29 July - Round 18 - Gene Ngamu scores 28 points (3 tries, 8 goals) in the defeat of the North Queensland Cowboys, setting the club's point scoring record.
Jersey & Sponsorsedit
The Warriors retained the same jersey design as in 1995. The official jersey supplier were Lenco. The Jersey was blue with a Green, Red and White "V". Only one jersey was used for both home and away games. The main sponsor was DB Bitter. Asics, Coca-Cola and Mitsubishi also had sponsorship deals.
As the Auckland Warriors had, along with seven other clubs, signed with News Limited they did not originally intend to compete in the Australian Rugby League's Optus Cup in 1996. Instead Super League was scheduled to start on 1 March 1996.
Legal proceedings had been ongoing between the ARL and News Ltd since 1995 and on 23 February 1996 Justice James Burchett ruled the new Super League competition to be illegal. As a result, the eight Super League clubs were obliged to compete in the Optus Cup in 1996. However the competition, which was originally planned to kick off on 1 March was delayed and commenced on 22 March.
All Super League clubs apart from the Warriors forfeited Round One of the Optus Cup. The Warriors board instead directed reserve grade coach Frank Endacott to organise two teams of un-affiliated players to fly to Brisbane. Endacott did so, assembling teams largely made up of the Otahuhu Leopards and Ellerslie Eagles senior sides, and the Warriors first and reserve grade sides were awarded a win each via forfeit as Brisbane refused to play.[1]
The Warriors participated in the ARL's Reserve grade competition that mirrored the senior draw. The Reserve grade side again made the finals, finishing third. Unlike in 1995, the Warriors did not field a Colts side in the Lion Red Cup.
In the Club Championship the Warriors finished fifth overall.
In the Reserve Grade Finals the Warriors first bet Sydney City 19–18 in the Quarterfinals. In the Semifinals they defeated Brisbane 18-12 to make the Grand Final. However, in the Grand Final the Warriors went down 14-12 to the Cronulla Sharks, the second year in a row that a Warriors team had lost a Grand Final.[2][3] The cost of the finals campaign to the club was estimated at between $70,000 and $75,000.[4]
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The Auckland Warriors 1996 season was the Auckland Warriors 2nd season in first grade The club competed in Australasia s Australian Rugby League competition The coach of the team was John Monie while Greg Alexander was the club s captain 1996 Auckland Warriors seasonARL Rank11th1996 recordWins 10 draws 0 losses 11Points scoredFor 412 against 427Team informationCEOIan RobsonCoachJohn MonieCaptainsGreg AlexanderDenis BettsStadiumEricsson StadiumAvg attendance20 126Top scorersTriesJohn Kirwan 10 GoalsGene Ngamu 50 PointsGene Ngamu 120 1995 1997 Contents 1 Milestones 2 Jersey amp Sponsors 3 Super League 4 Fixtures 4 1 Trial Matches 4 2 Regular season 5 Ladder 6 Squad 7 Staff 7 1 Coaching Staff 8 Transfers 8 1 Gains 8 2 Losses 9 Other Teams 10 Awards 11 References 12 External linksMilestones edit29 July Round 18 Gene Ngamu scores 28 points 3 tries 8 goals in the defeat of the North Queensland Cowboys setting the club s point scoring record Jersey amp Sponsors edit nbsp The Warriors retained the same jersey design as in 1995 The official jersey supplier were Lenco The Jersey was blue with a Green Red and White V Only one jersey was used for both home and away games The main sponsor was DB Bitter Asics Coca Cola and Mitsubishi also had sponsorship deals Super League editSee also Super League war As the Auckland Warriors had along with seven other clubs signed with News Limited they did not originally intend to compete in the Australian Rugby League s Optus Cup in 1996 Instead Super League was scheduled to start on 1 March 1996 Legal proceedings had been ongoing between the ARL and News Ltd since 1995 and on 23 February 1996 Justice James Burchett ruled the new Super League competition to be illegal As a result the eight Super League clubs were obliged to compete in the Optus Cup in 1996 However the competition which was originally planned to kick off on 1 March was delayed and commenced on 22 March As a result of the court action the Warriors were not invited to participate in the ARL s 1996 Rugby League World Sevens but many of