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2009 New Zealand Warriors season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 2009 |
| league | NRL |
| league_rank | 14th |
| cup | Challenge Cup |
| league_wins | 7 |
| league_draws | 2 |
| league_losses | 14 |
| points_for | 377 |
| points_against | 515 |
| CEO_title | CEO |
| CEO | Wayne Scurrah |
| coach | Ivan Cleary |
| assistant_coach | John Ackland |
| captain | Steve Price |
| captain2 | Micheal Luck |
| stadium | Mt Smart Stadium |
| avg_attendance | 15,486 |
| top_tries | Manu Vatuvei (13) |
| top_goals | Kevin Locke (22) |
| top_points | Kevin Locke (60) |
| prev_season | 2008 |
| next_season | 2010 |
Milestones
- 14 March – Round One: Steve Price played in his 300th National Rugby League game.
- 14 March – Round One: Four players made their debuts for the Warriors; Denan Kemp, Joel Moon, Jacob Lillyman & Leeson Ah Mau. Ah Mau also made his first grade debut.
- 22 March – Round Two: Two players made their debuts for the Warriors; Jesse Royal & Ukuma Ta'ai. Ta'ai also made his first grade debut.
- 5 April – Round Four: Game dedicated to the memory of Sonny Fai, the Warriors lose to the South Sydney Rabbitohs 22–16.
- 5 April – Round Four: Nathan Fien played in his 100th game for the Warriors.
- 5 April – Round Four: Daniel O'Regan made his first grade debut, becoming Warrior #150.
- 3 May – Round Eight: Lewis Brown made his first grade debut.
- 17 May – Round Ten: Jerome Ropati played in his 100th National Rugby League game and 100th game for the club.
- 31 May – Round Twelve: Two players made their first grade debuts; Kevin Locke and Aaron Heremaia.
- 12 June – Round Fourteen: Stacey Jones played in his 250th game for the club.
- 19 July – Round Nineteen: Isaac John made his first grade debut.
- 26 July – Round Twenty: Patrick Ah Van played in his 50th National Rugby League game and 50th game for the club.
- 31 July – Round Twenty One: Evarn Tuimavave played in his 100th National Rugby League game and 100th game for the club. It was also Tuimavave's first game of the season.
- 15 August – Round Twenty Three: Siuatonga Likiliki made his first grade debut.
- 5 September – Round Twenty Six: Simon Mannering played in his 100th National Rugby League game and 100th game for the club.
- 5 September – Round Twenty Six: Stacey Jones played in his last game for the club, the Warriors lost to the Melbourne Storm 30–0.
Jersey and sponsors
Fixtures
The Warriors used Mt Smart Stadium as their home ground in 2009, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.
Trial Matches
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 February | Trial 1 | [[Image:Melbourne colours.svg | 16px]] Melbourne Storm | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton | Win | 24 – 12 | McKinnon, Kirk, O'Regan, Vatuvei | Kemp (3), Ah Van | 10,800 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090328103816/http://www.warriors.co.nz/2009-trials/2009-nrl-trials |
| 22 February | Trial 2 | [[Image:North Queensland colours.svg | 16px]] North Queensland Cowboys | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland | Win | 32 – 28 | Ah Van, Moon, Hohaia, | |||
| Solomona, Brown, Vatuvei | Kemp (2), Moon (2) | 16,500 | http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,27074,25091339-5016553,00.html | |||||||
| 28 February | Trial 3 | [[Image:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg | 16px]] Gold Coast Titans | Oakes Oval, Lismore | Win | 34 – 12 | Kemp (2), McKinnon (2), Tate, Rapira, Moon | Kemp (2), Moon | 5,117 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090328103909/http://www.warriors.co.nz/news/28/outstanding-trial-display-by-vodafone-warriors/ |
Regular season
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 March | Round 1 | [[Image:Parramatta colours.svg | 16px]] Parramatta Eels | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Win | 26 – 18 | Hohaia (2), Moon, Packer | Kemp (5) | 20,102 | date=April 2019 | bot=InternetArchiveBot | fix-attempted=yes }} |
| 22 March | Round 2 | [[Image:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg | 16px]] Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval, Sydney | Win | 26 – 24 | Tate (2), Vatuvei, Royal, | |||||
| Ropati | Kemp (3) | 16,307 | date=April 2019 | bot=InternetArchiveBot | fix-attempted=yes }} | |||||||
| 28 March | Round 3 | [[Image:Brisbane colours.svg | 16px]] Brisbane Broncos | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 10 – 26 | Mannering, Ta'ai | Kemp (1) | 24,350 | date=April 2019 | bot=InternetArchiveBot | fix-attempted=yes }} |
| 5 April | Round 4 | [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 16px]] South Sydney Rabbitohs | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 16 – 22 | Kirk, Luck, McKinnon | Kemp (2) | 19,386 | date=April 2019 | bot=InternetArchiveBot | fix-attempted=yes }} |
| 12 April | Round 5 | [[Image:Newcastle colours.svg | 16px]] Newcastle Knights | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle | Loss | 22 – 24 | McKinnon, Fien, Packer, | |||||
