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2007 New Zealand Warriors season
NRL Rank4th
2007 recordWins: 13; draws: 1; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 593; against: 434
Team information
CEOWayne Scurrah
CoachIvan Cleary
Assistant coachJohn Ackland
Captains
StadiumMt Smart Stadium
Avg. attendance14,419
Top scorers
TriesJerome Ropati (10)
Grant Rovelli (10)
Manu Vatuvei (10)
GoalsMichael Witt (62)
PointsMichael Witt (153)
← 2006 2008 →

The New Zealand Warriors 2007 season was the New Zealand Warriors 13th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the club's captain.

Milestones[edit]

  • 25 March - Round 2: Evarn Tuimavave made his 50th appearance for the club.
  • 8 April - Round 4: Logan Swann became the third player to play 150 first grade games for the Warriors.[1]
  • 5 May - Round 8: Nathan Fien made his 50th appearance for the club.
  • 20 May - Round 10: Ruben Wiki made his 50th appearance for the club.
  • 3 June - Round 12: Tony Martin made his 50th appearance for the club.
  • 7 July - Round 17: Manu Vatuvei and Steve Price made their 50th appearances for the club.
  • 26 August - Round 24: Wairangi Koopu made his 150th appearance for the club and Epalahame Lauaki made his 50th appearance for the club.
  • 16 September - Semi Final: Micheal Luck and Simon Mannering made their 50th appearances for the club.

Jersey & Sponsors[edit]

The Warriors did not change their home jersey from 2006, sticking with the predominantly Black & White design supplied by Puma AG. The away jersey also remained unchanged, being mainly Grey with Black details. Sponsored by Lion Red and Vodafone

Fixtures[edit]

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

The Warriors used Mt Smart Stadium as their home ground in 2007, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Trial Matches[edit]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
18 February Trial 1 Auckland Lions Mt Smart Stadium No 2, Auckland Win 64–4 Hohaia (3), Byrne 2, Martin, Lawrie, Vuna, Witt,
Gatis, Packer, Crockett		 Witt (5),
Martin (3)		 5,000 [2]
24 February Trial 2 North Queensland Cowboys Leprechaun Park, Mackay Loss 14–32 Vatuvei, McKinnon, Lauaki Martin (1) 8,000 [2]
3 March Trial 3 Bulldogs North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Win 36–6 Vatuvei, Crockett, Swann, Fien, McKinnon, Byrne Martin (6) 15,122 [2]

Regular season[edit]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
17 March Round 1 Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 34–18 Crockett (2), Hohaia, Mannering,
McKinnon, Price		 Martin (5) 13,587
25 March Round 2 Brisbane Broncos Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 24–14 Crockett (2), Price, Witt Martin (4) 16,738
1 April Round 3 Melbourne Storm Olympic Park, Melbourne Loss 12–30 Rapira, Vatuvei Martin (2) 12,874
8 April Round 4 Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Sydney Loss 10–13 Mannering, Martin Martin (1) 16,358
15 April Round 5 North Queensland Cowboys Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 34–14 Byrne, Fien, Price, Rovelli, Vatuvei, Witt Martin (5) 11,260
Round 6 Bye -
29 April Round 7 South Sydney Rabbitohs Telstra Stadium, Sydney Win 18–16 Byrne, McKinnon, Rovelli Martin (3) 13,044
5 May Round 8 Cronulla Sharks Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 20–22 Anderson, Rapira, Witt Martin (4) 13,587
12 May Round 9 Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Loss 18–24 Fien, Ropati, Wiki Hohaia (3) 15,107
20 May Round 10 Wests Tigers Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 26–30 Ah Van, Hohaia, Mannering, Ropati,
Vatuvei		 Martin (3) 10,282
28 May Round 11 Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Loss 6–30 Swann Martin (1) 11,160
3 June Round 12 Bulldogs Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 20–40 Ah Van, Mannering, Ropati, Swann Martin (2) 10,041
10 June Round 13 Melbourne Storm Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 2–4 Martin (1) 6,209
16 June Round 14 Cronulla Sharks Toyota Park, Sydney Win 12–2 Vatuvei, Witt Witt (2) 4,202
22 June Round 15 Penrith Panthers Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 54–14 McKinnon (2), Witt (2), Anderson, Gatis,
Koopu, Lauaki, Vatuvei		 Witt (6),
Martin (3)		 9,978
30 June Round 16 Gold Coast Titans Gold Coast Stadium, Gold Coast Win 22–6 Gatis, McKinnon, Rapira Witt (5) 17,608
7 July Round 17 North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Loss 12–18 Ah Van, Vatuvei Witt (2) 19,648
15 July Round 18 St. George Illawarra Dragons Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 44–16 Mannering (2), Crockett, Gatis, McKinnon,
Ropati, Tuimavave		 Witt (8) 10,037
22 July Round 19 Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney Win 28–16 Rovelli (2), Koopu, Luck, Ropati Witt (4) 14,012
28 July Round 20 Newcastle Knights Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 52–10 McKinnon (2), Ropati (2), Rovelli (2),
Koopu, Price, Vatuvei		 Witt (8) 11,301
5 August Round 21 Sydney Roosters SFS, Sydney Draw (G.P.) 31–31 Lauaki (2), McKinnon, Ropati, Vatuvei Witt (5 & FG) 15,124
11 August Round 22 Gold Coast Titans Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 30–6 Rovelli (3), Ropati (2) Witt (5) 20,609
18 August Round 23 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Loss 24–26 Crockett, Fien, Lauaki, Vatuvei Witt (4) 8,134
26 August Round 24 Manly Sea Eagles Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 36–14 Koopu (2), Gatis, Lauaki, Mannering,
Vatuvei		 Witt (6) 25,070
1 September Round 25 Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Win 24–20 Byrne (2), Rapira, Rovelli Witt (4) 14,473

