2001

For this year two training jerseys were released in blue and white so the team could wear them during opposed sessions. The main reason was to have something to train in that simulated the game jersey they would wear without having to rely solely on the previous seasons jerseys. CHECK THROUGH...

For this year two training jerseys were released in blue and white so the team could wear them during opposed sessions. The main reason was to have something to train in that simulated the game jersey they would wear without having to rely solely on the previous seasons jerseys. CHECK THROUGH...

Was only available as player issue or match worn jerseys. Replicas that were sold were the jersey from the previous season with the Barter Card sleeve sponsor on it. The home jersey from 2000 was modified to become the 2001 away jersey. A Telstra Premiership badge was sewn on top of the NRL...

With new owners, a new coach and a new name came a new jersey. Then Warriors CEO Eric Watson met with Puma in December 2000 and asked that the club was after a new playing strip with black as the predominant colour. This was to represent the broader New Zealand base the new team was catering...

Anderson began his coaching career in 1999 at the Parramatta Eels working his way up to Premier League coach before being made assistant coach to Brian Smith in 2000. In 2001, Anderson was a surprise choice for coach of the New Zealand Warriors. He had amazing success, taking them to their...

A Counties Manukau Heroes player in the Lion Red Cup, in 1998 Seuseu played for the Mangere East Hawks in the Auckland Rugby League competition. Seuseu then joined the Hibiscus Coast Raiders, playing in New Zealand's Bartercard Cup. He toured Australia with the New Zealand Residents in 2000...

Although his surname is often written with an apostrophe in the middle (between the 2 letter "a"s), this is incorrect. Played league for his High School Penrose College (now known as One Tree Hill College) he helped them make giant strides in the Auckland Secondary Schools competition. A sport...

Murphy played an integral part of our 2002 season playing right wing. Known for his finishing skills and speed he would play 4 seasons and 43 games for the Warriors before going to Widnes. After only a handful of games he would play for Catalans Dragons and establish himself as one of the better...

Wood was a South's junior but made his first-grade début for Balmain in round 17 of the 1993 season. Between 1993 and 2001 he played for the Balmain Tigers, Sydney Roosters and the New Zealand Warriors in the NSWRL premiership, Australian Rugby League and National Rugby League. Played 17 games...

Played Rugby Union for De La Salle College before being signed to the Warriors from the Marist Saints. Tough, Western Samoa-born pivot made his Test debut as a fullback for the Kiwis against Papua New Guinea in 2001 in his first season with the Warriors. He played mainly five-eighth for Stacey...

Temu grew up in New Zealand and played for the Marist Saints in the Auckland Rugby League. In 1994 he followed his coach, Stan Martin, to the Counties Manukau Heroes in the new Lion Red Cup competition. After several strong seasons with the Heroes he was offered a professional contract to play...

Parramatta junior, a member of the Fairfield Patrician Brothers team that won the Commonwealth Bank Cup in 1992, made his first grade debut in 1994. The Eels’ winger, clubman of the year in 1997 before suffering a knee injury, went to Canberra in 2000. After representing Wales in the 2000 World...

A Junior Kiwi, Villasanti was included in the wider Tonga squad for the 2000 World Cup but did not play in the tournament. Canberra junior found form as an interchange forward with the Warriors after two moderate seasons with the Tigers. Villasanti was used from the interchange bench in the...

Veteran Queensland forward, originally from Sarina, started his career with the cash-strapped G’Coast club in 1992. After four years with the Seagulls, Campion moved to St George where he was a member of the Dragons’ team that went down to Manly in the 1996 grand final. The ARL originally...

A junior from the Mangere East Hawks, Smith was a Junior Kiwi in 1998. He was then signed by the Auckland Warriors in 2000. While at the Warriors he played in the Queensland Cup for Wynnum Manly Seagulls and Brisbane Souths due to a feeder agreement between the clubs and also played for the...