1999 Auckland Warriors season


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

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

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.

Fixtures

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

Country Carnival

Regular season

Ladder

Squad

Thirty two players were used by the Warriors in 1999, including eight players making their first grade debuts.
No.NameNationalityPositionWarriors DebutAppTGFGPts
3WG10 March 1995132008
6FE10 March 199560102
12SR10 March 1995210000
13PR / LK10 March 1995162008
18 / PR18 March 19952450020
19HK28 March 199520000
24HB23 April 199524155070
32 / CE4 April 199621120048
33 / SR14 April 199630000
37PR23 June 199680000
38SR23 July 199671004
40FB1 March 199710334080
42SR1 March 19972471030
44FE29 March 1997171004
47WG6 July 19971780032
50 / PR16 August 1997161004
55 / SR19 April 19982070028
56 / FB / CE2 May 19981330012
58WG8 March 19992490036
59HK / LK8 March 19991840016
60PR8 March 1999240000
61HK / LK8 March 199930000
62FE21 March 19991640016
63CE3 April 1999111004
64CE / SR9 April 199961004
65 / WG2 May 199932008
66CE2 May 199920000
67FB2 May 19995014028
68HK16 May 19991540016
69FE12 June 199912126056
70CE19 June 199951004
71PR4 July 199920000

Staff

Gains

Mid-Season Gains

Losses

Mid-Season Losses

Other Teams

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

Awards

won the club's Player of the Year award.