New Zealand Warriors

 New Zealand Warriors 
Club information
Full nameNew Zealand Warriors Rugby League Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)The Warriors, The Wahs
Colours  Blue
  Green
  Red
  White
Founded1995 as Auckland Warriors
Websitewarriors.kiwi
Current details
Ground(s)
CEOCameron George
ChairmanKen Reinsfield
CoachAndrew Webster
CaptainTohu Harris
CompetitionNRL Men's Premiership
2024 season13th
Home jersey
Home colours
Away jersey
Away colours
Current season
Records
Premierships0
Runners-up2 (2002, 2011)
Minor premierships1 (2002)
Wooden spoons0
Most capped301Simon Mannering
Highest try scorer152Manu Vatuvei
Highest points scorer1,476Shaun Johnson

The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Auckland Warriors, and are affectionally known as the Wahs. The Warriors are coached by Andrew Webster and captained by Tohu Harris. The Warriors are based at Mount Smart Stadium in the Auckland suburb of Penrose.

For the 1995 season the newly formed Auckland Warriors became the first club from outside Australia to be admitted to the Australian Rugby League's premiership when it expanded from 16 to 20 teams. As a result of the Super League war in the mid-1990s, Auckland left the ARL to compete in the Super League competition of 1997, before joining the re-unified NRL the following year. They re-branded themselves the New Zealand Warriors in 2001. The club has yet to win a premiership as of 2023. They have won one minor premiership (in 2002), and reached two grand finals (2002, 2011), reaching the finals eight times.

  1. ^ "View All Details". Companiesoffice.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 March 2017.