1998 Auckland Warriors season
The Auckland Warriors 1998 season was the Auckland Warriors 4th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Frank Endacott while Matthew Ridge was the club's captain.
Milestones
- 10 April - Round 5: Joe Vagana plays his 50th match for the club.
- 19 April - Round 6: Syd Eru plays his 50th match for the club.
Jersey & Sponsors
For 1998 the Warriors again used a similar style of jersey, produced by Nike, Inc. DB Bitter remained the major sponsor while Bartercard joined as the sleeve sponsor.[1]
Fixtures
The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 1997, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.
Pre-season trials
Regular Season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
13 March | Round 1 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 18-24 | Ngamu, Kearney | Ngamu (5) | 9,500 | [6] |
21 March | Round 2 | Newcastle Knights | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle | Loss | 4-33 | Hoppe | | 23,503 | [7] |
27 March | Round 3 | Sydney City Roosters | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Win | 25-14 | Hoppe, Jones, Seuseu, N.Vagana | Ridge (4), Ngamu (FG) | 9,000 | [8] |
4 April | Round 4 | St. George Dragons | Oki Jubilee Stadium, Sydney | Loss | 24-28 | N.Vagana (2), Ropati, Smith | Ridge (4) | 10,003 | [9] |
10 April | Round 5 | Melbourne Storm | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Win | 16-12 | Hoppe, Jones, Tatupu | Ridge (2) | 14,503 | [10] |
19 April | Round 6 | North Sydney Bears | North Sydney Oval, Sydney | Loss | 26-44 | Jones, Lauitiiti, Tatupu, N.Vagana | Ridge (5) | 10,945 | [11] |
26 April | Round 7 | Newcastle Knights | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 14-38 | Ropati, N.Vagana | Ridge (3) | 7,500 | [12] |
2 May | Round 8 | Sydney City Roosters | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | Loss | 4-22 | Oudenryn | | 5,308 | [13] |
8 May | Round 9 | Cronulla Sharks | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 8-20 | Ropati | Ridge (2) | 7,500 | [14] |
16 May | Round 10 | Canterbury Bulldogs | Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney | Win | 20-6 | Jones, Oudenryn, A.Swann | Ridge (4) | 5,224 | [15] |
24 May | Round 11 | Canberra Raiders | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Win | 25-14 | Hoppe (2), N.Vagana (2) | Ridge (4), Whittaker (FG) | 8,000 | [16] |
30 May | Round 12 | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Stadium, Sydney | Loss | 6-14 | Kearney | Whittaker (1) | 13,218 | [17] |
7 June | Round 13 | Penrith Panthers | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Win | 15-14 | Ngamu, Whittaker | Ngamu (3 & FG) | 7,000 | [18] |
13 June | Round 14 | Western Suburbs Magpies | Campbelltown Sports Ground, Sydney | Loss | 16-18 | Jones, Oudenryn, Jones | Ngamu (2) | 5,933 | [19] |
21 June | Round 15 | St. George Dragons | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Win | 31-14 | Eru, Jones, Kearney, Ropati, L.Swann | Ngamu (5 & FG) | 8,300 | [20] |
27 June | Round 16 | Melbourne Storm | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne | Win | 24-21 | Eru, Galuvao, Ngamu, Tatupu | Ngamu (4) | 13,127 | [21] |
4 July | Round 17 | Illawarra Steelers | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 17-14 | Eur, Kearney, J.Vagana | Jones (1) | 12,500 | [22] |
11 July | Round 18 | Gold Coast Chargers | Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast | Loss | 18-31 | Endacott, Eru, Staladi | Ridge (3) | 5,490 | [23] |
17 July | Round 19 | Balmain Tigers | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Win | 21-20 | Ridge, Tatupu, N.Vagana | Ridge (4), Jones (FG) | 6,000 | [24] |
26 July | Round 20 | Adelaide Rams | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide | Loss | 20-22 | Ridge, N.Vagana, J.Vagana | Ridge (4) | 7,445 | [25] |
31 July | Round 21 | North Queensland Cowboys | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Win | 34-18 | N.Vagana (3), Iro (2), Staladi | Ridge (5) | 4,500 | [26] |
9 August | Round 22 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | Loss | 18-20 | Lauitiiti (2), Seuseu | Ridge (3) | 3,733 | [27] |
16 August | Round 23 | Brisbane Broncos | ANZ Stadium, Brisbane | Loss | 4-16 | | Ridge (2) | 16,456 | [28] |
23 August | Round 24 | Manly Sea Eagles | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 12-38 | Kearney, Lauitiiti | Ridge (2) | 12,000 | [29] |
Kiwi Trial matches
After the National Rugby League season had finished the Warriors played in two trial matches against a New Zealand XIII. These matches acted as a trial for the New Zealand Kiwis before the October test against Australia and the tour of Great Britain.
Ladder
Squad
Twenty nine players were used by the club in 1998, including four players who made their first grade debuts.
