2004 New Zealand Warriors season

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.

Milestones

• 8 May - Round 9: Stacey Jones makes his 200th first-grade appearance in New Zealand's 16-8 loss against the North Queensland Cowboys at Dairy Farmers Stadium.
• 30 May - Round 12: Brent Webb played in his 50th match for the club.
• 6 June - Round 13: Iafeta Paleaaesina played in his 50th match for the club.
• 18 July - Round 19: Vinnie Anderson played in his 50th match for the club.
• 14 August - Round 23: Lance Hohaia played in his 50th match for the club.
• 29 August - Round 25: Sione Faumuina played in his 50th match for the club.

Jersey & Sponsors

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

Fixtures

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
20 March	Round 2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Lost	10-16	Fa'afili, Meli	Martin (1)	16,425
28 March	Round 3	Penrith Panthers	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Lost	22-42	L.Anderson, Guttenbeil, Latu, Paleaaesina	Faumuina (3)	15,781
4 April	Round 4	Manly Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval, Sydney	Win	28-10	Lauaki (2), Webb (2), Lauitiiti	Faumuina (4)	8,722
10 April	Round 5	Newcastle Knights	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Lost	20-34	Martin, Murphy, Seuseu	Faumuina (4)	14,409
16 April	Round 6	Canterbury Bulldogs	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	Lost	18-24	V.Anderson, Jones, Lauaki	Faumuina (3)	13,772
	Round 7	Bye
2 May	Round 8	Melbourne Storm	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	20-14	Faumuina, Lauaki, Villsanti	Faumuina (4)	9,637
8 May	Round 9	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville	Lost	8-16	V.Anderson	Faumuina (2)	13,062
16 May	Round 10	Manly Sea Eagles	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Lost	20-42	Jones (2), Meli	Faumuina (4)	10,099
23 May	Round 11	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	Win	26-12	V.Anderson (2), Meli (2), Jones	Faumuina (3)	8,032
30 May	Round 12	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	Lost	6-58	Paleaaesina	Faumuina (1)	10,078
6 June	Round 13	Canberra Raiders	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	20-14	V.Anderson, Hohaia, Meli, Villasanti	Faumuina (2)	6,967
13 June	Round 14	Wests Tigers	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	Lost	4-50	Tookey		16,221
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
26 June	Round 16	Melbourne Storm	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne	Lost	6-42	Martin	Hohaia (1)	10,621
3 July	Round 17	Parramatta Eels	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	20-10	Jones, Ropati, Toopi	Martin (4)	6,391
10 July	Round 18	Cronulla Sharks	Toyota Park, Sydney	Lost	14-22	L.Anderson, Betham, Koopu	Faumuina (1)	7,017
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
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
	Round 21	Bye
7 August	Round 22	Brisbane Broncos	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Lost	14-21	Meli, Villasanti	Jones (2)	9,710
14 August	Round 23	St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	Lost	10-28	Meli, Webb	Jones (1)	12,520
21 August	Round 24	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney	Lost	18-48	Hohaia, Martin, Villasanti	Faumuina (3)	7,271
29 August	Round 25	Sydney Roosters	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Lost	24-30	Guttenbeil, Ropati, Temata, Vuna	Jones (4)	8,019
5 September	Round 26	Canterbury Bulldogs	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Lost	10-54	Martin (2)	Jones (1)	9,930

