2004 New Zealand Warriors season

2004 New Zealand Warriors
League 14th NRL
2004 record 6-0-18
Points for 427
Points against 693
Team information
CEO Mick Watson
Coach Daniel Anderson (11)
Tony Kemp (13)
Assistant Coach Tony Kemp
Captain Monty Betham
Alternate captains Awen Guttenbeil
Stacey Jones
Ground Ericsson Stadium
Average attendance 10,171
Top scorers
Tries Francis Meli (10)
Goals Sione Faumuina (32)
Points Sione Faumuina (68)
 < 2003 2005 > 

The 2004 New Zealand Warriors season was the 10th in the club's history. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Daniel Anderson while Monty Betham was the club captain. Daniel Anderson resigned in June and was replaced by assistant coach Tony Kemp.

Contents

Milestones

Jersey & Sponsors

The Warriors made no changes to their jersey design for the 2004 season.

Fixtures

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 2004, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Pre-season Trials

The Warriors played the St. George Illawarra Dragons in Hamilton.[1]

Regular Season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
14 March Round 1 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Lost 20-28 Webb (2), Leuluai, Meli Martin (2) 28,548 [1]
20 March Round 2 St. George Illawarra Dragons Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 10-16 Fa'afili, Meli Martin (1) 16,425 [2]
28 March Round 3 Penrith Panthers Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 22-42 L.Anderson, Guttenbeil, Latu, Paleaaesina Faumuina (3) 15,781 [3]
4 April Round 4 Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Sydney Win 28-10 Lauaki (2), Webb (2), Lauitiiti Faumuina (4) 8,722 [4]
10 April Round 5 Newcastle Knights Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 20-34 Martin, Murphy, Seuseu Faumuina (4) 14,409 [5]
16 April Round 6 Canterbury Bulldogs Westpac Stadium, Wellington Lost 18-24 V.Anderson, Jones, Lauaki Faumuina (3) 13,772 [6]
Round 7 Bye
2 May Round 8 Melbourne Storm Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 20-14 Faumuina, Lauaki, Villsanti Faumuina (4) 9,637 [7]
8 May Round 9 North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Lost 8-16 V.Anderson Faumuina (2) 13,062 [8]
16 May Round 10 Manly Sea Eagles Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 20-42 Jones (2), Meli Faumuina (4) 10,099 [9]
23 May Round 11 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 26-12 V.Anderson (2), Meli (2), Jones Faumuina (3) 8,032 [10]
30 May Round 12 Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Lost 6-58 Paleaaesina Faumuina (1) 10,078 [11]
6 June Round 13 Canberra Raiders Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 20-14 V.Anderson, Hohaia, Meli, Villasanti Faumuina (2) 6,967 [12]
13 June Round 14 Wests Tigers AMI Stadium, Christchurch Lost 4-50 Tookey 16,221 [13]
20 June Round 15 North Queensland Cowboys Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 26-28 (a.e.t) Toopi (2), V.Anderson, Fa'afili, Tuimavave, Villasanti Webb (1) 6,793 [14]
26 June Round 16 Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Lost 6-42 Martin Hohaia (1) 10,621 [15]
3 July Round 17 Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 20-10 Jones, Ropati, Toopi Martin (4) 6,391 [16]
10 July Round 18 Cronulla Sharks Toyota Park, Sydney Lost 14-22 L.Anderson, Betham, Koopu Faumuina (1) 7,017 [17]
18 July Round 19 South Sydney Rabbitohs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 34-20 Webb (2), L.Anderson, Fa'afili, Koopu, Meli, Ropati Jones (2), Faumuina (1) 7,894 [18]
25 July Round 20 Canberra Raiders Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 29-30 (a.e.t) Jones, Meli, Paleaaesina, Ropati, Webb Jones (4 & FG) 8,535 [19]
Round 21 Bye
7 August Round 22 Brisbane Broncos Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 14-21 Meli, Villasanti Jones (2) 9,710 [20]
14 August Round 23 St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Lost 10-28 Meli, Webb Jones (1) 12,520 [21]
21 August Round 24 Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Lost 18-48 Hohaia, Martin, Villasanti Faumuina (3) 7,271 [22]
29 August Round 25 Sydney Roosters Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 24-30 Guttenbeil, Ropati, Temata, Vuna Jones (4) 8,019 [23]
5 September Round 26 Canterbury Bulldogs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Lost 10-54 Martin (2) Jones (1) 9,930 [24]

Ladder

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney 24 19 0 5 2 710 368 +342 42
2 Bulldogs 24 19 0 5 2 760 491 +269 42
3 Brisbane 24 16 1 7 2 602 533 +69 37
4 Penrith 24 15 0 9 2 672 567 +105 34
5 St George Illawarra 24 14 0 10 2 624 415 +209 32
6 Melbourne 24 13 0 11 2 684 517 +167 30
7 North Queensland 24 12 1 11 2 526 514 +12 29
8 Canberra 24 11 0 13 2 554 613 -59 26
9 Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 509 534 -25 24
10 Newcastle 24 10 0 14 2 516 617 -101 24
11 Cronulla 24 10 0 14 2 528 645 -117 24
12 Parramatta 24 9 0 15 2 517 626 -109 22
13 Manly-Warringah 24 9 0 15 2 615 754 -139 22
14 New Zealand 24 6 0 18 2 427 693 -266 16
15 South Sydney 24 5 2 17 2 455 812 -357 16

