The New Zealand Warriors 2010 season was the New Zealand Warriors 16th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League and finished fifth in regular season before being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. The coach of the team was

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while Simon Mannering was the club's captain. The Warriors won the club championship award for having the best combined results between the first grade team and the under-20s. The Junior Warriors then went on to win the Toyota Cup grand final, the club's first grand final win in sixteen years. In 2010 Warriors games were broadcast on New Zealand's Sky network averaged 181,200 viewers.

Milestones

*13 February – All Stars Match: Manu Vatuvei represents the NRL All Stars in the pre-season All Stars Match. *14 March – Round 1: Four players made their debuts for the club;

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, James Maloney,

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and

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. Lousi also made his NRL debut. *20 March – Round 2: Micheal Luck plays in his 100th game for the club. *28 March – Round 3: James Maloney equals the points club scoring record by scoring 28 points in a match. The record was previously shared by

and

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. *28 March – Round 3: Wade McKinnon played in his 50th game for the club. *4 April – Round 4:

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made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL. *18 April – Round 6:

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played in his 50th game for the club. *15 May – Round 10:

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made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL. *23 May – Round 11: Lance Hohaia played in his 150th game for the club and his 150th NRL match. *6 June – Round 13: Manu Vatuvei played in his 100th match for the club. *17 July – Round 19:

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played in his 50th match for the club. *21 August – Round 24:

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made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL. *27 August – Round 25:

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played in his 100th match for the club. *10 September – Qualifying Final: Manu Vatuvei became the club's all-time leading try scorer, surpassing Stacey Jones' total of 77. *10 September – Qualifying Final:

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played in his 50th match for the club. *4 October – Grand Final: The club was presented with the Club Championship and the Junior Warriors won the Toyota Cup.

Jersey and sponsors

Fixtures

The Warriors again use Mt Smart Stadium as their home ground in 2010, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Pre-season training

The main squad returned to training on 2 November 2009 to start preparing for the 2010 season. Players involved in the

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and

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returned to training later.

Pre-season matches

Regular season

Finals

Ladder

Squad

Twenty nine players played for the Warriors during the season. Seven players made their debut for the club, including four making their NRL debuts.

Staff

*Chief executive officer: Wayne Scurrah *Football Operations Manager: Don Mann Jr *Recruitment and Development Manager:

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*High Performance Manager: Craig Walker *High Performance Assistant: Ruben Wiki *Medical Services Manager: Jude Spiers *Welfare and Education Manager:

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NRL staff

*NRL Head Coach:

*NRL Assistant Coach:

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*NRL Technical Assistant:

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*NRL Assistant Trainer: Dayne Norton *Club doctor: John Mayhew *Kicking Coach:

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NYC staff

*NYC Head Coach & Assistant NRL Coach: John Ackland *NYC Assistant Coach: Frank Harold *NYC Manager:

Transfers

Gains

Losses

Mid-season losses

Contract extensions

* Micheal Luck – until end of 2012.

Other teams

In 2010 the Junior Warriors again competed in the Toyota Cup while senior players who were not required for the first team play with the

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in the NSW Cup. The Vulcans finished ninth out of twelve teams and missed the finals by just one point. Brent Gemmell was the coach of the Vulcans.

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was the Vulcans player of the year while Johnny Aranga won the Rookie of the year award.

2010 Junior Warriors

Grand Final

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, Siuatonga Likiliki,

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, Carlos Tuimavave,

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, Neccrom Areaiiti, Henry Chan-Ting, Mark Ioane, Matt Robinson,

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(C),

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. Bench: Nafe Seluini,

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, Daniel Palavi. Coach: John Ackland. Captain

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withdrew before the match started due to injury while

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was omitted from the bench. Carlos Tuimavave won the man of the match award.

Awards

Manu Vatuvei was named the Lion Red Player of the Year and the Vodafone One Tribe Player of the Year at the club's annual awards function.Vatuvei named Lion Red Player of the Year
''warriors.co.nz'', 16 September 2010 James Maloney was the Vodafone Young Player of the Year while

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was named the Canterbury of New Zealand Clubperson of the Year. Micheal Luck, Vatuvei and

were all presented with rings to celebrate them playing there 100th match for the club during the season.

References

External links

Warriors official site
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