2012 New Zealand Warriors season
| 2012 New Zealand Warriors season | ||||
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| NRL Rank | 14th | |||
| 2012 record | Wins: 8; Draws: 0; Losses: 16 | |||
| Points scored | For: 497; Against: 609 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Wayne Scurrah | |||
| Coach |
Brian McClennan Tony Iro |
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| Assistant coach | Tony Iro | |||
| Captains | ||||
| Stadium | Mount Smart Stadium | |||
| Avg. Attend. | 15,257 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Manu Vatuvei (12) Shaun Johnson (12) Konrad Hurrell (12) |
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| Goals | James Maloney (67) | |||
| Points | James Maloney (153) | |||
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The New Zealand Warriors 2012 season is the New Zealand Warriors 18th first-grade season. The club is competing in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Brian McClennan, until he was sacked on 21 August after Round 22, while Simon Mannering is the club's captain. Assistant Coach Tony Iro was appointed caretaker coach for the final two matches.
In 2012 the Warriors jerseys is again to be made by Canterbury of New Zealand. They were unveiled on 21 November 2011 at the first day of training. The jerseys feature a traditional rugby league "v" for the first time since 2003.
The Junior Warriors play in a red strip with a white away jersey.
On the 2 March owner Eric Watson announced that he had bought out the minority shareholders, including Mark Hotchin, and would form a new 50-50 venture with Owen Glenn to control the club.
The Warriors opened the season by hosting a match at Eden Park in Auckland. This was only the second time that the Warriors have played a home match away from Mount Smart Stadium. The remaining 11 home games will be played at Mount Smart Stadium, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.
The main squad returned to training on 21 November 2011 to start preparing for the 2012 season. Players involved in the 2011 Four Nations and other representative matches returned to training later. Twenty three first graders were present on the first day of training.
North Harbour Stadium hosted a Warriors trial match for the tenth time. The Warriors also played a match in Whangarei.
The Warriors used twenty nine players during the season. Seven players made their debut for the club, including six who were making their NRL debuts - all of these players were graduates from the Warriors Toyota Cup programme.
In 2012 the Junior Warriors are again competing in the Toyota Cup while senior players who are not required for the first team play with the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. The Vulcans are coached by former Warriors development coach Ricky Henry.
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