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11 SEPT 2014 #41 A Draw's as good as a Win if it gets you In! The coach, Stacey Jones, and his NYC Holden Cup team just got out of jail by drawing, and off to the top 8! Mason Lino shares the love with a fan after the game. Mason Lino co-captain of the Holden Cup team, who kicked the conversion from the side line to draw the game and go into the fi nals, with the legend and coach, Stacey Jones. Solomone Kata and Jazz Tevaga share a moment after their draw on Sunday. You can watch scoring highlights from the Mounties v Warriors game by clicking to this link: http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2014/09/08/ mounties_v_warriors_vb_nsw_cup_fi nals_wk_1.html The coach, Andrew and CEO, Wayne of the Vodafone Warriors chat after the Holden Cup team draw to make the top 8. What's coming up next... ell we may not have won, going he too can be pleased with down 22-6 to Penrith, but no one died. how his side has gone, WWe live to fi ght another day and for me, especially after getting a personally, I had a wonderful weekend away with the team. win over the Mounties in It is always something special to travel with the boys and week one of the fi nals. be part of the team environment. I also had an ear to ear grin when Manu Vatuvei ran the NRL length of the fi eld to score our try. He has had a sensational Well here we are at fi nals It was nice to catch up with former Vodafone warriors coach Ivan Cleary season, and don’t forget to go and vote for him for the time and we are not there before the game our captain Simon had a good chat to him. Ken Stephens medal. You can do it at the club website again, but let’s not dwell www.warriors.co.nz. on that. Finals footy is Rohan Smith’s team avenged two regular season losses While I was in Australia I got to share some love with our something special and I can’t wait for what are going to be to oust the fi fth-placed Mounties and will meet Illawarra, NYC team, and being there when Mason Lino slotted some brilliant games. The match-ups are: who fi nished the season in fourth, but were smashed 42-6 that sideline kick to draw the game 18-18 and get us into Friday: by minor premiers Penrith. the eight was something special. Manly (2) v Rabbitohs (3). The Vodafone Warriors had a win and a draw against the I have said it many times, but I will say it again, they are Saturday: Illawarra Cutters in the season, drawing 12-12 at Eden champion young blokes. To celebrate, I took them all out Roosters (1) v Penrith (4); Park and winning 35-28 in Australia. and shouted ice-cream – because obviously you can’t be Cowboys (5) v Broncos (8). It’s the fi rst year the Auckland-based NSW Cup side has buying a youngster a beer – and you would have thought Sunday: Storm (6) v Bulldogs (7). been under the Vodafone Warriors’ sole control. Last year I’d given them a million bucks. It was great fun and a the joint-venture Auckland Vulcans fi nished sixth in the memory that will stay with me for a long time. NYC regular season but were eliminated 34-24 in week one of And if you think you are hurting as a fan, I can tell you that The Vodafone Junior Warriors begin their record the fi nals by the Tigers. the players are just gutted. The changing room after the seventh consecutive NYC fi nals campaign against the The NSW Cup grand fi nal will be played at Allianz Stadium match was like a morgue, and even back at the hotel and Roosters on Saturday (5pm NZT). You can watch it at on September 28, with the winner going on to meet the in the team room, the atmosphere was sombre. It hurts 5pm on SkySports2. Queensland Cup’s champion side on NRL grand fi nal day them far more than it hurts us. No other club has featured in the NYC fi nals every season at ANZ Stadium on October 5. But I can tell you one thing I am very proud of, is the way since the competition's inception in 2008. In the other week one fi nals Newcastle (2) beat the boys interact with the fans. There would have been The fi fth-placed Roosters ended their regular season Wentworthville (3) 24-12 and Wests Tigers (6) was a couple of hundred fans still lined up for autographs on 35 points and in the only regular season encounter eliminated after losing 26-8 to Wyong (7). and pictures when they left the ground, and despite the between the sides, they stole a late 20-18 win at Mt Smart. Saturday: Wentworthville v Wyong, disappointment, every one of our guys stopped and made Friday: Vodafone Warriors v Illawarra. time for them. It would have been so easy – and let’s face Tigers (6) v Souths (7). Direct to week three: Penrith and Newcastle. it, they probably wanted to – just walk on by and get out of Saturday: Newcastle (1) v St George (4); Roosters there. But that is not how we roll at the Vodafone Warriors. (5) v Vodafone Warriors (8); Special night is at hand All is not lost of course, with the NYC and NSW teams Broncos (2) v Parramatta (3). Next Tuesday is a special night for the Vodafone still in the mix. The NYC team is coached by our very own Warriors, with the annual prizegiving. All the sides league legend and Mr Nice Guy Stacey Jones, and he NSW Cup will be involved, and of course it will be the fi nal one for can be well satisfi ed with his time in charge. But I know After knocking out the Mounties 36-28, the Vodafone outgoing CEO Wayne Scurrah, and general manager Stacey well and he will be keen to go a lot further yet. Warriors have the chance to move into the last four when Don Mann, who have both been fi ne servants of the club. And our NSW side is coached by Rowan Smith, the son they face Illawarra on Saturday (8.10pm NZT). I’m looking forward to attending it, because it is always of another quality coach in Brian Smith. 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Jamie's, Emma and Gus. Big fans. Kahdejah, Jahkaya, Tyrone and Jodeci. All big fans. Warren and Lavinia Formaly from Manurewa. From the left back: Dean Chitty, Maisie Martin, Eridge Walker Kahutia Walker. Front row: There were even Joshua Chitty, Iaea Walker Warriors cup cakes at the game! Nines update and Beau Ryan Rams' historic win in Auckland one of Dawson's best moments by JAMIE SEARLE Manu initiates Beau into the etiquette of Kava drinking. Beau Ryan was here in Auckland last week fi lming ‘Beau Knows Auckland’ to promote the Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines for The NRL Footy Show. Despite the horrendously uncharacteristically poor weather in Auckland, the crew (producer Liam Doyle and presenter Beau Ryan) had a great time here. And, despite a severe fear of heights, Beau attempted a bungy jump off the Harbour Canterbury's Iuma Mulitalo, middle, and Rocky Pettigrew, of Southland, wrestle for the Bridge, met with some very happy Warriors fans following their last home victory at Mt ball, while Pettigrew's teammates, Aaron Carson, left, and Chee Turuwhenua, are in Smart Stadium vs the Titans and had a kava session with the ever popular ‘The Beast’ support in a South Island provincial rugby league game at Rugby Park, Invercargill, on Manu Vatuvei. Saturday. Following the fi lming they enjoyed a fabulous seafood meal at Britomart restaurant, Ostro. Watch out for the segment on Thursday night’s The Footy Show September PHOTO: NICOLE JOHNSTONE/FAIRFAX NZ 11, Sky Sport 2, 10.30pm Coaching the Southland Rams to a win against Canterbury In other news: Development has given Greg Dawson one of his best Travel packages for the Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines 2015 are moments in rugby league.