Squad

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

Thirty five players were used by the Warriors in 2004, including seven players who made their first grade debuts. In addition PJ Marsh was in the squad but did not play a game due to a serious injury.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
24 Jones, StaceyStacey Jones HB April 23, 1995 23 6 15 1 55
33 Guttenbeil, AwenAwen Guttenbeil / SR April 14, 1996 21 2 0 0 8
50 Seu Seu, JerryJerry Seu Seu / PR August 16, 1997 11 1 0 0 4
55 Lauitiiti, AliAli Lauitiiti / SR April 19, 1998 5 1 0 0 4
61 Betham, MontyMonty Betham / HK / LK March 8, 1999 13 1 0 0 4
64 Koopu, WairangiWairangi Koopu CE / SR April 9, 1999 21 2 0 0 8
65 Meli, FrancisFrancis Meli / WG May 2, 1999 16 10 0 0 40
66 Toopi, ClintonClinton Toopi CE May 2, 1999 18 3 0 0 12
76 Tookey, MarkMark Tookey PR February 6, 2000 5 0 0 0 4
81 Fa'afili, HenryHenry Fa'afili / WG March 26, 2000 13 3 0 0 12
87 Villasanti, RichardRichard Villasanti / PR February 18, 2001 19 5 0 0 20
92 Murphy, JustinJustin Murphy WG April 7, 2001 8 1 0 0 4
93 Paleaaesina, IafetaIafeta Paleaaesina / PR June 1, 2001 21 3 0 0 12
96 Marsh, PJPJ Marsh HB / HK March 24, 2002 0 0 0 0 0
97 Webb, BrentBrent Webb FB April 1, 2002 23 8 1 0 34
98 Faumuina, SioneSione Faumuina CE / LK April 1, 2002 19 1 32 0 68
99 Hohaia, LanceLance Hohaia UB April 6, 2002 17 2 4 0 16
100 Anderson, VinnieVinnie Anderson / CE July 7, 2002 22 6 0 0 24
102 Tuimavave, EvarnEvarn Tuimavave PR September 1, 2002 13 1 0 0 4
103 Temata, KarlKarl Temata PR / SR September 6, 2002 21 1 0 0 4
105 Leuluai, ThomasThomas Leuluai HB May 2, 2003 9 1 0 0 4
106 Mellars, VinceVince Mellars CE June 7, 2003 3 0 0 0 0
107 Latu, TevitaTevita Latu / HK June 7, 2003 7 1 0 0 4
108 Ropati, JeromeJerome Ropati CE / FE August 31, 2003 11 4 0 0 16
109 Martin, TonyTony Martin CE March 14, 2004 18 5 7 0 34
110 Lauaki, EpalahameEpalahame Lauaki / SR March 14, 2004 16 4 0 0 16
111 Sullivan, DannyDanny Sullivan SR March 28, 2004 1 0 0 0 0
112 Anderson, LouisLouis Anderson / LK March 28, 2004 16 3 0 0 12
113 Jobson, MattMatt Jobson PR April 4, 2004 2 0 0 0 0
114 Dezolt, PaulPaul Dezolt HK May 8, 2004 3 0 0 0 0
115 Vatuvei, ManuManu Vatuvei WG May 23, 2004 5 0 0 0 0
116 Stowers, ShannonShannon Stowers PR June 20, 2004 2 0 0 0 0
117 Rangi, HerewiniHerewini Rangi HK July 25, 2004 1 0 0 0 0
118 Vuna, CooperCooper Vuna / WG August 21, 2004 2 1 0 0 4
119 Ferris, KaneKane Ferris PR August 29, 2004 1 0 0 0 0
120 Atkins, PaulPaul Atkins WG August 29, 2004 1 0 0 0 0

Staff

Coaching Staff

Transfers

Gains

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Martin, TonyTony Martin London Broncos
Sullivan, DannyDanny Sullivan Parramatta Eels
Jobson, MattMatt Jobson Newcastle Knights
Dezolt, PaulPaul Dezolt North Queensland Cowboys

Losses

Player Club Notes
Robinson, MarkMark Robinson Northampton Saints (RU)
Carlaw, JohnJohn Carlaw St George Illawarra Dragons
Tony, MotuMotu Tony Brisbane Broncos
Swann, LoganLogan Swann Bradford Bulls

Mid-Season Losses

Player Club Notes
Lauitiiti, AliAli Lauitiiti Leeds Rhinos Released in April
Paul Dezolt Queensland Cup Released 14 June
Mark Tookey Castleford Tigers Released in June
Murphy, JustinJustin Murphy Widnes Vikings Released in July

Other Teams

Players not required by the Warriors were released to play in the 2004 Bartercard Cup. These included Iafeta Paleaaesina, who played for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders, Brent Webb, who played for the North Harbour Tigers, Evarn Tuimavave, who played with the Marist-Richmond Brothers, Lance Hohaia, who played with the Waicoa Bay Stallions and the Eastern Tornadoes' Justin Murphy.

References

  1. ^ Second chance: jailed for kicking pregnant ex-girlfriend in stomach, Metcalf gets to star again in NRL Sydney Morning Herald, 6 April 2011

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