2023 New Zealand Warriors season

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2023 New Zealand Warriors season
NRL RankSee ladder on this page
2023 recordWins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 485; against: 364 (Round 19)
Team information
CEOCameron George
Head CoachAndrew Webster
Captain
StadiumMount Smart Stadium – 25,000
Avg. attendance22,685
High attendance25,095 (Go Media Stadium)
Low attendance15,600 (McLean Park)
Top scorers
TriesDallin Watene-Zelezniak (21)
GoalsShaun Johnson (71)
PointsShaun Johnson (176)
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The 2023 New Zealand Warriors season is the 29th in the club's history. They are competing in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. The Captain Tohu Harris retains his club role for the 3rd consecutive season and Head Coach Andrew Webster joins to coach the club for the 2023 NRL Season.

Player Movement

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These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.[1]

Gains

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Player/Coach Previous Club Length Ref.
Marata Niukore Parramatta Eels 2026 [2]
Luke Metcalf Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2024 [3]
Dylan Walker Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2025 [4]
Mitchell Barnett Newcastle Knights 2025 [5]
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad Canberra Raiders 2025 [6]
Te Maire Martin Brisbane Broncos 2025 [7]
Jackson Ford St. George Illawarra Dragons 2024 [8]
Brayden Wiliame USA Perpignan 2024 [9]

Losses

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Player/Coach New Club Ref.
Euan Aitken Dolphins [10]
Reece Walsh Brisbane Broncos [11]
Eliesa Katoa Melbourne Storm [12]
Aaron Pene Melbourne Storm [13]
Jack Murchie Parramatta Eels [14]
Ben Murdoch-Masila St. George Illawarra Dragons [15]
Taniela Otukolo Redcliffe Dolphins [16]
Otukinekina Kepu Redcliffe Dolphins [16]

Pre-Season Challenge

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The Warriors played two pre-season matches.[17]

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Thursday, 9 February Trial 1 Wests Tigers Mount Smart Stadium 48 – 12 Marcelo Montoya (3)
Viliami Vailea (2)
Jackson Ford
Luke Metcalf
Moala Graham-Taufa
Solomon Vasuvulagi 		Luke Metcalf (3/5)
Viliami Vailea (1/1)
Edien Ackland (2/3) 		4,000
Sunday, 19 February Trial 2 Melbourne Storm Orangetheory Stadium 6 – 24 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak Shaun Johnson (1/1) 11,817

Regular Season

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Source:[18]

League table

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2023 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Penrith Panthers (P) 24 18 0 6 3 645 312 +333 42
2 Brisbane Broncos 24 18 0 6 3 639 425 +214 42
3 Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 3 627 459 +168 38
4 New Zealand Warriors 24 16 0 8 3 572 448 +124 38
5 Newcastle Knights 24 14 1 9 3 626 451 +175 35
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 3 619 497 +122 34
7 Sydney Roosters 24 13 0 11 3 472 496 −24 32
8 Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 3 486 623 −137 32
9 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 12 0 12 3 564 505 +59 30
10 Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 3 587 574 +13 30
11 North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 0 12 3 546 542 +4 30
12 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 1 12 3 545 539 +6 29
13 Dolphins 24 9 0 15 3 520 631 −111 24
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 3 527 653 −126 24
15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 7 0 17 3 438 769 −331 20
16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 5 0 19 3 474 673 −199 16
17 Wests Tigers 24 4 0 20 3 385 675 −290 14

