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1999 Auckland Warriors season
NRL Rank11th
1999 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 538; against: 498
Team information
CEOTrevor McKewen
CoachMark Graham
Captains
StadiumEricsson Stadium
Avg. attendance11,135
Top scorers
TriesStacey Jones (15)
GoalsMatthew Ridge (34)
PointsMatthew Ridge (80)
← 1998 2000 →

The Auckland Warriors 1999 season was the Auckland Warriors 5th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Mark Graham while Matthew Ridge was the club's captain.

Milestones

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  • 13 March – Round 2: Tony Tatupu plays his 50th match for the club.
  • 21 March – Round 3: Brady Malam plays his 50th match for the club.
  • 16 May – Round 11: Tony Tuimavave plays his 50th match for the club.
  • 30 May – Round 13: Logan Swann plays his 50th match for the club.
  • 21 August – Round 25: Stacey Jones becomes the first player to appear in 100 first-grade games for the club.

Jersey & Sponsors

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For 1999 the Warriors again used a similar style of jersey, produced by Nike, Inc., with Vodafone the shirt sponsor and Bartercard as sleeve sponsor.

Sale to Tainui

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Between the 1998 and 1999 seasons the Auckland Rugby League sold the Auckland Warriors to a consortium that included majority investor the Tainui tribe as well as Graham Lowe and Malcolm Boyle. The new owners cleaned out the management and coaching structures and also straightened the tongue on the Warriors logo, as a curved tongue is believed to be cursed in Māori culture.

The consortium paid $2 million in cash, $1.5 million in deferred settlement over three years and an annual development grant of $250,000. The Auckland Rugby League was forced to write off the deferred settlement in 2000 when the Auckland Warriors folded and the assets were purchased by the New Zealand Warriors.[1]

Fixtures

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See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 1999, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Country Carnival

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
12 February Trial 1 Melbourne Storm Lang Park, Brisbane Win 16-14 Oudenryn (2), Ridge Ridge (1) 2,500 [1]
20 February Trial 2 Brisbane Broncos Toowoomba Loss 10-22 Manuel, Jones Ridge (1) 7,146 [2]

