[6], In December 2017, the New Zealand Warriors expressed their interest in applying for a licence to participate in the inaugural NRL Women's season.[7]. Not all of these cups were available in the past but have replaced other cups that could be won.

The following week the side created history by winning their first two games of the season with a 24–14 victory over premiers, the Brisbane Broncos – the first time they have ever won their opening two games of the season. The club was re-branded as the New Zealand Warriors, with new colours of black and grey – resembling the national sporting colours.
They caused arguably the upset of the season, defeating the Minor Premiers Melbourne 24–20 at Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne, preventing the Storm from going the full regular season unbeaten at home. The Warriors found themselves siding with the Super League during the Super League War when the New Zealand Rugby League signed up to the rebel competition. The club was sold off to a consortium that included ex-Kiwi coach Graham Lowe and the Tainui tribe.

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Unfortunately Maloney missed both conversions which could have taken the score to 18–14 and a grandstand finish, but a try to Manly captain Jamie Lyon with only a minute remaining put the result beyond doubt as the Warriors were beaten by a clinical Manly outfit 24–10 – yet their effort in reaching just their second ever Grand Final (and their first in nine years) was a triumph for the club and departing coach Ivan Cleary and won praise from those in the NRL. As finals approached the Warriors ended with just 2 wins from their remaining 6 games to see them finish the season 11th. 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1909, 1936, 1945, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1989, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2008, 2011. City Cup (1912-1925, 1937, 1942-1945, 1959) Craven Mild Cup (1962-1981, also …

It was observed that when the Warriors were not winning by 20 points they were losing by 20 points. The premierships not decided by a grand final were determined by league ladder position. These were proved wrong, as the Warriors managed to only win six games to finish equal last, only escaping the wooden spoon by having a superior points differential to South Sydney. Watch the 2020 NRL Telstra Premiership Finals on a Kayo 14 day free trial with every game before the Grand Final Live & On-Demand.

The season was tinged with sadness, as it was announced it would be star halfback Stacey Jones last season with the club before he would join French Super League club, Catalans Dragons. Midway through the season coach Ivan Cleary was approached by the Penrith Panthers and was appointed as their coach for the 2012 season.

[10][11] When the competition resumed, the Warriors started their new campaign on a perfect note, in a memorable 18–0 win over the Dragons at their temporary home at Central Coast Stadium. The Warriors completed their pre-season with two wins from three games, defeating the Auckland Lions 64–4, losing to the North Queensland Cowboys 32–14 and defeating the Canterbury Bulldogs 36–6. The Warriors finished the season on a positive note leaving room for optimism for 2007 and beyond. After blowing an early 16–0 lead to lose 26–36 to the Newcastle Knights in Round 1, the Warriors embarked on a five-match winning streak to announce themselves as contenders for the season.

The only positive was the team's performance in the World Club Challenge. In the First edition of the NRL Auckland Nines, The Warriors were favourites to win. NRL GRAND FINAL LIVE BLOG, SCORES AND HIGHLIGHTS.

[15] Luisa Avaiki is the coach the side.

In their first year they made the semi-finals, and were defeated by the overall competition winners, Eastern Suburbs. Simon Mannering won his 4th Player of the year award, while David Fusitu'a won Rookie of the year. They claimed their first 'victory' over the Broncos in round one of the competition that year, after all Super League clubs agreed to boycott the first round of the competition in protest. This season included the Warriors' largest ever loss in their history to date, 54–0 to the Dragons in Wollongong. However, they were able to end the season on a positive note, beating the 4th placed Raiders 24–20 in Canberra. Worse was yet to come. The Warriors hammered United Kingdom powerhouses Wigan and St Helens, and comfortably handled Warrington. The Warriors' first year in the Australian Rugby League was 1995. The loss was at the time the largest in finals series history, but at last things seemed to be going in the right direction at the Warriors.