Finals[edit]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
7 September Qualifying Final Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 10–12 Byrne, Witt Witt (1) 28,745
16 September Semi Final North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Loss 12–49 Crockett, Martin Witt (2) 21,847

Ladder[edit]

2007 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 21 0 3 1 627 277 +350 44
2 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 18 0 6 1 597 377 +220 38
3 North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 1 547 618 −71 32
4 New Zealand Warriors 24 13 1 10 1 593 434 +159 29
5 Parramatta Eels 24 13 0 11 1 573 481 +92 28
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 0 12 1 575 528 +47 26
7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 12 0 12 1 408 399 +9 26
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 11 0 13 1 511 476 +35 24
9 Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 1 541 561 −20 24
10 Sydney Roosters 24 10 1 13 1 445 610 −165 23
11 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 10 0 14 1 463 403 +60 22
12 Gold Coast Titans 24 10 0 14 1 409 559 −150 22
13 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 9 0 15 1 431 509 −78 20
14 Canberra Raiders 24 9 0 15 1 522 650 −128 20
15 Newcastle Knights 24 9 0 15 1 418 708 −290 20
16 Penrith Panthers 24 8 0 16 1 539 607 −68 18

Squad[edit]

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

Twenty three players were used by the club in 2007. Four players made their debuts for the club, although only one (Corey Lawrie) made his National Rugby League debut. In addition Aidan Kirk was in the squad but did not play a game due to injury.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
42 Logan Swann New Zealand SR 1 March 1997 25 2 0 0 8
64 Wairangi Koopu New Zealand CE / SR 9 April 1999 17 5 0 0 20
99 Lance Hohaia New Zealand UB 6 April 2002 10 2 3 0 14
102 Evarn Tuimavave New Zealand PR 1 September 2002 25 1 0 0 4
108 Jerome Ropati New Zealand CE / FE 31 August 2003 12 10 0 0 40
109 Tony Martin Australia CE 14 March 2004 13 2 34 0 76
110 Epalahame Lauaki New Zealand / Tonga SR 14 March 2004 24 5 0 0 20
112 Louis Anderson New Zealand LK 28 March 2004 10 2 0 0 8
115 Manu Vatuvei New Zealand WG 23 May 2004 23 10 0 0 40
121 Steve Price Australia PR 13 March 2005 23 4 0 0 16
122 Todd Byrne Australia WG 13 March 2005 12 5 0 0 20
123 Ruben Wiki New Zealand PR 13 March 2005 22 1 0 0 4
124 Nathan Fien New Zealand HK 13 March 2005 26 3 0 0 12
125 Simon Mannering New Zealand CE 26 June 2005 26 7 0 0 28
126 Micheal Luck Australia SR 12 March 2006 26 1 0 0 4
127 Grant Rovelli Australia / Italy HB 12 March 2006 23 10 0 0 40
128 George Gatis Australia / Greece HK 25 March 2006 22 4 0 0 16
129 Patrick Ah Van New Zealand WG 9 April 2006 12 3 0 0 12
131 Sam Rapira New Zealand PR 20 May 2006 26 4 0 0 16
132 Wade McKinnon Australia FB 17 March 2007 22 9 0 0 36
133 Michael Crockett Australia WG 17 March 2007 14 7 0 0 28
134 Michael Witt Australia FE 17 March 2007 25 7 62 1 153
135 Corey Lawrie New Zealand LK 15 April 2007 4 0 0 0 0

Staff[edit]

  • Chief Executive Officer: Wayne Scurrah

NRL Staff[edit]

Transfers[edit]

Gains[edit]

Player Previous Club Length Notes
Wade McKinnon Parramatta Eels
Michael Crockett Wests Tigers
Michael Witt Manly Sea Eagles
Aidan Kirk Sydney Roosters

Losses[edit]

Player Club Notes
Awen Guttenbeil Castleford Tigers
Clinton Toopi Leeds Rhinos
Richard Villasanti Cronulla Sharks
Brent Webb Leeds Rhinos
Sione Faumuina Harlequins RL

Mid-Season Losses[edit]

Player Club Notes
Cooper Vuna Newcastle Knights Released, made Newcastle debut 27 May

Other Teams[edit]

See also: List of Auckland Lions results and List of Auckland Lions players
Auckland Lions Premier League players during at match against St George Illawarra

Senior players who were not required for the first team played with the Auckland Lions in the NSWRL Premier League. Graeme Norton coached the side which finished in tenth spot (out of thirteen), just two wins outside of the top eight.

The Auckland Lions featured many players who were yet to make their first grade debuts for the Warriors, such as Leeson Ah Mau, Sonny Fai, Isaac John, Aidan Kirk, Kevin Locke, Russell Packer and Malo Solomona.[4]

Awards[edit]

Steve Price won the Player of the Year award.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Swann Eyes 150th Appearances for Warriors Archived 8 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine warriors.co.nz, 3 April 2007
  2. ^ a b c 2007 NRL trials Archived 31 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine warriors.co.nz, Accessed 17 July 2009
  3. ^ Warriors trainer quits to join Roosters stuff.co.nz, 15 October 2012
  4. ^ 2007 Auckland Lions Archived 31 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine warriors.co.nz, Accessed 17 July 2009
  5. ^ Vodafone Warriors RED BALL Awards warriors.co.nz, 16 September 2014

External links[edit]

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