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.

2000 Auckland Warriors season
NRL Rank	13th
2000 record	Wins: 8; draws: 2; losses: 16
Points scored	For: 426; against: 662
Team information
CEO	Trevor McKewen
Coach	Mark Graham
Captains	John Simon Terry Hermansson Stacey Jones
Stadium	Ericsson Stadium
Avg. attendance	12,246
Top scorers
Tries	Nigel Vagana (12)
Goals	John Simon (25)
Points	John Simon (54)
← 1999 2001 →

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 Puma. A red away jersey was also used, and was occasionally worn at home matches. The main sponsor is Vodafone.

Fixtures

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

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

2000 NRL season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brisbane Broncos (P)	26	18	2	6	696	388	+308	38
2	Sydney Roosters	26	16	0	10	601	520	+81	32
3	Newcastle Knights	26	15	1	10	686	532	+154	31
4	Canberra Raiders	26	15	0	11	506	479	+27	30
5	Penrith Panthers	26	15	0	11	573	562	+11	30
6	Melbourne Storm	26	14	1	11	672	529	+143	29
7	Parramatta Eels	26	14	1	11	476	456	+20	29
8	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	26	13	0	13	570	463	+107	26
9	St George Illawarra Dragons	26	12	0	14	576	656	−80	24
10	Wests Tigers	26	11	2	13	519	642	−123	24
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26	10	1	15	469	553	−84	21
12	Northern Eagles	26	9	0	17	476	628	−152	18
13	Auckland Warriors	26	8	2	16	426	662	−236	18
14	North Queensland Cowboys	26	7	0	19	436	612	−176	12[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Premiers
Notes:

1. North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in Round 4.

Squad

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

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	Tony Tuimavave	/	PR / LK	10 March 1995	20	5	0	0	20
18	Joe Vagana	/	PR	18 March 1995	24	1	0	0	4
24	Stacey Jones		HB	23 April 1995	19	3	19	0	50
32	Nigel Vagana	/	CE	4 April 1996	26	12	0	0	48
33	Awen Guttenbeil	/	SR	14 April 1996	3	0	0	0	0
42	Logan Swann		SR	1 March 1997	23	5	0	0	20
47	Lee Oudenryn		WG	6 July 1997	19	8	1	0	34
50	Jerry Seu Seu	/	PR	16 August 1997	17	0	0	0	0
55	Ali Lauitiiti	/	SR	19 April 1998	19	7	0	0	28
56	Joe Galuvao	/	FB / CE	2 May 1998	3	0	0	0	0
58	Odell Manuel		WG	8 March 1999	15	4	0	0	16
59	Jason Death		HK / LK	8 March 1999	16	5	0	0	20
60	Terry Hermansson		PR	8 March 1999	15	1	0	0	4
61	Monty Betham	/	HK / LK	8 March 1999	19	0	0	0	0
62	Cliff Beverley		FE	21 March 1999	19	3	0	0	12
64	Wairangi Koopu		CE / SR	9 April 1999	0	0	0	0	0
65	Francis Meli	/	WG	2 May 1999	2	0	0	0	0
66	Clinton Toopi		CE	2 May 1999	4	1	0	0	4
68	Robert Mears		HK	16 May 1999	25	6	0	0	24
69	John Simon		FE	12 June 1999	20	1	25	0	54
71	Talite Liava'a		PR	4 July 1999	9	0	0	0	0
72	Scott Pethybridge		UB	6 February 2000	14	0	1	0	2
73	Ivan Cleary		FB / CE	6 February 2000	5	1	10	0	24
74	Matt Spence		SR	6 February 2000	18	3	0	0	12
75	Scott Coxon		SR	6 February 2000	12	1	0	0	4
76	Mark Tookey		PR	6 February 2000	10	0	0	0	0
77	David Myles		CE	14 February 2000	21	2	0	0	8
78	Paul Whatuira		CE	14 February 2000	5	0	0	0	0
79	Ben Lythe		HB	26 February 2000	5	0	4	0	8
80	Shontayne Hape		CE	18 March 2000	13	3	0	0	12
81	Henry Fa'afili	/	WG	26 March 2000	13	4	0	0	16
82	Jason Bell		FE / HK	13 May 2000	8	0	0	0	0
83	David Mulhall		FB	18 June 2000	3	0	1	0	2
84	Jonathan Smith		SR	24 June 2000	2	0	0	0	0
85	Henry Perenara		SR	24 June 2000	3	0	0	0	0

Staff

• Chief executive Officer: Trevor McKewen

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Mark Graham

Transfers

Gains

Player	Previous Club	Length	Notes
Scott Pethybridge	North Sydney Bears
Ivan Cleary	Sydney City Roosters
Matthew Spence	Western Suburbs Magpies
Scott Coxon	Western Suburbs Magpies
Mark Tookey	Parramatta Eels
David Myles	Cronulla Sharks

Mid-Season Gains

Player	Previous Club	Length	Notes
Jason Bell	Newtown Jets		Debut Round 15
David Mulhall	Brisbane Souths		Debut Round 20

Losses

Player	Club	Notes
Tony Tatupu	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Syd Eru	Retired
Matthew Ridge	Retired
Bryan Henare	St Helens R.F.C.
Brady Malam	Wigan Warriors
Shane Endacott	Retired
Peter Lewis	Mt Albert Lions
Carl Doherty	Mt Albert Lions
Boycie Nelson	Otahuhu Leopards

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 midway 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 club's Player of the Year award.^[4]