| Ah Van | Kemp (3) | 16,307 | date=April 2019 | bot=InternetArchiveBot | fix-attempted=yes }} | |||||||
| 19 April | Round 6 | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16px]] Sydney Roosters | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Win (G.P.) | 17 – 16 | Jones, Ropati, Vatuvei | Kemp (2), Jones (FG) | 16,309 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090430083245/http://www.warriors.co.nz/news/155/jones-delivers---vodafone-warriors-17-roosters-16/ | ||
| 25 April | Round 7 | [[Image:Melbourne colours.svg | 16px]] Melbourne Storm | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne | Draw (G.P.) | 14 – 14 | Vatuvei (2), Ah Van | Kemp (1) | 15,200 | date=April 2019 | bot=InternetArchiveBot | fix-attempted=yes }} |
| 3 May | Round 8 | [[Image:St._George_colours.svg | 16px]] St George Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium, Wollongong | Loss | 11 – 12 | Ah Van, Ropati | Ah Van (1), Jones (FG) | 14,562 | date=April 2019 | bot=InternetArchiveBot | fix-attempted=yes }} |
| Round 9 | Bye | – | ||||||||||
| 17 May | Round 10 | [[Image:North Queensland colours.svg | 16px]] North Queensland Cowboys | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 12 – 34 | Fien, Kemp | Kemp (2) | 16,345 | http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/Scores/tabid/10240/roundId/779/fixtureId/5409/infoTabId/4/default.aspx | ||
| 24 May | Round 11 | [[Image:Canberra colours.svg | 16px]] Canberra Raiders | Canberra Stadium, Canberra | Loss | 12 – 38 | Price, Mannering | Kemp (2) | 8,383 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090527085723/http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/Scores/tabid/10240/roundId/780/fixtureId/5415/infoTabId/2/default.aspx | ||
| 31 May | Round 12 | [[Image:Wests Tigers colours.svg | 16px]] Wests Tigers | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Win | 14 – 0 | Locke (2), McKinnon | Locke (1) | 15,365 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090612062945/http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/TelstraPremiershipScores/tabid/10240/roundId/781/fixtureId/5423/infoTabId/4/Default.aspx | ||
| 7 June | Round 13 | [[Image:Cronulla colours.svg | 16px]] Cronulla Sharks | Toyota Stadium, Sydney | Loss | 10 – 18 | Vatuvei, Brown | Locke (1) | 14,082 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090612001358/http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/Scores/tabid/10240/roundId/782/fixtureId/5433/infoTabId/2/default.aspx | ||
| 13 June | Round 14 | [[Image:Newcastle colours.svg | 16px]] Newcastle Knights | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Win | 13 – 0 | Hohaia, Locke | Locke (2), Hohaia (FG) | 14,255 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090615074344/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/scores/tabid/10240/roundid/783/fixtureid/5446/infotabid/4/default.aspx | ||
| Round 15 | Bye | – | ||||||||||
| 27 June | Round 16 | [[Image:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg | 16px]] Gold Coast Titans | Skilled Park, Robina | Loss | 12 – 28 | Hohaia, Brown | Locke (2) | 20,031 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090629084137/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/telstrapremiershipscores/tabid/10240/roundid/785/fixtureid/5463/infotabid/4/default.aspx | ||
| 3 July | Round 17 | [[Image:Brisbane colours.svg | 16px]] Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Loss | 14 – 28 | Price (2) | Locke (3) | 32,456 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090706043100/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/telstrapremiershipscores/tabid/10240/roundid/786/fixtureid/5467/infotabid/4/default.aspx | ||
| 12 July | Round 18 | [[Image:Canterbury colours.svg | 16px]] Bulldogs | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 14 – 18 | Vatuvei, Locke, Packer | Locke (1) | 11,802 | http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/scores/tabid/10240/roundid/787/fixtureid/5479/infotabid/4/default.aspx | ||
| 19 July | Round 19 | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16px]] Sydney Roosters | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | Win | 30 – 24 | Vatuvei (2), Ah Van, | |||||
| Mannering, Jones | Jones (3) | 8,021 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090721200403/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/telstrapremiershipscores/tabid/10240/roundid/788/fixtureid/5490/infotabid/4/default.aspx | |||||||||
| 26 July | Round 20 | [[Image:St._George_colours.svg | 16px]] St George Illawarra Dragons | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 4 – 29 | Moon | 13,507 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090725062404/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/telstrapremiershipscores/tabid/10240/roundid/789/fixtureid/5502/infotabid/4/default.aspx | |||
