

Player	Club	Notes
Tatupu, TonyTony Tatupu	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Eru, SydSyd Eru	Retired
Ridge, MatthewMatthew Ridge	Retired
Henare, BryanBryan Henare	St Helens RLFC
Malam, BradyBrady Malam	Wigan Warriors
Endacott, ShaneShane Endacott	Retired
Lewis, PeterPeter Lewis	Mt Albert Lions
Doherty, CarlCarl Doherty	Mt Albert Lions
Nelson, BoycieBoycie Nelson	Otahuhu Leopards

Other Teams

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 mid way 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

Robert Mears won the clubs Player of the Year award.^[4]

References

^ Jessup, Peter (19 January 2000). "Warriors go with experience for warm-up match". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=112604. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
^ Richard Becht Backs To The Future, 16 March 2000
^ John Coffey Whatuira boosts Wainui backline The Press, 8 April 2000
^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual 2002, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 2002. p.50

External links

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