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A special logo was used for the 2015 season.
2015 New Zealand Warriors season
Team information
CEOWayne Scurrah
CoachAndrew McFadden
Assistant coachTony Iro
Andrew Webster
Captain
StadiumMount Smart Stadium
Top scorers
TriesSolomone Kata (12)
GoalsShaun Johnson (48)
PointsShaun Johnson (130)
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The 2015 New Zealand Warriors season was the 21st in the club's history. Coached by Andrew McFadden and captained by Simon Mannering, the Warriors competed in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines tournament.

Milestones

Jersey and sponsors

In 2015 the Warriors jerseys were again made by Canterbury of New Zealand.

Fixtures

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

Pre-season training

The bulk of the Warriors' 2015 NRL squad began preseason training on 3 November 2014.[1]

Auckland Nines

The Warriors finished second in the Hunua pool at the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines before being eliminated by the Cronulla Sharks in the quarterfinals.

The squad for the Nines was Shaun Johnson (c), Matthew Allwood, Nathan Friend, Ben Henry, Ryan Hoffman, Solomone Kata, Ngani Laumape, Sam Lisone, Tuimoala Lolohea, Sione Lousi, Suaia Matagi, Ben Matulino, Ken Maumalo, Nathaniel Roache, Bodene Thompson, Sam Tomkins, Chad Townsend and Manu Vatuvei. Simon Mannering, Dominique Peyroux, Sebastine Ikahihifo and Jonathan Wright were originally named in a 22-man training squad.[2]

Solomone Kata was named in the team of the tournament. Template:NRL Nines Hunua

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
31 January Hunua 1 Gold Coast Titans Eden Park, Auckland Win 17-10 Kata, Hoffman, Lolohea Johnson (2) 43,000 [3]
31 January Hunua 2 Canberra Raiders Eden Park, Auckland Loss 19-23 Johnson, Maumalo, Lolohea, Allwood Johnson (1) 43,000 [4]
1 February Hunua 3 Wests Tigers Eden Park, Auckland Win 22-8 Kata (2), Vatuvei, Lolohea, Henry Johnson (1) 43,000 [5]
1 February Quarter Final Cronulla Sharks Eden Park, Auckland Loss 12-14 Vatuvei, Kata, Laumape 43,000 [6]
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
         
Parramatta Eels 17
North Queensland Cowboys 11
Parramatta Eels 6
South Sydney Rabbitohs 37
South Sydney Rabbitohs 30
Newcastle Knights 6
South Sydney Rabbitohs 18
Cronulla Sharks 14
Wests Tigers 4
Sydney Roosters 22
Sydney Roosters 4
Cronulla Sharks 10
Cronulla Sharks 14
New Zealand Warriors 12

Pre-season matches

The Warriors were planning to host the St. George Illawarra Dragons at Trafalgar Park in Nelson, however the match was cancelled when the Dragons were invited to compete in the World Club Series. It would have been the first time the Warriors had played in Nelson.[7]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
7 February Trial 1 Gold Coast Titans Clive Berghofer Stadium, Toowoomba Loss 12-22 Peyroux, Peteru Pewhairangi (2) 6,827 [8]
14 February Trial 2 Penrith Panthers Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua Win 18-4 Maumalo (2), Niukore, Johnson Townsend (1) 9,000 [9][10]
21 February Trial 3 Warriors NSW Cup Bruce Pulman Park, Papakura Win 42-14 Hurrell (2), Vatuvei, Tomkins, Friend, Kata, Mannering, Johnson Johnson (5) 2,000 [11]

