2006 New Zealand Warriors season

2006 New Zealand Warriors
League 10th NRL
2006 record 12-0-12
Points for 552
Points against 463
Team information
CEO Wayne Scurrah
Coach Ivan Cleary
Assistant Coach John Ackland
Captain Steve Price
Alternate captains Ruben Wiki (4)
Ground Ericsson Stadium
Average attendance 8,829
Top scorers
Tries Brent Webb (11)
Goals Tony Martin (68)
Points Tony Martin (160)
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The 2006 New Zealand Warriors season was the 12th in the club's history. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the club captain.

Contents

Milestones

Salary cap breach

Before the season started the Warriors were investigated by the National Rugby League over alleged salary cap breaches committed by the team's previous administrators. The club admitted to inflating its salary cap to the tune of nearly $1 million during the 2005 season. As punishment, the National Rugby League fined the Warriors club $430,000 and stripped the team of four competition points prior to the beginning of the season. It was the first time in 99 years of rugby league in Australia that a team has started a season on less than zero premiership points.

The Warriors appealed the decision by the NRL to strip the four competition points but accepted the financial penalty. Prior to the beginning of the season, the National Rugby League confirmed that the points penalty would stand. The penalty would prove the decisive factor in the Warriors missing the finals for the third year in succession.

Jersey & Sponsors

The Warriors adopted a new home jersey for 2006, a predominantly Black & White design supplied by Puma AG. A new away jersey was also adopted, being mainly Grey with Black details.

Fixtures

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 2006, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995. On 12 July, the stadium reverted to its original name: Mt Smart Stadium.

Pre-Season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
February 12 Trial 1 Canberra Raiders North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Loss 16 - 28 Todd Byrne, Tony Martin, Cooper Vuna Martin (2) 11,000 [1]
February 18 Trial 2 North Queensland Cowboys Barlow Park, Cairns Loss 10 - 26 Manu Vatuvei, George Tuakura Martin (1) 15,000 [1]
February 25 Trial 3 Bulldogs Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast Win 24 - 20 Nathan Fien, Ruben Wiki, Tony Martin, Jerome Ropati Martin (4) 12,380 [1]

Regular Season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
12 March Round 1 Melbourne Storm Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 16 - 22 Koopu, Vatuvei, Ropati Martin (2) 10,035 [2]
18 March Round 2 Parramatta Eels Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Loss 14 - 22 Tuimavave, Vatuvei Martin (3) 16,089 [3]
25 March Round 3 Wests Tigers AMI Stadium, Christchurch Win 26 - 10 Guttenbeil, Ropati, Toopi, Webb, Vatuvei Martin (3) 14,675 [4]
2 April Round 4 Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Win 26 - 22 Fien, Rovelli, Tuimavave, Vatuvei Martin (5) 18,359 [5]
9 April Round 5 Manly Sea Eagles Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 8 - 22 Martin (2) 7,888 [6]
15 April Round 6 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Loss 14 - 18 Koopu, Webb Martin (3) 7,174 [7]
22 April Round 7 South Sydney Rabbitohs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 46 - 14 Wiki (2), Byrne, Gatis, Martin, Price, Webb Martin (9) 8,015 [8]
30 April Round 8 Bulldogs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 16 - 30 Faumuina, Koopu Martin (4) 11,604 [9]
Round 9 Bye
13 May Round 10 St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Illawarra Loss 16 - 22 Mannering, Price, Webb Martin (2) 10,117 [10]
20 May Round 11 Wests Tigers Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 34 - 12 Anderson, Faumuina, Mannering, Rovelli, Tuimavave, Webb Martin (5) 8,210 [11]
27 May Round 12 Cronulla Sharks Toyota Park, Sydney Loss 20 - 34 Koopu (2), Mannering, Faumuina Martin (2) 9,490 [12]
4 June Round 13 Brisbane Broncos Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 18 - 23 Wiki (2), Ah Van Martin (3) 7,746 [13]
11 June Round 14 Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 22 - 12 Vatuvei (2), Fien, Martin, Webb Martin (1) 6,806 [14]
18 June Round 15 Newcastle Knights Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 30 - 18 Fien (2), Faumuina, Price, Ropati Martin (5) 6,240 [15]
25 June Round 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs Telstra Stadium, Sydney Win 66 - 0 Hohaia (3), Ropati (2), Webb (2), Ah Van, Mannering, Martin, Price, Tuimavave Martin (9) 6,597 [16]
1 July Round 17 Penrith Panthers Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 28 - 22 Mannering (2), Martin, Webb, Wiki Martin (4) 8,723 [17]
9 July Round 18 Bulldogs Telstra Stadium, Sydney Loss 18 - 22 (a.e.t) Koopu, Mannering, Vatuvei Martin (3) 14,076 [18]
15 July Round 19 Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 12 - 20 Price, Rovelli Martin (2) 14,499 [19]
Round 20 Bye
29 July Round 21 Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Loss 6 - 36 Vautvei Martin (1) 9,725 [20]
5 August Round 22 Cronulla Sharks Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 12 - 10 Luck, Rovelli Martin (2) 4,850 [21]
12 August Round 23 North Queensland Cowboys Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 26 - 0 Hohaia (2), Mannering, Rapira, Vatuvei Hohaia (3) 5,425 [22]
19 August Round 24 Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Win 24 - 20 Webb (2), Mannering, Vatuvei Hohaia (4) 13,477 [23]
27 August Round 25 Sydney Roosters Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 42 - 16 Ropati (4), Ah Van (2), Lauaki, Wiki Hohaia (5) 12,711 [24]
3 September Round 26 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Loss 12 - 36 Byrne, Rovelli Hohaia (2) 47,193 [25]