Matches

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Friday, 3 March 1 Newcastle Knights Sky Stadium 20 – 12 Edward Kosi 25'
Bunty Afoa 29'
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 51'
Wayde Egan 73' 		Shaun Johnson (2/4) 16,676
Saturday, 11 March 2 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 20 - 12 Wayde Egan 24'
Addin Fonua-Blake 62' 		Shaun Johnson (2/2) 16,267
Saturday, 18 March 3 North Queensland Cowboys Queensland Country Bank Stadium 12 – 26 Wayde Egan 8'
Marcelo Montoya 28', 55'
Jazz Tevaga 33'
Edward Kosi 47' 		Shaun Johnson (3/5) 17,818
Sunday, 26 March 4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Mount Smart Stadium 16 – 14 Viliami Vailea 37'
Marcelo Montoya 55'
Shaun Johnson 66' 		Shaun Johnson (2/3) 18,895
Sunday, 2 April 5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks PointsBet Stadium 30 – 32 Wayde Egan 21'
Marata Niukore
Shaun Johnson 45'
Edward Kosi 51'
Josh Curran 67' 		Shaun Johnson (6/6) 10,878
Sunday, 9 April 6 Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 34 – 24 Adam Pompey 22', 49'
Edward Kosi 55'
Jackson Ford 71' 		Shaun Johnson (4/4) 18,007
Saturday, 15 April 7 North Queensland Cowboys Mount Smart Stadium 22 – 14 Addin Fonua-Blake 3'
Edward Kosi 28'
Josh Curran 50'
Dylan Walker 61' 		Shaun Johnson (3/6) 23,695
Tuesday, 25 April 8 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 30 – 22 Jackson Ford 4'
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak '10, '44
Addin Fonua-Blake '20 		Shaun Johnson (3/4) 23,469
Sunday, 30 April 9 Sydney Roosters Mount Smart Stadium 14 – 0 - - 20,395
Saturday, 6 May 10 Penrith Panthers Suncorp Stadium 18 – 6 Addin Fonua-Blake 9' Shaun Johnson (1/1) 38,035
Friday, 12 May 11 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Accor Stadium 24 – 12 Josh Curran 6'
Addin Fonua-Blake 24'
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 34'
Ronald Volkman 66' 		Shaun Johnson (4/4) 14,294
12 BYE
Saturday, 27 May 13 Brisbane Broncos McLean Park 22 – 26 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 36', 61'
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 74'
Marcelo Montoya 77' 		Shaun Johnson (3/4) 15,600
Saturday, 3 June 14 Dolphins Go Media Stadium 30 – 8 Shaun Johnson 5', 53'
Luke Metcalf 55',
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 68', 71' 		Shaun Johnson (5/5) 23,686
Saturday, 10 June 15 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 36 – 14 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 31'
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 47'
Tom Ale 54'
Luke Metcalf 62'
Wayde Egan 66'
Shaun Johnson 78' 		Shaun Johnson (4/4)
Adam Pompey (2/2) 		21,082
16 BYE
Friday, 23 June 17 St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 48 – 18 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 4', 48', 69', 71'
Marcelo Montoya 25'
Bayley Sironen 29'
Jackson Ford 32'
Shaun Johnson 53'
Rocco Berry 56' 		Shaun Johnson (6/9) 9,275
Friday, 30 June 18 South Sydney Rabbitohs Go Media Stadium 28 – 6 Marcelo Montoya 15' Shaun Johnson (1/1) 22,612
Saturday, 8 July 18 Parramatta Eels CommBank Stadium 46 – 10 Luke Metcalf 6', 33'
Marcelo Montoya 26', 30'
Dylan Walker 39'
Mitchell Barnett 48', 70'
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 58' 		Shaun Johnson (7/8) 21,696
Sunday, 16 July 20 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Go Media Stadium 44 – 12 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 19', 63'
Rocco Berry 25'
Addin Fonua-Blake 28'
Luke Metcalf 31'
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 55'
Josh Curran 59'
Adam Pompey 77' 		Shaun Johnson (6/8), Luke Metcalf (1/1) 24,012
Friday, 21 July 21 Canberra Raiders Go Media Stadium 21 – 20 Marata Niukore 3'
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 38'
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 48' 		Shaun Johnson (4/5), FG (1/1) 19,112
22 BYE
Friday, 4 August 23 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 28 – 18 Shaun Johnson 26', 34'
Jackson Ford 42'
Tohu Harris 72'
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 75' 		Shaun Johnson (4/5) 20,877
Saturday, 12 August 24 Wests Tigers FMG Stadium Waikato 30 - 22 Luke Metcalf 6'
Adam Pompey 13'
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 32'
Tohu Harris 49'
Addin Fonua-Blake 76' 		Adam Pompey (3/4)
Shaun Johnson (2/2) 		25,118
Friday, 18 August 25 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Daniel Anderson Stadium 29 - 22 Tohu Harris 7'
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 11', 16', 50'
Marata Niukore 72' 		Adam Pompey (4/5)
Shaun Johnson FG (1/1) 		24,112
Friday, 25 August 26 St. George Illawarra Dragons Go Media Stadium 18 - 6 Adam Pompey 13'
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 19'
Addin Fonua-Blake 74' 		Adam Pompey (3/4) 25,095
Saturday, 2 September 27 Dolphins Suncorp Stadium 34-10 Freddy Lussick 57'
Marcelo Montoya 59' 		Adam Pompey (1/2) 35,438

Finals

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Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
9 Sept – BlueBet Stadium
1 Penrith32
4 New Zealand616 Sept – Go Media Stadium Mt. Smart
New Zealand40
10 Sept – McDonald Jones Stadium Newcastle1022 Sept – Accor Stadium
5 Newcastle30 Penrith38
8 Canberra28 Melbourne41 Oct – Accor Stadium
Penrith26
9 Sept – PointsBet Stadium23 Sept – Suncorp Stadium Brisbane24
6 Cronulla-Sutherland12 Brisbane42
7 Sydney1315 Sept – AAMI Park New Zealand12
Melbourne18
8 Sept – Suncorp Stadium Sydney13
2 Brisbane26
3 Melbourne0


