2011 New Zealand Warriors season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 6th | |||
2011 record | Wins: 16; Draws: 0; Losses: 12 | |||
Points scored | For: 504; Against: 393 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Wayne Scurrah | |||
Coach | Ivan Cleary | |||
Assistant coach | Tony Iro | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Mt Smart Stadium | |||
Avg. Attend. | 13,842 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Manu Vatuvei (12) | |||
Goals | James Maloney (82) | |||
Points | James Maloney (206) | |||
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The New Zealand Warriors 2011 season was the New Zealand Warriors 17th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team is Ivan Cleary while Simon Mannering is the club's captain. The Warriors lost to the Manly Sea Eagles 10-24 in the 2011 NRL Grand Final. The Junior Warriors won the Toyota Cup for the second consecutive year while the Auckland Vulcans finished second in the NSW Cup.
The finals form of the Warriors in 2011 increased the NRL's television audience in New Zealand by 29 per cent this year.
In 2011 the Warriors jerseys were again made by Canterbury of New Zealand. They retained their black and white home and away jerseys originally released in 2009. They will wear a special all-black jersey with silver ferns around the logo for the Eden Park match. During the Heritage Round the Warriors wore a jersey based on the New Zealand Flag. Both special jerseys were worn again later in the season.
The Junior Warriors have their own jersey in 2011, designed by Daryl John, who won a competition run by sponsors Vodafone and Canterbury of New Zealand to design a new jersey for the team.
Vodafone New Zealand were again the naming rights sponsor of the Warriors in 2011.
SKYCITY joined as a major sponsor for 2011, becoming the 'Home of the Vodafone Warriors'.
The Warriors opened the season by hosting the Parramatta Eels at Eden Park in Auckland. This was the first time that the Warriors played a home match away from Mount Smart Stadium. The remaining 11 home games were played at Mount Smart Stadium, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.