Regular season

All home matches were played at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, with the exception of the Round 22 match, which was played at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. It was the third year in a row the Warriors took a match to Wellington, as part of the "Capital Clash".[12]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
7 March Round 1 Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium, Newcastle Loss 14-24 Leuluai, Hoffman Johnson (3) 16,146 [13]
15 March Round 2 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Canberra Win 18-6 Vatuvei, Kata, Hoffman Johnson (3) 8,241 [14]
21 March Round 3 Parramatta Eels Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 29-16 Kata (2), Hoffman, Lolohea, Vatuvei Johnson (4 & FG) 14,112 [15]
29 March Round 4 Brisbane Broncos Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 16-24 Townsend, Allwood, Kata Johnson (2) 14,670 [16]
6 April Round 5 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss 14-30 Vatuvei, Friend, Ikahihifo Johnson (1) 18,179 [17]
11 April Round 6 Wests Tigers Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 32-22 Vatuvei (2), Townsend, Lolohea, Johnson,
Thompson		 Johnson (4) 13,781 [18]
18 April Round 7 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville Loss 24-28 Hurrell, Wright, Kata, Vatuvei Johnson (4) 16,038 [19]
25 April Round 8 Gold Coast Titans Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 28-32 Fusitu'a, Matulino, Wright, Kata, Thompson Johnson (4) 15,102 [20]
9 May Round 9 Cronulla Sharks Remondis Stadium, Sydney Win 20-16 Wright, Vatuvei, Kata, Johnson Johnson (2) 13,988 [21]
16 May Round 10 Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Win 17-13
(A.E.T.)		 Kata, Johnson, Thompson Johnson (2)
Townsend (FG)		 11,152 [22]
Round 11 Bye
31 May Round 12 Newcastle Knights Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 24-20 Lolohea, Vatuvei, Kata, Matulino, Wright Johnson (2) 13,203 [23]
6 June Round 13 South Sydney Rabbitohs NIB Stadium, Perth Loss 4-36 Vatuvei 20,272 [24]
13 June Round 14 Sydney Roosters Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 21-25 Kata (2), Lolohea, Vatuvei Johnson (2 & FG) 14,167 [25]
20 June Round 15 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Robina Win 36-14 Johnson (2), Friend, Faitala-Mariner,
Hurrell, Thompson		 Johnson (6) 14,132 [26]
27 June Round 16 Canberra Raiders Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 30-8 Lolohea (2), Thompson, Johnson, Vatuvei Johnson (5) 13,110 [27]
Round 17 Bye
12 July Round 18 Melbourne Storm Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 28-14 Lolohea (2), Fusitua, Thompson, Johnson Johnson (4) 17,278 [28]
19 July Round 19 Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Loss 0-24 16,301 [29]
25 July Round 20 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 12-32 Johnson, Vete Lolohea (2) 15,812 [30]
1 August Round 21 Cronulla Sharks Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 14-18 Hurrell, Mannering Lolohea (3) 12,481 [31]
8 August Round 22 St. George Illawarra Dragons Westpac Stadium, Wellington Loss 0-36 18,317 [32]
15 August Round 23 Penrith Panthers Sportingbet Stadium, Sydney Loss 10-24 Tomkins, Hurrell Lolohea (1) 6,774 [33]
22 August Round 24 North Queensland Cowboys Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 16-50 Lolohea, Maumalo, Peyroux Lolohea (2) 14,412 [34]
20 August Round 25 Wests Tigers Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Sydney Loss 16-50 Allwood (2), Vete Lolohea (2) 6,700 [35]
6 September Round 26 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Loss 22-26 Lolohea (2), Friend, Kata Lolohea (2) 14,821 [36]

Ladder

2015 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 24 18 0 6 2 591 300 +291 40
2 Brisbane Broncos 24 17 0 7 2 574 379 +195 38
3 North Queensland Cowboys (P) 24 17 0 7 2 587 454 +133 38
4 Melbourne Storm 24 14 0 10 2 467 348 +119 32
5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 522 480 +42 32
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 2 469 476 −7 32
7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 13 0 11 2 465 467 −2 30
8 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 2 435 408 +27 28
9 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 0 13 2 458 492 −34 26
10 Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 2 577 569 +8 24
11 Penrith Panthers 24 9 0 15 2 399 477 −78 22
12 Parramatta Eels 24 9 0 15 2 448 573 −125 22
13 New Zealand Warriors 24 9 0 15 2 445 588 −143 22
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 2 439 636 −197 22
15 Wests Tigers 24 8 0 16 2 487 562 −75 20
16 Newcastle Knights 24 8 0 16 2 458 612 −154 20

