2017 New Zealand Warriors season explained

Year:	2017
League:	NRL
Ceo Title:	CEO
Ceo:	Jim Doyle
Coach:	Stephen Kearney
Assistant Coach:	Andrew McFadden Stacey Jones Steve McNamara
Captain:	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Stadium:	Mount Smart Stadium
Top Tries:	David Fusitua (12)
Top Goals:	Shaun Johnson (45)
Top Points:	Shaun Johnson (108)
Prev Season:	2016
Next Season:	2018

The 2017 New Zealand Warriors season was the 23rd season in the club's history. Coached by Stephen Kearney and captained by Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, the Warriors competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines tournament.

Milestones

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors representatives.

• 12 September 2016: Stephen Kearney is appointed as head coach, with former coach Andrew McFadden accepting a role as assistant coach.^{[1] [2]}
• 14 December 2016: Sam Lisone is named in the World All Stars side to play in the 2017 All Stars match.^[3]
• 1 February: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is announced as the new captain, with Simon Mannering as vice-captain.^[4]
• 5 March – round one: Isaiah Papalii made his NRL debut.
• 10 March – round two: Erin Clark made his NRL debut. Shaun Johnson scored a try and kicked two goals, surpassing Stacey Jones' 674 points as the highest point scorer for the Warriors.^[5]
• 26 March – round four: Simon Mannering played his 262nd match for the Warriors, surpassing Stacey Jones record for most appearances for the club.^[6]
• 2 April – round five: Kieran Foran made his club debut and Solomone Kata played in his 50th match for the club.^[7]
• 15 April – round seven: Blake Ayshford played in his 150th NRL match.^[8]
• 30 April – round nine: Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad made his NRL debut.^[9] The Warriors NRL community ambassador, Georgia Hale, played for the Kiwi Ferns.^[10]
• 5 May: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Kieran Foran, Shaun Johnson, Issac Luke and Simon Mannering represented New Zealand in the Anzac test.^[11] Chanel Harris-Tavita, Erin Clark and Isaiah Papali'i played for the Junior Kiwis.^[12]
• 6 May: In the Pacific tests: Manu Vatuvei, Tuimoala Lolohea and Mafoa'aeata Hingano represented Tonga,^[13] Ken Maumalo represented Samoa,^[14] and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad represented the Cook Islands.^[15]
• 7 May: Matt Allwood and Toafofoa Sipley represented NSW Residents.^[16]
• 13 May – round ten: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck played in his 100th NRL match and Sam Lisone played in his 50th, all for the Warriors.^[17]
• 19 May – round eleven: Ben Matulino played in his 200th NRL match, all for the Warriors.^[18]
• 30 May: Jacob Lillyman played for Queensland in game one of the 2017 State of Origin series.
• 10 June – round fourteen: Ryan Hoffman played in his 300th NRL match.^[19]
• 22 July – round twenty: Chris Satae made his NRL debut.^[20]
• 28 July – round twenty one: James Bell made his NRL debut.^[21]
• October–December: At the 2017 Rugby League World Cup: Shaun Johnson, Simon Mannering and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck represented New Zealand; Bunty Afoa, Sam Lisone, Ken Maumalo and Jazz Tevaga represented Samoa; James Bell represented Scotland; David Fusitu'a, Ata Hingano, and Solomone Kata represented Tonga; and Bureta Faraimo represented the United States.^{[22] [23]}

Fixtures

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results.

Pre-season training

Pre-season training began on 1 November, with the exception of players involved in the 2016 Four Nations tournament.^{[24] [25]}

Auckland Nines

See also: 2017 Auckland Nines. The Warriors lost all three of their matches at the Nines.

The squad for the Nines was Ryan Hoffman, Junior Pauga, Matt Allwood, Blake Ayshford, Ata Hingano, Sam Cook, Shaun Johnson, Ruben Wiki (c), Mason Lino, Bunty Afoa, James Gavet, Tuimoala Lolohea, Jazz Tevaga, Ofahiki Ogden, Lewis Soosemea, Toafofoa Sipley, Isaiah Papalii, and James Bell.^[26] Solomone Kata was originally named, but withdrew due to a virus and was replaced by Cook.^[27]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
4 February	Game 4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Eden Park, Auckland	Loss	11–15	Cook, Ayshford	Hingano	22,000	^[28] ^[29]
4 February	Game 12	Parramatta Eels	Eden Park, Auckland	Loss	0–11			22,000	^[30]
5 February	Game 20	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Eden Park, Auckland	Loss	10–14	Hingano, Lolohea	Hingano	22,000	^[31]