Regular season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
8 March Round 1 Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 26-16 Ridge (2), Galuvao, Jones Ridge (5) 10,124 [3]
13 March Round 2 North Sydney Bears Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 18-22 Galuvao, Jones, Swann Ridge (3) 20,268 [4]
21 March Round 3 Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval Win 36-10 Death, Henare, Jones, Manuel, Swann,
J.Vagana, N.Vagana		 Jones (3),
Ngamu (1)		 7,077 [5]
28 March Round 4 Sydney Roosters Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 14-28 Manuel, N.Vagana Ridge (3) 17,492 [6]
3 April Round 5 Balmain Tigers Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Lost 8-17 Jones Ridge (2) 7,460 [7]
9 April Round 6 Melbourne Storm Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 10-38 10-38 Lauitiiti, Oudenryn Jones (1) 10,343 [8]
18 April Round 7 North Queensland Cowboys Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 0-24 8,954 [9]
Round 8 Bye
2 May Round 9 South Sydney Rabbitohs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 8-12 Beverley Doherty (1),
Jones (1)		 7,241 [10]
8 May Round 10 Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Lost 6-28 Koopu Ridge (1) 13,087 [11]
16 May Round 11 Canberra Raiders Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 32-30 Galuvao, Lauiti'iti, Manuel, Mears, J.Vagana Ridge (6) 9,423 [12]
23 May Round 12 Canterbury Bulldogs Telstra Stadium, Sydney Lost 28-24 Lauiti'iti (2), Endacott, Jones Doherty (4) 9,062 [13]
30 May Round 13 Parramatta Eels Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 18-25 Jones, Swann Doherty (5) 8,940 [14]
Round 14 Bye
12 June Round 15 Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Lost 20-34 N.Vagana (2), Mears Doherty (4) 7,097 [15]
19 June Round 16 Canterbury Bulldogs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 30-10 N.Vagana (2), Hoppe, Jones, Manuel,
J.Vagana		 Simon (3) 9,500 [16]
26 June Round 17 Balmain Tigers Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 22-4 Swann, Manuel, Seuseu, N.Vagana Simon (1) 8,506 [17]
4 July Round 18 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Lost 22-46 Hoppe, Manuel, Mears, N.Vagana Simon (3) 10,155 [18]
10 July Round 19 Brisbane Broncos ANZ Stadium, Brisbane Lost 16-24 Death, Lauiti'iti, Nelson Simon (2) 14,941 [19]
16 July Round 20 Cronulla Sharks Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Lost 20-22 Jones, Oudenryn, Mears Simon (4) 8,000 [20]
25 July Round 21 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 20-16 Jones, Manuel, Swann, Tuimavave Ridge (2) 7,364 [21]
1 August Round 22 Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Lost 14-16 Lewis, Tuimavave Simon (2),
Ridge (1)		 13,435 [22]
6 August Round 23 St. George Illawarra Dragons Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 32-18 Beverley, Jones, Lauiti'iti, Manuel, Meli,
N.Vagana		 Simon (4) 9,564 [23]
14 August Round 24 North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Win 40-14 Oudenryn (3), Jones, Swann, J.Vagana,
N.Vagana		 Ridge (4),
Simon (2)		 13,832 [24]
21 August Round 25 Newcastle Knights Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 42-0 Death (2), Lauiti'iti, Oudenryn, Ridge, Simon, N.Vagana Ridge (7) 15,385 [25]
29 August Round 26 Western Suburbs Magpies Campbelltown Sports Ground, Sydney Win 60-16 Jones (4), Beverley (2), Oudenryn (2),
Manuel, Meli, J.Vagana, N.Vagana		 Simon (5),
Swann (1)		 7,793 [26]

Ladder

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1999 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 18 0 6 2 586 332 +254 40
2 Parramatta Eels 24 17 0 7 2 500 294 +206 38
3 Melbourne Storm (P) 24 16 0 8 2 639 392 +247 36
4 Sydney City Roosters 24 16 0 8 2 592 377 +215 36
5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 15 1 8 2 520 462 +58 35
6 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 15 0 9 2 588 416 +172 34
7 Newcastle Knights 24 14 1 9 2 575 484 +91 33
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 13 2 9 2 510 368 +142 32
9 Canberra Raiders 24 13 1 10 2 618 439 +179 31
10 Penrith Panthers 24 11 1 12 2 492 428 +64 27
11 Auckland Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 538 498 +40 24
12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 10 0 14 2 349 556 -207 24
13 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 9 1 14 2 454 623 -169 23
14 North Sydney Bears 24 8 0 16 2 490 642 -152 20
15 Balmain Tigers 24 8 0 16 2 345 636 -291 20
16 North Queensland Cowboys 24 4 1 19 2 398 588 -190 13
17 Western Suburbs Magpies 24 3 0 21 2 285 944 -659 10

Squad

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See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

