The New Zealand Warriors (formerly Auckland Warriors) are a professional rugby league club in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australasia.
Based in Auckland the Warriors were admitted to the Australian Rugby League (ARL) competition in 1995, a predecessor of the current NRL competition. Below is a list of individual and team records set since the clubs introduction.
Individual records
* indicates player still active.
Player of the year (Simon Mannering Medal)
Most First Grade Games
- 301, Simon Mannering (2005–2018)
- 261, Stacey Jones (1995–2005, 2009)
- 226, Manu Vatuvei (2004–2017)
- 223, Shaun Johnson (2011–2018, 2022–2024)
- 212, Ben Matulino (2008–2017)
- 195, Logan Swann (1997–2003, 2007–2008)
- 188, Jacob Lillyman (2009–2017)
- 185, Lance Hohaia (2002–2011)
- 173, Sam Rapira (2006–2015)
- 170, Awen Guttenbeil (1996–2006)
Most Tries For Club
- 152, Manu Vatuvei (2004–2017)
- 79, Shaun Johnson (2011–2018, 2022–2024)
- 77, Stacey Jones (1995–2005, 2009)
- 63, Simon Mannering (2005–2018)
- 61, David Fusitu'a (2014–2021)
- 60, Francis Meli (1999–2005)
- 57, Clinton Toopi (1999–2006)
- 57, Lance Hohaia (2002–2011)
- 54, Jerome Ropati (2003–2014)
- 46, Solomone Kata (2015–2019)
Most tries in a season
Most Points For Club
- 1213 (79 tries, 440 goals, 17 field goals), Shaun Johnson (2011–2018, 2022–2024)
- 674 (77 tries, 176 goals, 14 field goals), Stacey Jones (1995–2005, 2009)
- 608 (152 tries), Manu Vatuvei (2004–2017)
- 547 (24 tries, 222 goals, 7 field goals), James Maloney (2010–2012)
- 439 (12 tries, 195 goals, 1 field goal), Ivan Cleary (2000–2002)
- 357 (57 tries, 64 goals, 1 field goal), Lance Hohaia (2002–2011)
Most points in a season
Most points in a match
Points | Player | Details |
28 | Gene Ngamu | 3 tries, 8 goals vs North Queensland, 1996 (Won 52–6) |
28 | Ivan Cleary | 1 try, 12 goals vs Northern Eagles, 2002 (Won 68–10) |
28 | James Maloney | 3 tries, 8 goals vs Brisbane Broncos, 2010 (Won 48–16) |
26 | Shaun Johnson | 3 tries, 7 goals vs Canberra Raiders, 2013 (Won 50–16) |
26 | Shaun Johnson | 2 tries, 9 goals vs Canberra Raiders, 2014 (Won 54–12) |
22 | Tony Martin | 1 try, 9 goals vs South Sydney, 2006 (Won 46–14) |
20 | Ivan Cleary | 1 try, 8 goals vs North Queensland, 2002 (Won 50–20) |
20 | Francis Meli | 5 tries vs Canterbury Bulldogs, 2003 (Won 48–22) |
20 | Michael Witt | 2 tries, 6 goals vs Penrith Panthers, 2007 (Won 54–14) |
20 | Shaun Johnson | 2 tries, 6 goals vs Gold Coast Titans, 2015 (Won 36–14) |
Top try scorers
Club records
Highest home game attendance
Biggest wins
Biggest losses
Kept opposition to nil
Kept to nil
Most consecutive wins
Most consecutive losses
Losses | First Round | Last Round |
9 | Round 17, 2017 | Round 26, 2017 |
8 | Round 19, 2012 | Round 26, 2012 |
8 | Round 19, 2015 | Round 26, 2015 |
7 | Round 17, 2000 | Round 23, 2000 |
7 | Round 20, 2004 | Round 1, 2005 |
Most consecutive home wins
Most consecutive away wins
Most consecutive home losses
Most consecutive away losses
Biggest comeback
Recovered from a 21-point deficit.
- Trailed to Canberra 31–10 after 51 minutes to win 34–31 at GIO Stadium on 27 March 2021
Recovered from a 20-point deficit.
- Trailed to Cronulla-Sutherland 20–0 after 21 minutes to win 30–32 at Pointsbet Stadium on 2 April 2023
Recovered from a 20-point deficit.
- Trailed to Newcastle 20–0 after 39 minutes to win 30–26 at EnergyAustralia Stadium on 17 April 2005
Recovered from a 16-point deficit.
- Trailed to Canterbury 24-8 after 75 minutes to draw 24 all at Westpac Stadium on 7 April 2001
Worst collapse
Surrendered a 26-point lead.
- Led Penrith 32–6 after 59 minutes to draw 32–32 at CUA Stadium on 1 August 2009
Surrendered a 22-point lead.
- Led Penrith 28–6 after 46 minutes to lose 36–28 at Pepper Stadium on 13 May 2017
Surrendered a 16-point lead (three times).
- Led Newcastle 16–0 after 34 minutes to lose 36–26 at Mt Smart Stadium on 16 March 2003
- Led Canterbury 16–0 after 21 minutes to lose 22–18 (in extra-time) at ANZ Stadium on 9 July 2006
- Led Canberra 22-6 after 46 minutes to lose 42-22 Mt Smart Stadium on 2 September 2012
Golden point record
Played 19: Won 6, Lost 9, Drawn 4
- Won 31–30 vs South Sydney Rabbitohs, Round 16, 2003
- Lost 26–28 vs North Queensland Cowboys, Round 15, 2004
- Lost 29–30 vs Canberra Raiders, Round 20, 2004
- Lost 18–22 vs Canterbury Bulldogs, Round 18, 2006
- Draw 31–31 vs Sydney Roosters, Round 21, 2007
- Won 17–16 vs Sydney Roosters, Round 6, 2009
- Draw 14–14 vs Melbourne Storm, Round 7, 2009
- Draw 32–32 vs Penrith Panthers, Round 21, 2009
- Won 17–13 vs Parramatta Eels, Round 10, 2015
- Won 32–28 vs Sydney Roosters, Round 5, 2016
- Lost 18–19 vs Cronulla Sharks, Round 16, 2016
- Lost 14–15 vs Manly Sea Eagles, Round 19, 2016
- Lost 22–26 vs Canberra Raiders, Round 20, 2016
- Won 20–16 vs Penrith Panthers, Round 21, 2016
- Lost 21–22 vs Manly Sea Eagles, Round 25, 2017
- Lost 18-19 vs Penrith Panthers, 2019, Round 15
- Draw 18-18 vs Brisbane Broncos, 2019, Round 17
- Lost 18-19 vs St George Illawarra Dragons, 2021, Round 16
- Won 25-24 vs North Queensland Cowboys, 2022, Round 5
- Lost 26-27 vs Gold Coast Titans, 2022, Round 25
- Won 21-20 vs Canberra Raiders, 2023, Round 21
All time premiership record 1995-2018
Note: 18 of those 588 games were in the finals (8 wins) (10 losses)
Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win Percentage | Points For | Points Against | Points Differential |
632 | 288 | 8 | 336 | 46.20% | 13104 | 14083 | −979 |
References
- ^ "NRL: Francis Meli backs David Fusitu'a to break Warriors try-scoring record". Newshub. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ ONE Sport (24 August 2007). "Warriors sell-out crucial home game". tvnz.co.nz Sport. New Zealand. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
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