Ladder

Team Pld W D L B F A PD Pts
1 Melbourne 24 20 0 4 2 605 404 +201 44
2 Bulldogs 24 16 0 8 2 608 468 +140 36
3 Brisbane 24 14 0 10 2 497 392 +105 32
4 Newcastle 24 14 0 10 2 608 538 +70 32
5 Manly-Warringah 24 14 0 10 2 534 493 +41 32
6 St. George Illawarra 24 14 0 10 2 519 481 +38 32
7 Canberra 24 13 0 11 2 525 573 -48 30
8 Parramatta 24 12 0 12 2 506 483 +23 28
9 North Queensland 24 11 0 13 2 450 463 -13 26
10 New Zealand 24 12 0 12 2 552 463 +89 24*
11 Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 490 565 -75 24
12 Penrith 24 10 0 14 2 510 587 -77 24
13 Cronulla 24 9 0 15 2 515 544 -29 22
14 Sydney 24 8 0 16 2 528 650 -122 20
15 South Sydney 24 3 0 21 2 429 772 -343 10

*New Zealand Warriors were stripped of 4 competition points due to breaches of the salary cap.

Squad

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

Twenty five players were used by the Warriors in 2006, including several players who made their first grade debuts.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
33 Guttenbeil, AwenAwen Guttenbeil SR April 14 1996 23 1 0 0 4
64 Koopu, WairangiWairangi Koopu CE / SR April 9 1999 20 6 0 0 24
66 Toopi, ClintonClinton Toopi CE May 2 1999 10 1 0 0 4
87 Villasanti, RichardRichard Villasanti PR February 18 2001 1 0 0 0 0
97 Webb, BrentBrent Webb FB April 1 2002 22 11 0 0 44
98 Faumuina, SioneSione Faumuina CE / LK April 1 2002 17 4 0 0 16
99 Hohaia, LanceLance Hohaia UB April 6 2002 12 5 14 0 48
102 Tuimavave, EvarnEvarn Tuimavave PR September 1 2002 23 4 0 0 16
108 Ropati, JeromeJerome Ropati CE / FE August 31 2003 22 9 0 0 36
109 Martin, TonyTony Martin CE March 14 2004 20 6 68 0 160
110 Lauaki, EpalahameEpalahame Lauaki SR March 14 2004 8 1 0 0 4
112 Anderson, LouisLouis Anderson LK March 28 2004 23 1 0 0 4
115 Vatuvei, ManuManu Vatuvei WG May 23 2004 18 10 0 0 40
118 Vuna, CooperCooper Vuna WG August 21 2004 3 0 0 0 0
121 Price, SteveSteve Price PR March 13 2005 21 5 0 0 20
122 Byrne, ToddTodd Byrne WG March 13 2005 9 2 0 0 8
123 Wiki, RubenRuben Wiki PR March 13 2005 22 6 0 0 24
124 Fien, NathanNathan Fien HK March 13 2005 21 4 0 0 16
125 Mannering, SimonSimon Mannering CE June 26 2005 17 9 0 0 36
126 Luck, MichealMicheal Luck SR March 12 2006 24 1 0 0 4
127 Rovelli, GrantGrant Rovelli HB March 12 2006 24 4 0 0 16
128 Gatis, GeorgeGeorge Gatis HK March 25 2006 17 2 0 0 8
129 Ah Van, PatrickPatrick Ah Van WG April 9 2006 15 4 0 0 16
130 Taulapapa, MisiMisi Taulapapa WG April 22 2006 5 0 0 0 0
131 Rapira, SamSam Rapira PR May 20 2006 10 1 0 0 4

Staff

Coaching Staff

Transfers

Gains

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Luck, MichealMicheal Luck North Queensland Cowboys
Rovelli, GrantGrant Rovelli Sydney Roosters
Gatis, GeorgeGeorge Gatis North Queensland Cowboys

Losses

Player Club Notes
Jones, StaceyStacey Jones Catalans Dragons
Betham, MontyMonty Betham Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Meli, FrancisFrancis Meli St Helens RLFC