Thirty two players were used by the Warriors in 1999, including eight players making their first grade debuts.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
3 Sean Hoppe New Zealand WG 10 March 1995 13 2 0 0 8
6 Gene Ngamu New Zealand FE 10 March 1995 6 0 1 0 2
12 Tony Tatupu New Zealand SR 10 March 1995 21 0 0 0 0
13 Tony Tuimavave New Zealand PR / LK 10 March 1995 16 2 0 0 8
18 Joe Vagana New Zealand / Samoa PR 18 March 1995 24 5 0 0 20
19 Syd Eru New Zealand HK 28 March 1995 2 0 0 0 0
24 Stacey Jones New Zealand HB 23 April 1995 24 15 5 0 70
32 Nigel Vagana New Zealand / Samoa CE 4 April 1996 21 12 0 0 48
33 Awen Guttenbeil New Zealand / Tonga SR 14 April 1996 3 0 0 0 0
37 Brady Malam New Zealand PR 23 June 1996 8 0 0 0 0
38 Bryan Henare New Zealand SR 23 July 1996 7 1 0 0 4
40 Matthew Ridge New Zealand FB 1 March 1997 10 3 34 0 80
42 Logan Swann New Zealand SR 1 March 1997 24 7 1 0 30
44 Shane Endacott New Zealand FE 29 March 1997 17 1 0 0 4
47 Lee Oudenryn Australia WG 6 July 1997 17 8 0 0 32
50 Jerry Seu Seu New Zealand / Samoa PR 16 August 1997 16 1 0 0 4
55 Ali Lauitiiti New Zealand / Samoa SR 19 April 1998 20 7 0 0 28
56 Joe Galuvao New Zealand / Samoa FB / CE 2 May 1998 13 3 0 0 12
58 Odell Manuel New Zealand WG 8 March 1999 24 9 0 0 36
59 Jason Death Australia HK / LK 8 March 1999 18 4 0 0 16
60 Terry Hermansson New Zealand PR 8 March 1999 24 0 0 0 0
61 Monty Betham New Zealand HK / LK 8 March 1999 3 0 0 0 0
62 Cliff Beverley New Zealand FE 21 March 1999 16 4 0 0 16
63 Peter Lewis New Zealand CE 3 April 1999 11 1 0 0 4
64 Wairangi Koopu New Zealand CE / SR 9 April 1999 6 1 0 0 4
65 Francis Meli New Zealand / Samoa WG 2 May 1999 3 2 0 0 8
66 Clinton Toopi New Zealand CE 2 May 1999 2 0 0 0 0
67 Carl Doherty New Zealand FB 2 May 1999 5 0 14 0 28
68 Robert Mears Australia HK 16 May 1999 15 4 0 0 16
69 John Simon Australia FE 12 June 1999 12 1 26 0 56
70 Boycie Nelson New Zealand CE 19 June 1999 5 1 0 0 4
71 Talite Liava'a Tonga PR 4 July 1999 2 0 0 0 0

Staff

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  • Chief executive officer: Trevor McKewen
  • Football manager: Hugh McGahan

Coaching Staff

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Transfers

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Gains

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Player Previous Club Length Notes
Jason Death North Queensland Cowboys
Terry Hermansson Souths
Boycie Nelson Widnes Vikings

Mid-Season Gains

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Player Previous Club Length Notes
Robert Mears Canterbury Bulldogs Debut Rd 11
John Simon Parramatta Eels Debut Rd 15
Talite Liava'a Balmain Tigers Debut Rd 18

Losses

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Player Club Notes
Stephen Kearney Melbourne Storm
Tea Ropati Retired
Marc Ellis North Harbour Rugby Union
Anthony Swann North Sydney Bears
Paul Staladi Northland Rugby Union
Aaron Whittaker Canterbury Rugby League
Kevin Iro St Helens R.F.C.
Quentin Pongia Sydney Roosters
Tyran Smith Canberra Raiders
Zane Clarke Cessnock
Frank Watene Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Mid-Season Losses

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Player Future Club
Gene Ngamu Huddersfield-Sheffield
Sean Hoppe St Helens R.F.C.

Other Teams

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During the 1999 season players not selected for first grade competed in the NZRL's National Provincial competition.[3] The Warriors also sent four players a week to play for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and Brisbane Souths.[4][5]

Awards

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Jason Death won the club's Player of the Year award.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
  2. ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.58
  3. ^ Peter Jessup Injury gives Hoppe a starting chance New Zealand Herald, 16 March 1999
  4. ^ Jonathan Smith rugbyleague.co.nz
  5. ^ Peter Jessup Price could rule out stadium New Zealand Herald, 18 September 1999
  6. ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual 2002, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 2002. p.50
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