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

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	NZL !	HB	April 23, 1995	23	6	15	1	55
33	Guttenbeil, AwenAwen Guttenbeil	NZL ! /	SR	April 14, 1996	21	2	0	0	8
50	Seu Seu, JerryJerry Seu Seu	NZL ! /	PR	August 16, 1997	11	1	0	0	4
55	Lauitiiti, AliAli Lauitiiti	NZL ! /	SR	April 19, 1998	5	1	0	0	4
61	Betham, MontyMonty Betham	NZL ! /	HK / LK	March 8, 1999	13	1	0	0	4
64	Koopu, WairangiWairangi Koopu	NZL !	CE / SR	April 9, 1999	21	2	0	0	8
65	Meli, FrancisFrancis Meli	NZL ! /	WG	May 2, 1999	16	10	0	0	40
66	Toopi, ClintonClinton Toopi	NZL !	CE	May 2, 1999	18	3	0	0	12
76	Tookey, MarkMark Tookey	AUS !	PR	February 6, 2000	5	0	0	0	4
81	Fa'afili, HenryHenry Fa'afili	NZL ! /	WG	March 26, 2000	13	3	0	0	12
87	Villasanti, RichardRichard Villasanti	AUS ! /	PR	February 18, 2001	19	5	0	0	20
92	Murphy, JustinJustin Murphy	FRA !	WG	April 7, 2001	8	1	0	0	4
93	Paleaaesina, IafetaIafeta Paleaaesina	NZL ! /	PR	June 1, 2001	21	3	0	0	12
96	Marsh, PJPJ Marsh	AUS !	HB / HK	March 24, 2002	0	0	0	0	0
97	Webb, BrentBrent Webb	NZL !	FB	April 1, 2002	23	8	1	0	34
98	Faumuina, SioneSione Faumuina	NZL !	CE / LK	April 1, 2002	19	1	32	0	68
99	Hohaia, LanceLance Hohaia	NZL !	UB	April 6, 2002	17	2	4	0	16
100	Anderson, VinnieVinnie Anderson	NZL ! /	CE	July 7, 2002	22	6	0	0	24
102	Tuimavave, EvarnEvarn Tuimavave	NZL !	PR	September 1, 2002	13	1	0	0	4
103	Temata, KarlKarl Temata	COK !	PR / SR	September 6, 2002	21	1	0	0	4
105	Leuluai, ThomasThomas Leuluai	NZL !	HB	May 2, 2003	9	1	0	0	4
106	Mellars, VinceVince Mellars	NZL !	CE	June 7, 2003	3	0	0	0	0
107	Latu, TevitaTevita Latu	NZL ! /	HK	June 7, 2003	7	1	0	0	4
108	Ropati, JeromeJerome Ropati	NZL !	CE / FE	August 31, 2003	11	4	0	0	16
109	Martin, TonyTony Martin	AUS !	CE	March 14, 2004	18	5	7	0	34
110	Lauaki, EpalahameEpalahame Lauaki	NZL ! /	SR	March 14, 2004	16	4	0	0	16
111	Sullivan, DannyDanny Sullivan	AUS !	SR	March 28, 2004	1	0	0	0	0
112	Anderson, LouisLouis Anderson	NZL ! /	LK	March 28, 2004	16	3	0	0	12
113	Jobson, MattMatt Jobson	AUS !	PR	April 4, 2004	2	0	0	0	0
114	Dezolt, PaulPaul Dezolt	ITA !	HK	May 8, 2004	3	0	0	0	0
115	Vatuvei, ManuManu Vatuvei	NZL !	WG	May 23, 2004	5	0	0	0	0
116	Stowers, ShannonShannon Stowers	NZL !	PR	June 20, 2004	2	0	0	0	0
117	Rangi, HerewiniHerewini Rangi	NZL !	HK	July 25, 2004	1	0	0	0	0
118	Vuna, CooperCooper Vuna	NZL ! /	WG	August 21, 2004	2	1	0	0	4
119	Ferris, KaneKane Ferris	NZL !	PR	August 29, 2004	1	0	0	0	0
120	Atkins, PaulPaul Atkins	NZL !	WG	August 29, 2004	1	0	0	0	0

Staff

• Chief Executive Officer: Mick Watson

Coaching Staff

• Head Coach: Daniel Anderson (until June, replaced by Tony Kemp)
• Assistant Coach: Tony Kemp
• Assistant Coach: Rohan Smith (left in June, joining the London Broncos^[2])

Transfers

Gains

Losses

Mid-Season Losses

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.

Awards

Wairangi Koopu won the Player of the Year award.^[3]

References

External links

• Warriors official site
• 2004 Warriors Season at rugbyleagueproject.org