Paleaaesina, IafetaIafeta Paleaaesina Wigan Warriors
Temata, KarlKarl Temata Harlequins Rugby League
Latu, TevitaTevita Latu Cronulla Sharks

Mid-Season Losses

Player Club Notes
Richard Villasanti Cronulla Sharks granted an early release on 3 May after 96 appearances for the Warriors since arriving in 2001.
Clinton Toopi Leeds Rhinos granted an early release on 17 July.
Sione Faumuina Harlequins Rugby League contract terminated by the Warriors on 30 Augustafter another case of serious misconduct.

Awards

Other Teams

Players not required by the Warriors were released to play in the 2006 Bartercard Cup. These included Misi Taulapapa for the Mount Albert Lions and Cooper Vuna for the Tamaki Titans. Sam Rapira and Lance Hohaia both made appearances for the Waicoa Bay Stallions while Richard Villasanti played for the Canterbury Bulls.

References

  1. ^ a b c 2006 NRL trials warriors.co.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 1 rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 2 rugbyleagueproject.org
  4. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 3 rugbyleagueproject.org
  5. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 4 rugbyleagueproject.org
  6. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 5 rugbyleagueproject.org
  7. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 6 rugbyleagueproject.org
  8. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 7 rugbyleagueproject.org
  9. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 8 rugbyleagueproject.org
  10. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 10 rugbyleagueproject.org
  11. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 11 rugbyleagueproject.org
  12. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 12 rugbyleagueproject.org
  13. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 13 rugbyleagueproject.org
  14. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 14 rugbyleagueproject.org
  15. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 15 rugbyleagueproject.org
  16. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 16 rugbyleagueproject.org
  17. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 17 rugbyleagueproject.org
  18. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 18 rugbyleagueproject.org
  19. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 19 rugbyleagueproject.org
  20. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 21 rugbyleagueproject.org
  21. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 22 rugbyleagueproject.org
  22. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 23 rugbyleagueproject.org
  23. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 24 rugbyleagueproject.org
  24. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 25 rugbyleagueproject.org
  25. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 26 rugbyleagueproject.org

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