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.

Milestones

• 20 February - Round 3: Nigel Vagana played in his 50th match for the club.
• 1 April - Round 9: Joe Vagana played in his 100th match for the club.
• 8 April - Round 10: Lee Oudenryn played in his 50th match for the club.
• 6 May - 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.
• 18 June - Round 20: Jerry Seuseu played in his 50th match for the club.
• October-November: 20 players from the club participated in the World Cup: Stacey Jones, Ali Lauitiiti, Logan Swann, Joe Vagana, Nigel Vagana (New Zealand), Peter Lewis (Cook Islands), Talite Liava'a (Tonga), Monty Betham, Henry Fa'afili, Joe Galuvao, Vae Kololo, Francis Meli, Jerry Seuseu (Samoa), Terry Hermansson, Wairangi Koopu, Odell Manuel, Boycie Nelson, Henry Perenara, Clinton Toopi, Paul Whatuira (Aotearoa Māori).

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
21 January	Canberra Raiders	Western Springs Stadium, Auckland	Win	22-8	Death, J.Vagana, Spence, Manuel	Cleary (3)	16,000	[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
14 February	Round 2	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney	Loss	16-17	N.Vagana (2), Beverley, Myles		10,807
20 February	Round 3	Brisbane Broncos	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	10-28	Lauiti'iti	Cleary (3)	17,505
26 February	Round 4	Newcastle Knights	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Draw	18-18	Lauiti'iti, Tuimavave, N.Vagana	Cleary (3)	12,560
6 March	Round 5	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium, Canberra	Loss	12-56	Tuimavave (2)	Cleary (2)	8,170
11 March	Round 6	Penrith Panthers	CUA Stadium, Sydney	Loss	24-31	Death, Beverley, Cleary	Lythe (2), Cleary (1), Pethybridge (1)	9,305
18 March	Round 7	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	8-36	Death	Lythe (2)	11,217
26 March	Round 8	Sydney Roosters	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	26-22	Beverley, Hermansson, Lauiti'iti, Swann	Simon (5)	11,125
1 April	Round 9	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney	Loss	22-24	Oudenryn (2), N.Vagana (2)	Simon (3)	12,026
8 April	Round 10	Canterbury Bulldogs	Telstra Stadium, Sydney	Draw	18-18	Lauiti'iti, Oudenryn, N.Vagana	Simon (3)	7,132
15 April	Round 11	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville	Win	18-12	N.Vagana (2), Tuimavave	Simon (3)	13,557
24 April	Round 12	Cronulla Sharks	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	24-20	Death, Fa'afili, Spence, Oudenryn	Simon (4)	12,286
29 April	Round 13	Wests Tigers	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	4-30	N.Vagana		12,560
6 May	Round 14	St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	Loss	0-54			7,039
13 May	Round 15	Northern Eagles	Brookvale Oval, Sydney	Win	18-14	Lauiti'iti, Myles, N.Vagana	Simon (3)	6,106
20 May	Round 16	Canterbury Bulldogs	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	24-12	Hape (2), Manuel, Oudenryn, N.Vagana	Simon (2)	11,000
27 May	Round 17	Newcastle Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle	Loss	12-30	Jones, Mears	Simon (2)	13,954
3 June	Round 18	Canberra Raiders	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	6-13	Oudenryn	Oudenryn (1)	9,500
10 June	Round 19	Penrith Panthers	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	20-24	Hape, Mears, Swann	Jones (4)	10,305
18 June	Round 20	Melbourne Storm	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne	Loss	10-56	Fa'afili, Oudenryn	Mulhall (1)	13,028
24 June	Round 21	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	Loss	4-36	Oudenryn		7,286
30 June	Round 22	Parramatta Eels	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	10-11	Mears, Coxon	Jones (1)	9,220
8 July	Round 23	Cronulla Sharks	Toyota Park, Sydney	Loss	12-22	Lauiti'iti, Spence	Jones (2)	10,635
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
22 July	Round 25	Brisbane Broncos	ANZ Stadium, Brisbane	Loss	20-38	Jones, Manuel, Mears, J.Vagana	Jones (2)	17,545
30 July	Round 26	Northern Eagles	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	32-22	Mears (2), Fa'afili, Manuel, Simon, Spence	Jones (4)	13,263

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

Staff

• Chief Executive Officer: Trevor McKewen

Coaching Staff

• Head Coach: Mark Graham

Transfers

Gains

Mid-Season Gains

Losses

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

External links

• Warriors official site
• 2000 Warriors Season at rugbyleagueproject.org