2007

  1. Player Lance Hohaia

    Lance Hohaia Would you blood a young fresh half back or start backing Lance Hohia. It seems a real waste to have the Steve Price and Rubin Wiki making such solid metres just to have the halves letting the side down. The backs need more time and space also. I would be interested in what you...
  2. 2007 Training Grey Jersey

    2007 Training Grey Jersey

    Puma again released a jersey for team issue only. Wasnt sold to the public. Made in both black and grey so they could be worn during opposed training sessions. PLAYERS JERSEYS - Only type available. There would be some 30-50 of each colour floating around with former players, staff or their...
  3. 2007 Training Black Jersey

    2007 Training Black Jersey

    Puma again released a jersey for team issue only. Wasnt sold to the public. Made in both black and grey so they could be worn during opposed training sessions. PLAYERS JERSEYS - Only type available. There would be some 30-50 of each colour floating around with former players, staff or their...
  4. 2007 Anniversary Jersey

    2007 Anniversary Jersey

    Quite often its mistakenly referred to as the Auckland Rugby League Centennial jersey. Problem is the ARL was founded in 1909. This jersey was actually made to mark 30 years since the Auckland team of 1977 beat Australia, Great Britain and France all in the space of just 20 days at Carlaw Park...
  5. 2007 Away Jersey

    2007 Away Jersey

    Warriors stuck with the exact same jersey design with the only changes being made to the sponsors logos. Vodafone would have a new logo with a larger Speechmark logo and plain white font. This was changed on both the front major sponsor logo and the upper back sponsor. The Lion Red League...
  6. 2007 Home Jersey

    2007 Home Jersey

    Warriors stuck with the exact same jersey design with the only changes being made to the sponsors logos. Vodafone would have a new logo with a larger Speechmark logo and plain white font. This was changed on both the front major sponsor logo and the upper back sponsor. The Lion Red League...
  7. Ivan Cleary

    Ivan Cleary

    Manly junior had a great season at fullback while deputising for the injured Matthew Ridge in 1993. Cleary's standout performances earned him a contract with Norths but after being injured in the early part of the season, he made his comeback in the centres because of the good form of rookie...
  8. Aidan Kirk

    Aidan Kirk

    Aiden was a Newcastle Knights junior but would join the Roosters. As Anthony Minichello's underling he failed to make first grade and would instead play NSWRL Cup with then coach Ivan Cleary. He would eventually captain the side. In 2007 Kirk joined the New Zealand Warriors, reuniting with...
  9. Corey Lawrie

    Corey Lawrie

    Corey was signed by the Warriors from the Canterbury Bartercard team. He would go on to play only 4 games for the club in 2007. After being released by the Warriors, Lawrie joined Doncaster in National League Two in England. In 2009 Lawrie returned to Christchurch and his junior club, the...
  10. Michael Witt

    Michael Witt

    Having played at a number of clubs as a journeyman he would sign a 3 year deal for the Warriors. He would play five-eight with Grant Rovelli in the halves and also was the Warriors first choice goal kicker. His goal kicking was at the time one of the most accurate in the competition. Witts most...
  11. Michael Crockett

    Michael Crockett

    Crockett spent time at the St George-Illawarra Dragons and Melbourne Storm before eventually making his First Grade debut for the Wests Tigers in 2006. He played 8 games and scored 7 tries. The following season he was signed to the Warriors on a two year deal. In Round 12 he was sent off after...
  12. Wade McKinnon

    Wade McKinnon

    McKinnon made his debut for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2002 after they were re-admitted back into the competition. After two years at South Sydney McKinnon moved to Parramatta but he would spend most of his time playing lower grade footy with the Eels preferring to go with Luke Burt...
  13. Patrick Ah Van

    Patrick Ah Van

    Ah Van made his debut for the New Zealand Warriors in 2006 against the Manly Sea Eagles. He went onto play in fifty four games for the club. In 2007 he also played for the Auckland Lions in the NSWRL Premier League and he played for the Auckland Vulcans in the 2009 and 2010 NSW Cup competitions...
  14. George Gatis

    George Gatis

    Gatis originally played for the Wests Panthers, Brisbane team in the Queensland Cup before joining the Cowboys in Townsville. He would play 24 games in 3 seasons but a broken arm followed by a knee reconstruction would have Gatis out of the game for several years. When the New Zealand Warriors...
  15. Grant Rovelli

    Grant Rovelli

    After playing as a North Queensland Cowboy junior, Rovelli moved to Sydney and signed with the Roosters. He would play for the Premier Team and win the Grand Final in 2004. The New Zealand Warriors signed Rovelli before the 2006 season. Head Coach Ivan Cleary had previously coached Rovelli...
  16. Micheal Luck

    Micheal Luck

    After playing Australian Schoolboys rep footy in 1999 Luck would make his NRL debut for the Cowboys in 2001. Luck would play 76 games for the Cowboys, mostly from the bench, before signing for the Warriors. In his first season for the Warriors, 2006, Luck managed to play every single NRL game...
  17. Nathan Fien

    Nathan Fien

    Nathan Fien debuted for the Cowboys in 2000 and a year later he would be playing off the bench for Queenslands State of Origin squad. After playing 93 games for the Cowboys, Nathan signed with the New Zealand Warriors from season 2005 onwards. He later extended his contract until the end of...
  18. Ruben Wiki

    Ruben Wiki

    Auckland centre (Otahuhu) came to Canberra in 1992 after representing the Junior Kiwis and NZ Maoris. Wiki's form as Mal Meninga's centre partner in 1994 made him one of the hottest properties in the game but the disclosure that he had signed a letter of agreement to play with the Auckland...
  19. Todd Byrne

    Todd Byrne

    Todd Byrne started his professional career with the Roosters. It was while playing for the Roosters that he would be best remembered for his failed cover tackle on Scott Sattler during the 2003 Grand Final loss to the Panthers. Todd played for the Roosters during their 2003 World Club Challenge...
  20. Steve Price

    Steve Price

    C’bury officials spotted the young Toowoomba forward playing for Harristown High School in the Commonwealth Bank competition. Steve Price was a reserve forward in the grand final loss to Canberra in 1994 but in the premiership decider against Manly the following year, he produced that ‘something...