2003

Never played in by the team during the pre-season trials or the regular season. There was another black version available that had a sleeve sponsor and black inner collar. If anyone can identify the sleeve sponsor than please me know. This jersey may even be from a different year as Im yet to...

Never played in by the team during the pre-season trials or the regular season. There was another grey version available that had a sleeve sponsor and black inner collar. If anyone can identify the sleeve sponsor than please me know. This jersey may even be from a different year as Im yet to...

NRL rules stated that each club had to have a one off jersey. These were simply referred to as Warriors Special jerseys. Most collectors refer to them as the Warriors hoop jersey. These may have been worn in the trial game against the Panthers in Invercargill but I have no evidence to confirm...

Opposite to the home jersey being silver and black. Part of the Warriors complete overhaul of the jersey. CHECK THROUGH THE IMAGE GALLERY OF THIS POST TO VIEW THE DIFFERENT TYPES AVAILABLE OFFICIAL REPLICA - For some reason the sizing on these jerseys were huge compared to previous seasons...

Based off the 3 year cycle of the white 2000 home jersey the Warriors were allowed to replace their complete range. The new home jersey would be black and silver losing all trace of the original home colours. CHECK THROUGH THE IMAGE GALLERY OF THIS POST TO VIEW THE DIFFERENT TYPES AVAILABLE...

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...

Spotted by the Warriors while playing Bartercard Cup for the Brothers team in 2003. He would make his debut that year in Round 13. After 3 seasons of sporadic appearances for the Warriors he would head to Cronulla in 2006 where he would be convicted of assaulting a female and sentenced to 8...

Mellars played his junior rugby league for Wainuiomata and Petone. After being signed by the New Zealand Warriors he moved to Auckland, playing for Otahuhu in the 2002 Bartercard Cup. He also represented Wainuiomata and Wellington in the Bartercard Cup. Mellars made his impressive NRL debut...

First rose to prominence for the North Harbour Colts and New Zealand Colts side in 1995. Mark would go on to play in the top side as well as Auckland Blues in the Super 12 competition. He would go on tour with the All Blacks in 1997 and be recalled in 2001. In 2003 he signed to play rugby...

Played for Hibiscus Coast and Cook Islands in the 2000 RLWC before getting a contract with the Warriors. Would play mostly at prop or second row and off the bench. After playing 52 games for the Warriors in 4 seasons he signed for the Harlequins RL (known as London Broncos now) where he would...

Made his NRL debut against the Northern Eagles. In early 2003, he was dropped and spent the next twelve months in the Bartercard Cup. In 2007, he played for the Auckland Lions in the NSWRL Premier League. He then cemented his place in the top 25-man squad and was regularly named on the bench in...

Waikato halfback had a sensational debut season with the Warriors in 2002 after represented Northern Districts against the touring French team in 2001. Hohaia grabbed the five-eighth role with both hands but an injury late in the season saw him relegated to the interchange bench in the club’s...

Auckland forward spent a season with the Raiders before returning ‘home’ to play with the Warriors in 2002. Faumuina was left out of the club’s grand final squad in 2002 but a more consistent season, especially coming off the interchange bench, saw him selected as five-eighth in the one-off Test...

Australian-born fullback (Cairns, Queensland) was playing in the Queensland Cup competition where he was the top try scorer before being spotted by Daniel Anderson in 2002. Webb cemented a first grade place in 2003 after the departure of Ivan Cleary and impressed with his ability to change pace...

Brisbane Brothers ‘Rookie of the Year’ in 1998 won a trial with P’matta the following year. After capturing a First Division premiership with the club as a halfback, coach Brian Smith utilised Marsh’s quickness around the rucks to good effect as an interchange hooker. The arrival of former...

An Ourimbah junior, Carlaw started playing first grade rugby league with the Hunter Mariners club in the Australian Super League competition of 1997. Following the disbanding of that club upon the creation of the National Rugby League, he joined another new venture team, the Melbourne Storm for...

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...