Pre-season matches

The Warriors played two trial matches, against the Melbourne Storm and the Gold Coast Titans.^[32] The match against the Titans was in Palmerston North, it was the first time the Warriors played in Palmerston North since 1995.^[33]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
11 February	Trial 1	Melbourne Storm	Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast	Loss	18–30			10,169	^[34] ^[35]
19 February	Trial 2	Gold Coast Titans	Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North	Win	26–6		Johnson (3)		^[36] ^[37]

Regular season

Home matches were played at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, with the exception of one game at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. The Warriors also played an away game at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.^{[38] [39]}

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
5 March	Round 1	Newcastle Knights	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	26–22		Johnson (2), Luke (1)	13,712	^[40]
10 March	Round 2	Melbourne Storm	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	10–26		Johnson (1)	9,811	^[41]
17 March	Round 3	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin^[42]	Loss	12–24	Thompson, Johnson	Johnson (2)	10,523	^[43] ^[44]
26 March	Round 4	St George Illawarra Dragons	UOW Jubilee Oval, Sydney	Loss	12–26		Johnson (2)	11,608	^[45]
2 April	Round 5	Gold Coast Titans	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	28–22		Johnson (4)	10,263^[46]	^[47]
9 April	Round 6	Parramatta Eels	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	22–10		Johnson (3)	13,526	^[48]
15 April	Round 7	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium, Canberra	Loss	8–20		Johnson (2)	13,996	^[49]
25 April	Round 8	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Loss	14–20	Fusitua (2)	Johnson (3)	22,153	^[50]
30 April	Round 9	Sydney Roosters	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	14–13	Gavet, Fusitua	Johnson (3)	13,126	^[51]
13 May	Round 10	Penrith Panthers	Pepper Stadium, Sydney	Loss	28–36	Nicoll-Klokstad (2), Foran, Hoffman, Fusitua	Johnson (4)	11,588	^[52]
19 May	Round 11	St George Illawarra Dragons	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	Loss	14–30		Johnson (1)	11,108
27 May	Round 12	Brisbane Broncos	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	28–10	Ayshford, Johnson, Tuivasa-Sheck, Maumalo, Gavet	Johnson (4)	13,826	^[53]
2 June	Round 13	Parramatta Eels	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Loss	24–32	Mannering, Maumalo, Hoffman, Tuivasa-Sheck	Johnson (4)	9,489	^[54]
10 June	Round 14	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast	Win	34–12	Ayshford (2), Hoffman, Maumalo, Tuivasa-Sheck, Hingano	Luke (4), Hoffman (1)	14,067^[55]	^[56]
	Round 15	Bye
23 June	Round 16	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	21–14		Johnson (4 & FG)	13,476	^[57]
1 July	Round 17	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	nib Stadium, Perth	Loss	22–26		Johnson (3)	6,258	^[58]
	Round 18	Bye
14 July	Round 19	Penrith Panthers	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	22–34	Kata (2), Mannering, Thompson	Johnson (2) Luke (1)	13,076	^[59]
22 July	Round 20	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville	Loss	12–24	Afoa, Mannering	Luke (2)	16,080	^[60]
28 July	Round 21	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	12–26		Luke (2)	9,771	^[61]
5 August	Round 22	Newcastle Knights	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle	Loss	10–26		Luke (1)	11,824	^[62]
13 August	Round 23	Canberra Raiders	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	16–36	Fusitu'a, Tuivasa-Sheck, Papali'i	Lino (2)	10,182	^[63]
18 August	Round 24	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Loss	18–36	Tuivasa-Sheck (2), Mannering	Luke (3)	6,213	^[64]
27 August	Round 25	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	22–21 (G.P.)	Fusitu'a (2), Ayshford, Maumalo	Luke (1), Johnson (1 & FG)	9,167	^[65]
3 September	Round 26	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney	Loss	16–28	Kata, Tuivasa-Sheck, Nicoll-Klokstad	Luke (2)	10,231	^[66]

Squad

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players.