Matches

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 9 September Qualifying Final Penrith Panthers BlueBet Stadium 32-6 Wayde Egan 56' Adam Pompey (1/1) 21,525
Saturday, 16 September Semi Final Newcastle Knights Go Media Stadium 40-10 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 1'
Addin Fonua-Blake 6'
Marcelo Montoya 11'
Dylan Walker 46'
Rocco Berry 59'
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 63'
Bailey Sironen 75' 		Adam Pompey (6/7)
Dylan Walker (0/1) FG 		26,083
Saturday, 23 September Preliminary Final Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 52,273

Squad

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New Zealand Warriors 2025 squad
Top 30 squad - 2025 NRL season Supplementary list Coaching staff

Extended squad

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 7 September 2024
Source(s): Warriors Football Department


Debutants

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Player Round Opponent Cap Number Notes
Mitchell Barnett Round 1 Newcastle Knights #273 Club Debut
Jackson Ford Round 1 Newcastle Knights #274 Club Debut
Te Maire Martin Round 1 Newcastle Knights #275 Club Debut
Marata Niukore Round 1 Newcastle Knights #276 Club Debut
Dylan Walker Round 1 Newcastle Knights #277 Club Debut
Brayden Wiliame Round 1 Newcastle Knights #278 Club Debut
Taine Tuaupiki Round 3 North Queensland Cowboys #279 NRL Debut
Demitric Sifakula Round 9 Sydney Roosters #280 NRL Debut
Luke Metcalf Round 13 Brisbane Broncos #281 Club Debut
Ali Leiataua Round 15 Canberra Raiders #282 NRL Debut

Milestones

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Player Round Opponent Milestone
Shaun Johnson Round 26 St. George Illawarra Dragons 250th NRL Game
Tohu Harris Round 26 St. George Illawarra Dragons 100th Club Game
Jackson Ford Round 21 Canberra Raiders 50th NRL Game
Shaun Johnson Round 19 Parramatta Eels 200th Club Game
Dylan Walker Round 19 Parramatta Eels 200th NRL Game
Addin Fonua-Blake Round 19 Parramatta Eels 150th NRL Game
Wayde Egan Round 19 Parramatta Eels 100th NRL Game
Joshua Curran Round 17 St. George Illawarra Dragons 50th Club Game
Joshua Curran Round 15 Canberra Raiders 50th NRL Game
Marcelo Montoya Round 10 Penrith Panthers 100th NRL Game
Shaun Johnson Round 6 Newcastle Knights 1000 Club Points
Marata Niukore Round 4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 100th NRL Game
Tohu Harris Round 3 North Queensland Cowboys 200th NRL Game

Club Awards

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Player Award
Shaun Johnson Simon Mannering Medal (Player of the year), Players' Player, Peoples Choice
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad Clubman of the year
Taine Tuaupiki Rookie of the year
Kalani Going NSW Cup Player of the year
Ronald Volkman NSW Cup Players' Player
Ali Leiataua NSW Cup Man of the year
Demitric Sifakula NSW Cup Man of the year

Dally M Awards

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Player Award
Shaun Johnson Dally M Halfback of the year, RLPA Dream team Halfback, RLPA Players' Champion (Player of the year)
Andrew Webster Dally M Coach of the year
Addin Fonua-Blake Dally M Prop of the year, VB Hard Earned Player of the year, RLPA Dream team Prop
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak Dally M Winger of the year, RLPA Dream team Winger

Statistics

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Player Games Starts Minutes Tries Try Assists Goals Goal Kicking Percentage Field Goals Points Runs Run Metres Line Breaks Tackle Breaks Offloads Kicks Kick Metres Tackles Missed Tackles Errors Penalties Sin Bins Send Offs
Bunty Afoa 20 15 592 1 0 0 - 0 4 124 1,006 1 10 0 0 0 399 11 3 4 0 0
Tom Ale 18 1 443 1 0 0 - 0 4 131 1,104 1 13 1 0 0 254 13 3 2 0 0
Mitch Barnett 11 9 646 2 1 0 - 0 8 157 1,309 6 18 3 0 0 305 24 8 5 1 0
Rocco Berry 12 12 848 2 3 0 - 0 8 84 789 3 18 2 0 0 174 9 7 6 0 0
Josh Curran 19 5 891 4 0 0 - 0 16 120 949 5 19 11 2 27 416 42 9 4 0 0
Addin Fonua-Blake 23 23 1,378 8 3 0 - 0 32 379 3,618 8 65 31 0 0 567 25 9 7 1 0
Tohu Harris 20 20 1,363 3 4 0 - 0 12 243 2,047 4 23 6 0 0 714 45 5 8 0 0
Shaun Johnson 23 23 1,821 8 30 71 79% 2 176 71 579 9 40 8 383 11,863 405 37 18 13 0 0
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 17 17 1,349 21 2 0 - 0 84 252 2,313 21 67 15 4 54 50 24 15 4 0 0

References

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