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| 2015 New Zealand Warriors season | ||||
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| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Wayne Scurrah | |||
| Coach | Andrew McFadden | |||
| Assistant coach | Tony Iro Andrew Webster | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Mount Smart Stadium | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Solomone Kata (12) | |||
| Goals | Shaun Johnson (48) | |||
| Points | Shaun Johnson (130) | |||
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The 2015 New Zealand Warriors season was the 21st in the club's history. Coached by Andrew McFadden and captained by Simon Mannering, the Warriors competed in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines tournament.
Milestones
- 13 February: Manu Vatuvei and Nathan Friend were selected to play for the NRL All Stars team in the NRL All Stars game.
- 7 March – round 1: Solomone Kata, Bodene Thompson, Ryan Hoffman, Sam Lisone and Albert Vete made their debut for the club. Kata, Lisone and Vete were also making their first grade debut.
- 15 March – round 2: Jonathan Wright made his debut for the club.
- 21 March – round 3: Nathan Friend played in his 200th NRL match. Ben Henry also played in his 50th NRL match.
- 29 March – round 4: Matt Allwood made his debut for the club.
- 6 April – round 5: Ryan Hoffman played in his 250th NRL match.
- 11 April – round 6: Manu Vatuvei played in his 200th match for the Warriors.
- 25 April – round 8: Raymond Faitala-Mariner made his first grade debut.
- 2 May: Bunty Afoa, Marata Niukore, Toafofoa Sipley and Jazz Tevaga played for the Junior Kiwis. Dominique Peyroux and Sam Lisone represented Samoa while Tuimoala Lolohea, Konrad Hurrell, Solomone Kata and Albert Vete played for Tonga.
- 3 May: Shaun Johnson, Thomas Leuluai, Simon Mannering, Ben Matulino, Manu Vatuvei all played for the New Zealand national rugby league team in the 2015 Anzac Test.
- 16 May – round 10: Ken Maumalo made his first grade debut.
- May to July: Ryan Hoffman represented New South Wales and Jacob Lillyman represented Queensland in the 2015 State of Origin series.
- 13 June – round 14: Manu Vatuvei scored his 10th try of the season, becoming the first player to score 10 tries in 10 consecutive seasons.
- 27 June – round 15: Jacob Lillyman played in his 200th NRL match and Bodene Thompson played in his 100th NRL match.
- 19 July – round 19: Shaun Johnson played in his 100th match for the Warriors.
- 22 August – round 24: Mason Lino made his first grade debut.
- 8 October: Tuimoala Lolohea and Ben Matulino were named in the squad for the New Zealand tour of Great Britain. Sam Tomkins was also named in the England squad.
- 17 October: Solomone Kata and Albert Vete played for Tonga in a World Cup qualifier.
Jersey and sponsors
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In 2015 the Warriors jerseys were again made by Canterbury of New Zealand. |
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Fixtures
Pre-season training
The bulk of the Warriors' 2015 NRL squad began preseason training on 3 November 2014.[1]
Auckland Nines
The Warriors finished second in the Hunua pool at the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines before being eliminated by the Cronulla Sharks in the quarterfinals.
The squad for the Nines was Shaun Johnson (c), Matthew Allwood, Nathan Friend, Ben Henry, Ryan Hoffman, Solomone Kata, Ngani Laumape, Sam Lisone, Tuimoala Lolohea, Sione Lousi, Suaia Matagi, Ben Matulino, Ken Maumalo, Nathaniel Roache, Bodene Thompson, Sam Tomkins, Chad Townsend and Manu Vatuvei. Simon Mannering, Dominique Peyroux, Sebastine Ikahihifo and Jonathan Wright were originally named in a 22-man training squad.[2]
Solomone Kata was named in the team of the tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wests Tigers
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 4 |
| 2 |  New Zealand Warriors
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 4 |
| 3 |  Gold Coast Titans
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 2 |
| 4 |  Canberra Raiders
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 73 | −27 | 2 |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January | Hunua 1 | Gold Coast Titans |
Eden Park, Auckland | Win | 17–10 | Kata, Hoffman, Lolohea | Johnson (2) | 43,000 | [3] |
| 31 January | Hunua 2 | Canberra Raiders |
Eden Park, Auckland | Loss | 19–23 | Johnson, Maumalo, Lolohea, Allwood | Johnson (1) | 43,000 | [4] |
| 1 February | Hunua 3 | Wests Tigers |
Eden Park, Auckland | Win | 22–8 | Kata (2), Vatuvei, Lolohea, Henry | Johnson (1) | 43,000 | [5] |
| 1 February | Quarter Final |  Cronulla Sharks |
Eden Park, Auckland | Loss | 12–14 | Vatuvei, Kata, Laumape | 43,000 | [6] |
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Parramatta Eels
| 17 | |||||||||||||
 North Queensland Cowboys
| 11 | |||||||||||||
| Parramatta Eels
| 6 | |||||||||||||
 South Sydney Rabbitohs
| 37 | |||||||||||||
| South Sydney Rabbitohs
| 30 | |||||||||||||
 Newcastle Knights
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| South Sydney Rabbitohs
| 18 | |||||||||||||
| Cronulla Sharks
| 14 | |||||||||||||
| Wests Tigers
| 4 | |||||||||||||
 Sydney Roosters
| 22 | |||||||||||||
| Sydney Roosters
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Cronulla Sharks
| 10 | |||||||||||||
| Cronulla Sharks
| 14 | |||||||||||||
 New Zealand Warriors
| 12 | |||||||||||||
Pre-season matches
The Warriors were planning to host the St. George Illawarra Dragons at Trafalgar Park in Nelson, however the match was cancelled when the Dragons were invited to compete in the World Club Series. It would have been the first time the Warriors had played in Nelson.[7]
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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| 7 February | Trial 1 | Gold Coast Titans | Clive Berghofer Stadium, Toowoomba | Loss | 12–22 | Peyroux, Peteru | Pewhairangi (2) | 6,827 | [8] |
| 14 February | Trial 2 | Penrith Panthers | Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua | Win | 18–4 | Maumalo (2), Niukore, Johnson | Townsend (1) | 9,000 | [9][10] |
| 21 February | Trial 3 | Warriors NSW Cup | Bruce Pulman Park, Papakura | Win | 42–14 | Hurrell (2), Vatuvei, Tomkins, Friend, Kata, Mannering, Johnson | Johnson (5) | 2,000 | [11] |
Regular season
All home matches were played at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, with the exception of the Round 22 match, which was played at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. It was the third year in a row the Warriors took a match to Wellington, as part of the "Capital Clash".[12]