The Roosters led 13–6 at halftime before a second-half comeback saw the Warriors pile on twenty-four unanswered points to earn the Warriors a place in the preliminary finals. The Harry Sunderland Trophy is awarded to the Man-of-the-Match in the Super League Grand Final by the Rugby League Writers' Association. This was the first time since 2003 that the Warriors have reached the grand final qualifier, and third overall in 14 seasons. St. Helens contested the final 6 years in a row (from 2006 until 2011) during which time they succeeded only once in lifting the trophy against Hull F.C. They won the Minor Premiership, finishing in first place at the conclusion of the regular season after the Bulldogs lost 37 competition points late in the season due to severe salary cap breaches. However, they were lucky that they didn't just miss out on making the finals, or end the season with a horrible losing streak like in recent years. They remained into the competition until the early 1980s. The Warriors also scored 24 unanswered points in the final quarter to beat the Panthers 48–32. 2012 was meant to promise so much for the Warriors following their grand final appearance of 2011. This scandal did not help the club who were already struggling.

The winners of the Super League collect the Grand Final rings and the team's name, captain and year are engraved into the trophy.

The Warriors reached their zenith to date in the National Rugby League season 2002. The next week a Stacey Jones field-goal in the dying minutes got the Warriors past a gallant Canberra Raiders 17–16. They proceeded to lose all four matches to tumble out of the finals. As it was, they finished tenth on the ladder. Unheralded halfback Grant Rovelli was a standout performer. To start off, there was plenty of hype around the Warriors camp about 2016 being the season where they would finally win the Premiership, after the major signings of 2015 Dally M Fullback of the Year Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, from the Sydney Roosters and Kiwi international Issac Luke, from the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Updated: 15 August 2020Source(s): Warriors Team Profiles. Ultimately Brian McClennan was sacked with three rounds remaining, with assistant coach Tony Iro taking over the reins for the final two rounds. The club's NYC team defeated the North Queensland Cowboys 31–30 in golden point extra time in the NYCGrand Final to win their second premiership, while NSW Cup affiliate the Auckland Vulcans went down 30–28 after conceding a last minute try to Canterbury-Bankstown in the NSW Cup Grand Final.
The Warriors trailed 2–6 at half time, but took a lead just after halftime when Jones scored a great grand final try – as he left defenders sprawling in his wake on a 40-metre run to the try line. Their first finals match was against the Bulldogs at the Sydney Showground (now Spotless Stadium). A 26–10 win over the Titans at home gave the club hope that 2019 would be as successful as 2018 as, but four straight losses, including close losses against the Rabbitohs in Round 5 (28–24), and a controversial loss to the Storm on Anzac Day (13–12) almost wrote off any chance of another finals appearance.

The season again kicked off with a home game at Eden Park, with a strong crowd of 37,502 witnessing the Warriors go down 20–26 to Manly in a grand final rematch. There have been 25 captains of the Warriors since their first season in 1995. Unfortunately the Warriors missed the playoffs for the 3rd season in a row after missing out on points difference to the Brisbane Broncos. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_NRL_Grand_Finals&oldid=984114596, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

The majority shareholders were under intense financial pressure, and the club's future was looking bleak at best. With the four-point deduction, the Warriors won their first NRL game away from Auckland, with a 26–10 victory over the reigning premiers, the Wests Tigers, at Jade Stadium in Christchurch. Following that victory the side won 9 out of 12 games, with one draw. The Super League Premiership replaced the Championship final but it was to decide the Premiership winners, not the Championship winners. Ultimately only 10 players from the 2000 season were retained. The season finished with an embarrassing six-game losing streak. Almost as if using the occurrence as an inhibitor, the Warriors had a very disappointing year, despite winning the opening two rounds against eventual grand finalists Parramatta Eels 26–18 and reigning premiers Manly Sea Eagles. But in the end the Warriors lost their final two games against the Bulldogs in Hazem El Masri's last home game [before the finals] and ultimately ended their poor season in a bad way losing 0–30 to the eventual premiers Melbourne Storm.

There were a number of revelations in the squad.

They finished top of their pool winning all three games but lost the semi-final to eventual winners North Queensland Cowboys. Bulldogs captain Steve Price was signed, as was Kiwis captain Ruben Wiki, Cowboys half Nathan Fien and Roosters winger Todd Byrne. The match drew a record home game crowd for the Warriors of 38,405 however unfortunately the Warriors could not repay the large crowd with a victory as they were beaten 24–18 by the Parramatta Eels. Stream instantly! They however lost in the Preliminary Final to the Minor Premiers and eventual Premiers Penrith Panthers, 20–28.