their players instead took part in Super League s 1996 World Nines which were won by New Zealand All Super League clubs apart from the Warriors forfeited Round One of the Optus Cup The Warriors board instead directed reserve grade coach Frank Endacott to organise two teams of un affiliated players to fly to Brisbane Endacott did so assembling teams largely made up of the Otahuhu Leopards and Ellerslie Eagles senior sides and the Warriors first and reserve grade sides were awarded a win each via forfeit as Brisbane refused to play 1 Auckland Warriors players were again ineligible for the New South Wales and Queensland State of Origin sides and the Australian Kangaroos due to the Warriors Super League stance In October 1996 New Limited won an appeal and Super League was allowed to go ahead in 1997 Fixtures editSee also List of New Zealand Warriors results The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 1996 their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995 Trial Matches edit Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report February Match 1 nbsp Cronulla Sharks Ericsson Stadium Auckland Loss 24 38 Regular season edit Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report Round 1 nbsp Brisbane Broncos Win 31 March Round 2 nbsp Illawarra Steelers Ericsson Stadium Auckland Win 18 10 T Ropati 2 Blackmore Alexander 2 Hill 1 17 246 4 April Round 3 nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies Campbelltown Stadium Sydney Loss 8 22 J Vagana Alexander 1 Hill 1 10 088 1 April Round 4 nbsp North Sydney Bears Ericsson Stadium Auckland Win 12 8 Jones Hill 2 Alexander 1 Ellis 1 22 500 7 April Round 5 nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval Sydney Loss 10 22 Blake Ngamu Ngamu 1 18 588 16 April Round 6 nbsp Illawarra Steelers Steelers Stadium Wollongong Win 30 20 Alexander Blake Ellis Jones Tatupu Ngamu 3 Hill 2 8 055 23 April Round 7 nbsp Parramatta Eels Ericsson Stadium Auckland Win 28 4 Kirwan 2 Alexander Hoppe Horo Ngamu 3 Hill 1 23 432 30 April Round 8 nbsp Sydney City Roosters SFS Sydney Loss 16 28 Blackmore Hoppe T Ropati Ngamu 1 Hill 1 13 471 7 May Round 9 nbsp Newcastle Knights Ericsson Stadium Auckland Loss 18 22 Kirwan 2 Betts Ngamu 1 Ellis 1 17 000 14 May Round 10 nbsp Cronulla Sharks Ericsson Stadium Auckland Loss 24 28 Hoppe Kearney Kirwan Ngamu Ngamu 4 22 810 4 June Round 11 nbsp Sydney Tigers Lancaster Park Christchurch Loss 22 34 Blackmore Ellis Kirwan T Ropati Ngamu 2 Ellis 1 10 000 18 June Round 12 nbsp Penrith Panthers Penrith Park Sydney Win 26 16 Ellis 2 Hoppe Horo Kirwan Ngamu 3 6 981 25 June Round 13 nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies Ericsson Stadium Auckland Win 32 16 Jones 2 Alexander Eru Hoppe Kirwan Ngamu 4 17 500 1 July Round 14 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Ericsson Stadium Auckland Win 24 10 Eru 2 Jones Kirwan Ngamu 4 20 000 9 July Round 15 nbsp Gold Coast Chargers Carrara Stadium Gold Coast Win 28 14 Ellis Henare Horo Kearney Swann Ngamu 4 11 870 16 July Round 16 nbsp Western Reds WACA Ground Perth Loss 12 32 Ellis Swann Ngamu 2 12 760 23 July Round 17 nbsp South Queensland Crushers Ericsson Stadium Auckland Win 16 12 Blackmore Swann Ngamu 3 Ellis 1 17 000 29 July Round 18 nbsp North Queensland Cowboys Ericsson Stadium Auckland Win 52 6 Ngamu 3 Betts Blake Hoppe Horo Jones Kirwan Ngamu 8 14 600 6 August Round 19 nbsp St George Dragons Kogarah Oval Sydney Loss 6 35 Guttenbeil Ngamu 1 14 256 11 August Round 20 nbsp Canterbury Bulldogs Ericsson Stadium Auckland Win 18 12 Betts Blackmore Ropati Ngamu 3 23 300 18 August Round 21 nbsp Canberra Raiders Bruce Stadium Canberra Loss 6 30 Blackmore Ngamu 1 14 528 27 August Round 22 nbsp Brisbane Broncos Ericsson Stadium Auckland Loss 6 38 Hoppe Ngamu 1 26 000 Brisbane forfeited Round One The Warriors had sent a team to Brisbane consisting of players un signed to Super League Ladder editTeam Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 nbsp Manly Warringah 22 18 0 4 549 191 358 36 2 nbsp Brisbane 21 17 0 4 607 263 344 34 3 nbsp North Sydney 22 15 2 5 598 325 273 32 4 nbsp Sydney City 22 15 1 6 521 321 200 31 5 nbsp Cronulla Sutherland 21 14 2 5 399 268 131 30 6 nbsp Canberra 21 13 1 7 538 384 154 27 7 nbsp St George 21 12 1 8 443 360 83 27 8 nbsp Western Suburbs 22 12 1 9 394 434 40 25 9 nbsp Newcastle 21 10 1 10 416 388 