| 1 August | Round 21 | [[Image:Penrith colours.svg | 16px]] Penrith Panthers | CUA Stadium, Sydney | Draw (G.P.) | 32 – 32 | Moon (4), Brown | Locke (6) | 12,677 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090805062758/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/telstrapremiershipscores/tabid/10240/roundid/790/fixtureid/5505/infotabid/4/default.aspx | ||
| 9 August | Round 22 | [[Image:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg | 16px]] Gold Coast Titans | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 10 – 30 | Vatuvei (2) | Locke (1) | 10,205 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090813112916/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/scores/tabid/10240/roundid/791/fixtureid/5518/infotabid/4/default.aspx | ||
| 15 August | Round 23 | [[Image:Parramatta colours.svg | 16px]] Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Stadium, Sydney | Loss | 4 – 40 | Vatuvei | 12,627 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090826171415/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/scores/tabid/10240/roundid/792/fixtureid/5521/infotabid/2/default.aspx | |||
| 23 August | Round 24 | [[Image:Canberra colours.svg | 16px]] Canberra Raiders | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Won | 34 – 20 | Hohaia (2), Heremaia, | |||||
| Mannering, Ropati, Moon | Locke (5) | 8,812 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090826171434/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/scores/tabid/10240/roundid/793/fixtureid/5533/infotabid/2/default.aspx | |||||||||
| 30 August | Round 25 | [[Image:Canterbury colours.svg | 16px]] Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | Loss | 20 – 40 | Vatuvei (2), Rapira (2) | Jones (2) | 41,835 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090902072120/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/scores/tabid/10240/roundid/794/fixtureid/5535/infotabid/2/default.aspx | ||
| 5 September | Round 26 | [[Image:Melbourne colours.svg | 16px]] Melbourne Storm | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | Loss | 0 – 30 | 14,734 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090911232148/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/scores/tabid/10240/roundid/795/fixtureid/5549/infotabid/4/default.aspx |
Ladder
Squad
The Warriors used Twenty Nine players in 2009. Twelve players made their debut for the club, including eight making their National Rugby League debuts.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Warriors Debut | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | New Zealand | HB | 23 April 1995 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 20 | |
| 99 | New Zealand | UB | 6 April 2002 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | |
| 102 | New Zealand | PR | 1 September 2002 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 108 | New Zealand | CE / FE | 31 August 2003 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| 115 | New Zealand | WG | 23 May 2004 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
| 121 | Australia | PR | 13 March 2005 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 124 | New Zealand | HK | 13 March 2005 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 125 | New Zealand | CE | 26 June 2005 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| 126 | Australia | SR | 12 March 2006 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 129 | New Zealand | WG | 9 April 2006 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | |
| 131 | New Zealand | PR | 20 May 2006 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 132 | Australia | FB | 17 March 2007 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| 136 | Australia | FB / CE | 17 March 2008 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 137 | Australia | CE | 17 March 2008 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 138 | Scotland | HK | 23 March 2008 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 141 | New Zealand | PR | 4 May 2008 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 142 | New Zealand | SR | 14 June 2008 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 144 | Australia | WG | 14 March 2009 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 46 | |
| 145 | Australia | FE | 14 March 2009 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| 146 | Australia | PR | 14 March 2009 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 147 | New Zealand | PR | 14 March 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 148 | New Zealand | PR | 22 March 2009 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 149 | Tonga | SR | 22 March 2009 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 150 | New Zealand | FE | 5 April 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 151 | New Zealand | HK | 3 May 2009 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 152 | New Zealand | FB | 31 May 2009 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 60 | |
| 153 | New Zealand | HB | 31 May 2009 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 154 | New Zealand | FE | 19 July 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 155 | New Zealand | CE | 15 August 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Staff
