NRL Rank 8th CEO Wayne Scurrah | Points scored For: 502; Against: 567 | |
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2008 record Wins: 15; Draws: 0; Losses: 12 |
The New Zealand Warriors 2008 season was the New Zealand Warriors 14th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the club's captain.
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Milestones
Fixtures
The Warriors used Mt Smart Stadium as their home ground in 2008, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.
Squad
Twenty Six players played for the club in 2008. Eight players made their debut for the club, including five who were also making their first grade debuts.
Staff
NRL Staff
NYC Staff
Other Teams
In 2008 the Junior Warriors competed in the new Under 20's competition, the Toyota Cup, while Senior players who were not required for the first team played with the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. The Auckland Vulcans were coached by Bernie Perenara. Wayne McDade was named the Vulcans player of the year with Aaron Heremaia as the runner up and Pita Godinet as the Rookie of the year.
Junior Warriors
The Junior Warriors finished third in the Toyota Cup, making the finals before losing to the Brisbane Broncos in a Preliminary Final. Both Russell Packer and Ben Matulino were named in the Toyota Cup's team of the year.
Awards
Simon Mannering won the Player of the Year award.