28 23 10 nbsp Canterbury 21 11 0 10 375 378 3 22 11 nbsp Auckland 21 10 0 11 412 427 15 22 12 nbsp Balmain 22 11 0 11 319 459 140 22 13 nbsp Parramatta 21 9 1 11 404 415 11 21 14 nbsp Illawarra 22 8 0 14 403 444 41 16 15 nbsp Penrith 21 7 1 13 363 464 101 15 16 nbsp Western Reds 21 6 1 14 313 420 107 13 17 nbsp North Queensland 21 6 0 15 288 643 355 12 18 nbsp Gold Coast 22 5 1 16 359 521 162 11 19 nbsp South Sydney 22 5 1 16 314 634 320 11 20 nbsp South Queensland 21 3 0 18 220 496 276 8Squad editSee also List of New Zealand Warriors players The Warriors used twenty eight players in 1996 including nine who made their first grade debuts No Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts 2 Phil Blake nbsp FB HK 10 March 1995 18 3 0 0 12 3 Sean Hoppe nbsp WG 10 March 1995 20 7 0 0 28 6 Gene Ngamu nbsp FE 10 March 1995 20 5 50 0 120 7 Greg Alexander nbsp FB FE HB 10 March 1995 16 3 4 0 20 8 Gavin Hill nbsp PR 10 March 1995 7 0 8 0 16 10 Hitro Okesene nbsp PR HK 10 March 1995 4 0 0 0 0 11 Stephen Kearney nbsp SR 10 March 1995 21 2 0 0 8 12 Tony Tatupu nbsp nbsp SR 10 March 1995 11 1 0 0 4 13 Tony Tuimavave nbsp nbsp PR LK 10 March 1995 5 0 0 0 0 15 Tea Ropati nbsp nbsp CE FE 10 March 1995 20 5 0 0 20 18 Joe Vagana nbsp nbsp PR 18 March 1995 20 1 0 0 4 19 Syd Eru nbsp HK 28 March 1995 11 3 0 0 12 22 John Kirwan nbsp WG 16 April 1995 19 10 0 0 40 23 Andy Platt nbsp PR 23 April 1995 21 0 0 0 0 24 Stacey Jones nbsp HB 23 April 1995 21 6 0 0 24 26 Richie Blackmore nbsp CE 14 May 1995 17 6 0 0 24 28 Denis Betts nbsp SR 4 June 1995 17 3 0 0 12 29 Marc Ellis nbsp FB WG 31 March 1996 18 6 4 0 32 30 Mark Horo nbsp PR SR 31 March 1996 21 4 0 0 16 31 Mark Carter nbsp SR 31 March 1996 8 0 0 0 0 32 Nigel Vagana nbsp nbsp CE 4 April 1996 1 0 0 0 0 33 Awen Guttenbeil nbsp nbsp SR 14 April 1996 14 1 0 0 4 34 Doc Murray nbsp FB 19 April 1996 1 0 0 0 0 35 Iva Ropati nbsp CE 19 April 1996 2 0 0 0 0 36 Anthony Swann nbsp nbsp CE 23 June 1996 9 3 0 0 12 37 Brady Malam nbsp PR 23 June 1996 8 0 0 0 0 38 Bryan Henare nbsp SR 23 July 1996 3 1 0 0 4 39 Aaron Lester nbsp HK 28 July 1996 3 0 0 0 0Staff editChairman Peter McLeod Chief Executive Officer Ian Robson Football Manager Laurie Stubbing Coaching Staff edit Head coach John Monie Reserve Grade Coach Frank Endacott Development Officer John AcklandTransfers editGains edit Player Previous Club Notes Marc Ellis Otago Rugby Football Union Mark Horo Western Suburbs Magpies Mark Carter Auckland Rugby Football Union Awen Guttenbeil Manly Sea Eagles Iva Ropati Parramatta Eels Losses edit Player Club Notes Dean Bell Retired Manoa Thompson Released Whetu Taewa North Queensland Cowboys Duane Mann Released Se e Solomona North Queensland Cowboys Jason Mackie Released Martin Moana Halifax Blue Sox Willie Poching North Queensland Cowboys Logan Edwards Released Mike Dorreen Sydney Tigers Frano Botica Llanelli RFCOther Teams editThe Warriors participated in the ARL s Reserve grade competition that mirrored the senior draw The Reserve grade side again made the finals finishing third Unlike in 1995 the Warriors did not field a Colts side in the Lion Red Cup In the Club Championship the Warriors finished fifth overall In the Reserve Grade Finals the Warriors first bet Sydney City 19 18 in the Quarterfinals In the Semifinals they defeated Brisbane 18 12 to make the Grand Final However in the Grand Final the Warriors went down 14 12 to the Cronulla Sharks the second year in a row that a Warriors team had lost a Grand Final 2 3 The cost of the finals campaign to the club was estimated at between 70 000 and 75 000 4 Awards editStephen Kearney won the club s Player of the Year award 5 References edit Frank Endacott with John Coffey Being Frank The Frank Endacott Story Auckland Hodder Moa Beckett 2002 ISBN 1 86958 922 X p 78 Australian Competitions 1996 Archived 1 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine The Vault Doc detects pain dead link Sunday Star Times 29 September 1996 Warriors reserve success comes at big price Sunday Star Times 29 September 1996 New Zealand Rugby League Annual 2002 New Zealand Rugby Football League 2002 p 50External links editWarriors official site 1996 Warriors Season rugbyleagueproject org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 Auckland Warriors season amp oldid 1188192067, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