No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Warriors Debut | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
3 | Hoppe, SeanSean Hoppe | NZL ! | WG | 10 March 1995 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
6 | Ngamu, GeneGene Ngamu | NZL ! | FE | 10 March 1995 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 53 |
11 | Kearney, StephenStephen Kearney | NZL ! | SR | 10 March 1995 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
12 | Tatupu, TonyTony Tatupu | NZL ! | SR | 10 March 1995 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
13 | Tuimavave, TonyTony Tuimavave | NZL ! | PR / LK | 10 March 1995 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Ropati, TeaTea Ropati | NZL ! | CE / FE | 10 March 1995 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
18 | Vagana, JoeJoe Vagana | NZL ! | PR | 18 March 1995 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
19 | Eru, SydSyd Eru | NZL ! | HK | 28 March 1995 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
24 | Jones, StaceyStacey Jones | NZL ! | HB | 23 April 1995 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
29 | Ellis, MarcMarc Ellis | NZL ! | FB / WG | 31 March 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Vagana, NigelNigel Vagana | NZL ! | CE | 4 April 1996 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
33 | Guttenbeil, AwenAwen Guttenbeil | NZL ! | SR | 14 April 1996 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Swann, AnthonyAnthony Swann | NZL ! | CE | 23 June 1996 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
37 | Malam, BradyBrady Malam | NZL ! | PR | 23 June 1996 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Henare, BryanBryan Henare | NZL ! | SR | 23 July 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Ridge, MatthewMatthew Ridge | NZL ! | FB | 1 March 1997 | 18 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 110 |
42 | Swann, LoganLogan Swann | NZL ! | SR | 1 March 1997 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
44 | Endacott, ShaneShane Endacott | NZL ! | FE | 29 March 1997 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
45 | Staladi, PaulPaul Staladi | NZL ! | WG | 27 April 1997 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
47 | Oudenryn, LeeLee Oudenryn | AUS ! | WG | 6 July 1997 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
48 | Whittaker, AaronAaron Whittaker | NZL ! | HB | 29 June 1997 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
50 | Seu Seu, JerryJerry Seu Seu | NZL ! | PR | 16 August 1997 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
51 | Iro, KevinKevin Iro | NZL ! | CE | 13 March 1998 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
52 | Pongia, QuentinQuentin Pongia | NZL ! | PR | 13 March 1998 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
53 | Smith, TyranTyran Smith | NZL ! | SR | 13 March 1998 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
54 | Clarke, ZaneZane Clarke | COK ! | HK | 13 March 1998 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
55 | Lauitiiti, AliAli Lauitiiti | NZL ! | SR | 19 April 1998 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
56 | Galuvao, JoeJoe Galuvao | NZL ! | FB / CE | 2 May 1998 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
57 | Watene, FrankFrank Watene | NZL ! | PR | 23 August 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Staff
- Chief Executive Officer: Bill MacGowan
Coaching Staff
Transfers
Gains
Losses
Mid-Season Losses
Other Teams
Due to the axing of the Reserve grade competition the Auckland Warriors reserve team played in a series of matches against New Zealand Provincial sides.[34]
Date | Opponent | Result | Score | Venue | Report |
March–April | Auckland | Win | 26-24 | Auckland | |
March–April | Auckland | Win | 26-24 | Auckland | |
26 April | Waikato Cougars | Win | 54-0 | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | [35] |
2 May | Canterbury Reds | Win | 35-0 | Rugby League Park, Christchurch | |
24 May | Canterbury Reds | Win | 38-14 | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | |
| Northland Wild Boars | Win | 54-12 | Jubilee Park, Whangarei | |
| Waikato Cougars | Win | 76-0 | Resthills Park, Hamilton | |
| Coastline Mariners | Win | 66-6 | Tauranga Domain, Tauranga | |
| West Coast Chargers | Win | 56-2 | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | |
| West Coast Chargers | Win | 46-8 | Wingham Park, West Coast | |
| Hawkes Bay Unicorns | Win | 90-10 | Nelson Park, Hastings | |
| Manawatu Mustangs | Win | 32-10 | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | |
| Manawatu Mustangs | Win | 54-4 | Foxton | |
| Wellington Pumas | Win | 50-18 | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | |
| Wellington Pumas | Win | 44-10 | Hutt Valley | |
| Taranaki Sharks | Win | 42-8 | New Plymouth | |
| Taranaki Sharks | Win | 56-10 | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | |
August | Auckland | Win | 28-24 | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | |
Awards
Joe Vagana was the Player of the Year.[36]
References
- 1 2 New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.58
- ↑ Rugby League Teams rugbyleague.co.nz
- ↑ Rugby League Teamsrugbyleague.co.nz
- ↑ Rugby League Teams rugbyleague.co.nz
- ↑ League nomad faces test The Press, 28 February 1998
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 1 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 2 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 3 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 4 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 5 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 6 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 7 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 8 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 9 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 10 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 11 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 12 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 13 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 14 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 15 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 16 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 17 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 18 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 19 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 20 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 21 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 22 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 23 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ NRL 1998 - Round 24 rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ Rugby League Teams rugbyleague.co.nz
- ↑ Nickson in team to play Warriors Daily News, 4 September 1998
- ↑ Warriors queue up for easy tries Daily News, 18 September 1998
- ↑ Rugby League Teams rugbyleague.co.nz
- ↑ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998.
- ↑ Young Warriors crush Cougars Waikato Times, 27 April 1998
- ↑ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.60
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