Squad

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players
No. Name Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
105 Thomas Leuluai HB 2 May 2003 10 1 0 0 4
115 Manu Vatuvei WG 23 May 2004 16 11 0 0 44
125 Simon Mannering SR 26 June 2005 24 1 0 0 4
131 Sam Rapira PR 20 May 2006 4 0 0 0 0
142 Ben Matulino PR 14 June 2008 21 2 0 0 8
146 Jacob Lillyman PR 14 March 2009 21 0 0 0 0
159 Sione Lousi SR 14 March 2010 7 0 0 0 0
163 Glen Fisiiahi FB 12 March 2011 1 0 0 0 0
168 Shaun Johnson HB 4 June 2011 18 8 48 2 130
171 Ben Henry SR 4 March 2012 4 0 0 0 0
172 Nathan Friend HK 4 March 2012 24 3 0 0 12
173 Konrad Hurrell CE 4 March 2012 12 4 0 0 16
176 Sebastine Ikahihifo LK 28 July 2012 9 1 0 0 4
180 Ngani Laumape WG 24 March 2013 0 0 0 0 0
181 Suaia Matagi PR 11 May 2013 1 0 0 0 0
182 Dominique Peyroux CE 3 June 2013 8 1 0 0 4
183 Charlie Gubb PR 7 July 2013 9 0 0 0 0
185 Sam Tomkins FB 9 March 2014 13 1 0 0 4
186 Chad Townsend HB 9 March 2014 22 2 0 1 9
188 John Palavi PR 9 March 2014 0 0 0 0 0
189 David Fusitua WG 15 March 2014 3 2 0 0 8
190 Siliva Havili HK 13 April 2014 8 0 0 0 0
192 Tuimoala Lolohea HB 27 July 2014 23 11 13 0 70
193 Solomone Kata CE 7 March 2015 24 12 0 0 48
194 Bodene Thompson SR 7 March 2015 21 6 0 0 24
195 Ryan Hoffman SR 7 March 2015 18 3 0 0 12
196 Sam Lisone PR 7 March 2015 18 0 0 0 0
197 Albert Vete PR 7 March 2015 21 2 0 0 8
198 Jonathan Wright WG 15 March 2015 20 4 0 0 16
199 Matt Allwood CE 29 March 2015 3 3 0 0 12
200 Raymond Faitala-Mariner SR 25 April 2015 11 1 0 0 4
201 Ken Maumalo WG 16 May 2015 8 1 0 0 4
202 Mason Lino HB 22 August 2015 3 0 0 0 0

Staff

  • Chief Executive Officer: Jim Doyle
  • General Manager: Don Mann Jr
  • General Manager Football Operations: Dean Bell
  • Medical Services Manager: John Mayhew
  • Welfare and Education Manager: Jerry Seuseu
  • Media and Communications Manager: Richard Becht

Coaching staff

Transfers

Gains

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Ryan Hoffman Melbourne Storm 3 years [41]
Matt Allwood Canberra Raiders 3 years [42]
Bodene Thompson Wests Tigers 3 years [43]
Api Pewhairangi Parramatta Eels 1 year [44]
Jonathan Wright Cronulla Sharks 1 year [45]

Losses

Player Club Notes
Jerome Ropati Retired [46]
Kevin Locke Salford Red Devils 2014 Mid-season transfer[47]
Carlos Tuimavave Newcastle Knights [48]
Feleti Mateo Manly Sea Eagles [49]
Sam Lousi New South Wales Waratahs [50][51]
Jayson Bukuya Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks [43]
Dane Nielsen St. George-Illawarra Dragons [52]
Agnatius Paasi Gold Coast Titans [53]
Suaia Matagi Sydney Roosters 2015 Mid-season transfer[54]
Nathaniel Peteru Gold Coast Titans 2015 Mid-season transfer[55]
Api Pewhairangi Connacht (RU) 2015 Mid-season transfer[56]
Ngani Laumape Manawatu Turbos (RU) 2015 Mid-season transfer[57]

Other teams

As in 2014, the Warriors entered a team into the NSW Cup and the Junior Warriors competed in the Holden Cup.

NSW Cup squad

See also: 2015 New South Wales Cup season

The Warriors NSW Cup side finished fourth in the regular season, however lost two consecutive play-off matches and were eliminated from the play-offs. John Palavi was named in the competition’s team on the year.[58]

Holden Cup squad

See also: 2015 National Youth Competition season (rugby league)

The Junior Warriors finished 7th to make the finals. They defeated the Roosters and the Broncos before being eliminated by the Penrith Panthers in the preliminary final.[59]

Club awards

Ben Matulino was named as the Warriors player of the year, his second time winning the award. The other finalists for the award were Simon Mannering and Shaun Johnson.[60]

Johnson was awarded the People's choice award, Albert Vete was named the Club person of the year and Tuimoala Lolohea was named the NRL rookie of the year.

John Palavi was named the NSW Cup side's player of the year, while Mason Lino was the sides rookie of the year.

Bunty Afoa was the Junior Warrior's player of the year, while Ata Hingano was the rookie of the year.[60]

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