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    NRL MICRO FIGURES Checklist 2014 Broncos Corey Parker,Sam Thaiday Raiders JamesPapalii Bulldogs Josh Reynolds, Josh Morris Sharks Beau Ryan, Andrew Fifita Titans Greg Bird Manly Jamie Lyon, Daly Cherry Evans Storm Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk KnightsAkuilaUateKurt Gidley Cowboys Matt Scott, Johnathan Thurston Eels Jarryd Hayne, Fuifui Moimoi Panthers James Segeyaro, JamieSoward Rabbits Greg Inglis, Sam Burgess Dragons Ben Creagh, Brett Morris Roosters Sonny Bill Williams, Anthony Minichiello Warriors Shaun Johnson Tigers Aaron Woods,Robbie Farah QLD Origin Greg Inglis QLD Origin Billy Slater QLD Origin Johnathan Thurston NSW Origin Greg Bird NSW Origin Jarryd Hayne NSW Origin Robbie Farah 2015 Series 1 Dally M Billy Slater, Ben Barber, Cooper Cronk, Jarryd Hayne, Jonathan Thurston Away Cowboys Johnathan Thurston, Brisbane Sam Thaiday, Canterbury Josh Morris, Canberra James Papalii, Manly DCE, Storm Billy Slater, Warriors Shaun Johnson Club Broncos Justin Hodges, Ben Hunt Raiders Jarrod Croker Bulldogs James Graham, Trent Hodkinson Sharks Wade Graham, Paul Gallen Titans Nate Myles Manly Matt Ballin, Kieran Foran Knights Beau Scott, Jarrod Mullen Cowboys James Tamou, Gavin Cooper Eels Semi Radradra, Will Hopoate Panthers Peter Wallace Rabbits IssacLuke, John Sutton Dragons Gareth Widdop, Jason Nightingale Warriors Ben Matulino,Sam Tomkins Tigers James Tedesco, Luke Brooks 2015 Series 2 Dally M Billy Slater, Ben Barber, Cooper Cronk, Jarryd Hayne, Jonathan Thurston Away CronullaPaul Gallen, Titans Greg Bird, Knights AkuilaUate, Panthers Jamie
  • Sir Peter Leitch Club at MT SMART STADIUM, HOME of the MIGHTY VODAFONE WARRIORS

    Sir Peter Leitch Club at MT SMART STADIUM, HOME of the MIGHTY VODAFONE WARRIORS

    Sir Peter Leitch Club AT MT SMART STADIUM, HOME OF THE MIGHTY VODAFONE WARRIORS 5th September 2018 Newsletter #233 Congratulations to the Vodafone Warriors on making the 2018 NRL Finals Congratulations Simon on playing your 300th game for the Vodafone Warriors we hope you enjoyed the night as we all did. Photos courtesy of www.photosport.nz Bloody, Penrith, Dragons and Broncos...give me a break By David Kemeys Former Sunday Star-Times Editor, Former Editor-in-Chief Suburban Newspapers, Long Suffering Warriors Fan HIS IS why I am not an NRL tipster. TLast week I boldly opined that to get a home game we would need to beat the Raiders – which happened – and have results go our way – which didn’t. The Storm did not beat the Panthers and blew the Minor Premiership, buggering everything. The Roosters, as predicted, were way too good for the Eels and snatched the Minor Premiership. Souths ended their slump by beating a Tigers side that barely looked interested to finish third. The Sharks at least made me look semi-competent, beating the Dogs to go fourth. The Panthers, as mentioned, pulled off an upset no-one saw coming, and that left them in fifth. The Broncos crushed Manly and rose to sixth, only failing to edge the Panthers – having finished on the same points and differential – because they had more points conceded. The Dragons beat Newcastle yet dropped to seventh. All of which saw us, despite our win over Canberra, at an almost disappointing eighth. Being there is the only thing, and our last finals experience in 2011 took us all the way to the final from the same spot, so why not again? It’s doubtful even if I wish I could say differently, but I cannot see it happening.