Player Profile - Steve Buckingham

NAME: STEVE BUCKINGHAM
WARRIOR NUMBER: 43
NICKNAME: BUCK
BORN: NEW ZEALAND
CLUB DEBUT: 17/03/97
POSITION: FIVE-EIGHTH/ HALFBACK

Simon Mannering - 250 and Counting

Written by Stone

Over the last two decades there have been many great players who have donned the NZ Warriors colours with true distinction since the franchises inception in 1995, but none more so than Simon "Juju" Mannering.

Warriors Best 1-17: Leading Try Scorer Edition

Have you ever wondered what the NZ Warriors Best 1-17 would look like if the players were selected in the team purely because they had scored the most tries in their preferred position. No? Well, I've gone over the numbers and thrown together a team anyway.

1999: The Tainui Era

Former Kiwi Mark Graham took over as head coach for the 1999 season. The club was sold off to a consortium that included ex-kiwi coach Graham Lowe and the Tainui Tribe. The club was again disappointing on the field but a mid season ultimatum saw the team string together 5 wins from their last 6 games.

The Run Home

As we head into the second bye of the season, the Warriors have managed to claw themselves out of a fairly decent sized hole that they managed to dig themselves with their early season form, or lack thereof.

Tui Lo(ck)lohea - Left Field Positional Switch?

I have no doubt in my mind that this opinion is going to cause plenty of backlash and likely be ridiculed to no end but bare with me.


To point out the blatantly obvious, no player can continue on playing forever and as it stands we have 2 players currently playing in our back row who have a very good chance of retiring and/or leaving the club at roughly the same time. Those two players i am referring to are Ryan Hoffman and Simon Mannering.

Flash Back Friday - Round 25 vs Gold Coast Titans 2014

***Flash Back Friday***

Date: Sunday, August 31st, 2014
Kick Off: 4pm (local time)
Referees: Gavin Badger, Chris James
Venue: Mt Smart Stadium
Crowd: 13,540
Score: NZ Warriors 42 def Gold Coast Titans 0