No.	Name	Position	Warriors Debut	App	T	G	FG	Pts
115		WG	23 May 2004	1	0	0	0	0
125		SR	26 June 2005	22	5	0	0	20
142		PR	14 June 2008	16	1	0	0	4
146		PR	14 March 2009	21	0	0	0	0
168		HB	4 June 2011	18	4	45	2	108
183		PR	7 July 2013	11	0	0	0	0
189		WG	15 March 2014	24	12	0	0	48
192		HB	27 July 2014	4	1	0	0	4
193		CE	7 March 2015	19	5	0	0	20
194		SR	7 March 2015	19	6	0	0	24
195		SR	7 March 2015	19	6	1	0	26
196		PR	7 March 2015	23	0	0	0	0
197		PR	7 March 2015	8	0	0	0	0
199		CE	29 March 2015	0	0	0	0	0
201		WG	16 May 2015	23	7	0	0	28
202		HB	24 August 2015	6	0	2	0	4
203		FB	5 March 2016	23	10	0	0	40
204		CE	5 March 2016	21	5	0	0	20
206		HK	5 March 2016	23	1	17	0	38
207		HK	5 March 2016	9	1	0	0	4
208		PR	5 March 2016	13	2	0	0	8
209		HK	20 March 2016	4	0	0	0	0
210		LK	16 April 2016	11	0	0	0	0
212		PR	1 May 2016	0	0	0	0	0
213		PR	2 July 2016	17	1	0	0	4
214		FE	20 August 2016	13	1	0	0	4
215		PR	5 March 2017	5	1	0	0	4
216		HK	10 March 2017	1	0	0	0	0
217		FE	2 April 2017	17	2	0	0	8
218		WG	30 April 2017	7	7	0	0	28
219		PR	22 July 2017	3	0	0	0	0
220		SR	28 July 2017	2	0	0	0	0
		UB		0	0	0	0	0

Staff

Head office staff

• Managing Director: Jim Doyle
• Media and communications manager: Richard Becht
• Football operations manager: Dan Floyd
• Team manager: Laurie Hale^[67]
• Head of medical services: John Mayhew
• Recruitment and development manager: Tony Iro^[67]
• Welfare and education manager: Jerry Seuseu

Coaching staff

• NRL head coach: Stephen Kearney^[1]
• NRL assistant coach: Andrew McFadden^[1]
• NRL assistant coach: Stacey Jones^[1]
• NRL assistant coach: Steve McNamara^[68]
• NSW Cup head coach: Ricky Henry^[69]
• NSW Cup assistant coach: Jerome Ropati^[69]
• NYC head coach: Grant Pocklington^[69]
• NYC assistant coach: Boycie Nelson^[69]

Transfers

Gains
Player	Previous Club	Length	Notes
Kieran Foran	Free Agent	1 year	^[70]
Zac Santo	Canberra Raiders		2017 mid-season^[71]
Manaia Cherrington	Cronulla Sharks	1 1/2 years	2017 mid-season^[72]
Bureta Faraimo	Parramatta Eels	rest of season	2017 mid-season^[73]

Losses
Player	Club	Notes
Raymond Faitala-Mariner	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2016 mid-season^[74]
Konrad Hurrell	Gold Coast Titans	2016 mid-season
Jeff Robson	Parramatta Eels	2016 mid-season^[75]
Shaun Lane	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	^[76]
Thomas Leuluai	Wigan Warriors	^[77]
Ben Henry	Retired	^[78]
Johnathan Wright	Manly Sea Eagles	^[79]
Sione Lousi	Townsville Blackhawks	^[80]
John Palavi	Limoux Grizzlies	^[81] ^[82]
Henare Wells	Burleigh Bears
	Retired	^[83]
	Wests Tigers	2017 mid-season^[84] ^[85]
	Canberra Raiders	2017 mid-season
	Salford Red Devils	2017 mid-season^[86]

Other teams

See also: 2017 NRL Under-20s season and 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW. As in 2016, the Warriors entered a team into the Intrust Super Premiership NSW and the Junior Warriors competed in the Holden Cup.

Intrust Super Premiership NSW squad

See also: 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW. The Warriors finished the season second and played the third placed Penrith Panthers in week one of the finals.^[87] After losing to eventual winners Penrith they defeated Newcastle 30–6 before losing to the Wyong Roos in a preliminary final to end the season.

Bureta Faraimo, Mason Lino and Toafofoa Sipley were named in the 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year.^[88]

Finals

Holden Cup squad

The Holden Cup team finished in last place, with only three wins during the season.^[89] This was the final year of the Holden Cup.

Awards

Captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck won the club's NRL player of the year award while Simon Mannering won the people's choice award.^[90]

Mason Lino was the club's Intrust Super Premiership NSW player of the year while Chanel Harris-Tavita was the NYC player of the year.

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad won the clubman of the year while Sam Cook was the Intrust Super Premiership NSW team man of the year and Kenese Kenese was the NYC clubman of the year.

Bunty Afoa won the NRL rookie of the year and Tyler Slade was the NYC rookie of the year.^[91]

External links

• Warriors 2017 season rugby league project

Notes and References

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77. Web site: Warriors' Leuluai signs with Wigan. 3 July 2016.
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84. Web site: Vodafone Warriors grant Lolohea release. NRL Digital. Media. 26 May 2017.
85. News: Tuimoala Lolohea signs for West Tigers until end of 2019 season. . 29 May 2017. www.newshub.co.nz.
86. Web site: Warriors confirm Manu Vatuvei's Salford move. Stuff. 10 July 2017.
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91. Web site: RTS takes out player of the year title. 19 September 2017.