- Chief executive officer: Wayne Scurrah
NRL staff
- NRL head coach: Ivan Cleary
- NRL assistant coach: John Ackland
- NRL head trainer: Craig Walker
- NRL assistant trainer: Dayne Norton
- NRL football manager: Don Mann Jr
- NRL physiotherapist: Jude Spiers
- Club doctor: John Mayhew
NYC staff
- NYC head coach: Tony Iro
- NYC assistant coach: Frank Harold
- NYC team manager: Dean Bell
Transfers
Gains
| Player | Previous club | Length | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam Foran | Melbourne Storm | 2009, with option | |||||
| Jacob Lillyman | North Queensland Cowboys | 2010 | |||||
| Denan Kemp | Brisbane Broncos | 2010 | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720190443/http://warriors.sitesuite.ws/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=23613 | date=20 July 2008 }}, 28 May 2008 | |||
| Joel Moon | Brisbane Broncos | 2011 | |||||
| Stacey Jones | Retired | 2009 | |||||
| Lewis Brown | Wests Tigers | 2009, with option | |||||
| Jesse Royal | Newcastle Knights | 2010 | url=http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-league-news/warriors-sign-prop-jesse-royal-2488766 | title=Warriors sign prop Jesse Royal | date=16 February 2009 | work=Television New Zealand | accessdate=14 September 2011}} |
Losses
| Player | Club | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruben Wiki | Retired | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=79&objectid=10517650 | title=League: Warriors look to solve halves problem with Moon signing | author=Brown, Michael | date=22 June 2008 | work=The New Zealand Herald | accessdate=14 September 2011}} |
| Wairangi Koopu | Melbourne Storm | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/4587470a10713.html?source=RSSLeague_20080618 | title=Swann and Koopu to leave Warriors | date=18 June 2008 | work=Stuff.co.nz | accessdate=14 September 2011}} | |
| Logan Swann | Retired | ||||||
| Michael Crockett | Released | ||||||
| Ryan Shortland | Released | ||||||
| Grant Rovelli | North Queensland Cowboys | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214171929/http://www.warriors.co.nz/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=25998 | date=14 February 2012 }} @ Warriors Official Site, 3 December 2008 | ||||
| Sonny Fai | presumed drowned | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/4809633a10713.html | title=NZ Warrior presumed drowned | date=5 January 2009 | work=Stuff.co.nz | accessdate=14 September 2011}} |
Mid-Season Losses
| Player | Club | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epalahame Lauaki | Hull | ||||||
| Michael Witt | Otago Rugby Union | ||||||
| Liam Foran | Newtown Jets | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/rugby-league/2498831/Sir-Lance-lot-the-Warriors-saviour | title=Sir 'Lance-lot' the Warriors' saviour | author=Donaldson, Michael | date=14 June 2009 | work=The Sunday Star-Times | accessdate=14 September 2011}} |
| Nathan Fien | St. George Illawarra Dragons | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10581783&ref=rss | title=NRL: Fien targets regular role with Dragons | date=1 July 2009 | work=The New Zealand Herald | accessdate=14 September 2011}} |
Contract extensions
- Simon Mannering (until 2012)
- Jerome Ropati (until 2012)
- Lance Hohaia (until 2011, with option)
- Patrick Ah Van (until 2011)
- Aaron Heremaia (until 2011, with option)
- Isaac John (until 2011, with option)
- Ian Henderson (until 2011)
- Ivan Cleary (until 2012)
Sonny Fai
Warrior Sonny Fai went missing at around 7pm on 4 January 2009, after being caught in a rip current while trying to save some family who had got into difficulty at Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Auckland. His body is yet to be found. The entire team attended his two memorial services, one in a Samoan Methodist Church and one held at Te Henga (Bethells Beach).
The Warriors wore black armbands for their opening NRL match of the 2009 season, as well as jerseys embroidered with Fai's signature and official team number in honour of him.
End of Season awards
- Lion Red Player of the Year: Micheal Luck
- Canterbury of New Zealand Clubman of the Year: Sam Rapira
- Vodafone NRL Young Player of the Year: Russell Packer
- Vodafone One Tribe Supporters' Player of the Year: Kevin Locke
- Sonny Fai Medal: Elijah Taylor
Other Teams
In 2009 the Junior Warriors again competed in the Toyota Cup while senior players who were not required for the first team played with the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. The Auckland Vulcans were coached by Bernie Perenara and finished 11th out of eleven teams.
Daniel O'Regan was the Vulcan's player of the year, while Pita Godinet was the runner up and Sione Tongia was the rookie of the year.
2009 Junior Warriors
Siuatonga Likiliki was named in the 2009 Toyota Cup team of the year.
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References
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