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The New Zealand Warriors 2012 season is the New Zealand Warriors 18th first-grade season. The club is competing in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Brian McClennan, until he was sacked on 21 August after Round 22, while Simon Mannering is the club's captain. Assistant Coach Tony Iro was appointed caretaker coach for the final two matches.
2012 New Zealand Warriors season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 14th | |||
2012 record | Wins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 16 | |||
Points scored | For: 497; against: 609 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Wayne Scurrah | |||
Coach | Brian McClennan Tony Iro | |||
Assistant coach | Tony Iro | |||
Captains | ||||
Stadium | Mount Smart Stadium | |||
Avg. attendance | 15,257 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Manu Vatuvei (12) Shaun Johnson (12) Konrad Hurrell (12) | |||
Goals | James Maloney (67) | |||
Points | James Maloney (153) | |||
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In 2012 the Warriors jerseys is again to be made by Canterbury of New Zealand.[6] They were unveiled on 21 November 2011 at the first day of training. The jerseys feature a traditional rugby league "v" for the first time since 2003.[7] The Junior Warriors play in a red strip with a white away jersey. |
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On 2 March owner Eric Watson announced that he had bought out the minority shareholders, including Mark Hotchin, and would form a new 50–50 venture with Owen Glenn to control the club.[8][9]
The Warriors opened the season by hosting a match at Eden Park in Auckland.[6] This was only the second time that the Warriors have played a home match away from Mount Smart Stadium. The remaining 11 home games will be played at Mount Smart Stadium, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.
The main squad returned to training on 21 November 2011 to start preparing for the 2012 season.[10] Players involved in the 2011 Four Nations and other representative matches returned to training later. Twenty three first graders were present on the first day of training.[11]
North Harbour Stadium hosted a Warriors trial match for the tenth time.[12] The Warriors also played a match in Whangārei.[13]
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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4 February | Trial 1 | ![]() | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland | Win | 26–10 | Hurrell, Brown, Johnson, Fisiiahi, Tupou | Maloney (2) | 10,500 | [14] |
11 February | Trial 2 | ![]() | BCU International Stadium, Coffs Harbour | Win | 22–14 | Vatuvei (2), Mannering, Hurrell | Johnson (2), Maloney | 5,376 | [15] |
19 February | Trial 3 | ![]() | Toll Stadium, Whangārei | Win | 68–10 | Penehe (2), Matulino (2), Mara, Godinet, Ta'ai, Locke, Inu, Brown, Ropati, Fishiiahi, Henry | Inu (4), Locke (3), Henry | 9,000 | [16] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 568 | 369 | +199 | 40 |
2 | ![]() |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 579 | 361 | +218 | 38 |
3 | ![]() |
24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 559 | 438 | +121 | 36 |
4 | ![]() |
24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 497 | 403 | +94 | 36 |
5 | ![]() |
24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 597 | 445 | +152 | 34 |
6 | ![]() |
24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 545 | 536 | +9 | 30 |
7 | ![]() |
24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 445 | 441 | +4 | 29 |
8 | ![]() |
24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 481 | 447 | +34 | 28 |
9 | ![]() |
24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 405 | 438 | -33 | 26 |
10 | ![]() |
24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 506 | 551 | -45 | 26 |
11 | ![]() |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 449 | 477 | -28 | 24 |
12 | ![]() |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 448 | 488 | -40 | 24 |
13 | ![]() |
24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 462 | 626 | -164 | 21 |
14 | ![]() |
24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 497 | 609 | -112 | 20 |
15 | ![]() |
24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 409 | 575 | -166 | 20 |
16 | ![]() |
24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 431 | 674 | -243 | 16 |
The Warriors used twenty nine players during the season. Seven players made their debut for the club, including six who were making their NRL debuts – all of these players were graduates from the Warriors Toyota Cup programme.
No. | Name | Position | Warriors Debut | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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108 | Jerome Ropati | CE | 31 August 2003 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
115 | Manu Vatuvei | WG | 23 May 2004 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
125 | Simon Mannering | SR | 26 June 2005 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
126 | Micheal Luck | LK | 12 March 2006 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
131 | Sam Rapira | PR | 20 May 2006 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
141 | Russell Packer | PR | 4 May 2008 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
142 | Ben Matulino | PR | 14 June 2008 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
146 | Jacob Lillyman | PR | 14 March 2009 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
149 | Ukuma Ta'ai | SR | 22 March 2009 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
151 | Lewis Brown | SR | 3 May 2009 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
152 | Kevin Locke | FB/WG | 31 May 2009 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
156 | James Maloney | FE | 14 March 2010 | 24 | 4 | 67 | 3 | 153 |
159 | Sione Lousi | SR | 14 March 2010 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
160 | Bill Tupou | WG | 4 April 2010 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
162 | Alehana Mara | HK | 21 August 2010 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
163 | Glen Fisiiahi | FB | 12 March 2011 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
164 | Feleti Mateo | SR | 12 March 2011 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
166 | Krisnan Inu | WG/CE | 19 March 2011 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
167 | Elijah Taylor | SR | 3 April 2011 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
168 | Shaun Johnson | HB | 4 June 2011 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
169 | Steve Rapira | SR | 4 June 2011 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
170 | Pita Godinet | HB/HK | 24 July 2011 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
171 | Ben Henry | CE/SR | 4 March 2012 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 36 |
172 | Nathan Friend | HK | 4 March 2012 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
173 | Konrad Hurrell | CE | 4 March 2012 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
174 | Omar Slaimankhel | FB | 16 June 2012 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
175 | Sam Lousi | SR | 21 July 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
176 | Sebastine Ikahihifo | LK | 28 July 2012 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
177 | Carlos Tuimavave | FE | 5 August 2012 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Player | Previous Club | Length | Notes |
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Nathan Friend | Gold Coast Titans | 2013 with option | [24] |
Brian McClennan | Leeds Rhinos | 2012–2013 with option | Coach[25] |
Player | Club | Notes |
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Krisnan Inu | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 May[35] |
In 2012 the Junior Warriors are again competing in the Toyota Cup while senior players who are not required for the first team play with the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. The Vulcans are coached by former Warriors development coach Ricky Henry.[36]
Toyota Cup squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
Updated: 24 November 2011 |
The Auckland Vulcans contracted ten players. The team was strengthened with Warriors players not picked for each round and local club players. The ten contracted players were: DJ Collier, Agnatius Paasi, Daniel Palavi, Tulson Caird, Willie Peace, James Blackwell, Ruben Williams, Steve Waetford, Darin Kingi and Murray Iti.[37]
Sam Lousi was named the Auckland Vulcans' Player of the Year.[38]
Ben Matulino won the club's Player of the Year award. Ben Henry was named Young Player of the Year and Elijah Taylor was the clubman of the year.[39] Konrad Hurrell was the Vodafone People's choice award winner.[40]
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