2025 New Zealand Warriors season

2025 New Zealand Warriors season
2025 New Zealand Warriors season
NRL Rank	TBP
2025 record	Wins: 0; draws: 0; losses: 0
Points scored	For: 0; against: 0
Team information
CEO	Cameron George
Coach	Andrew Webster
Captain	TBC;
Stadium	Go Media Stadium (Capacity: 25,000); Apollo Projects Stadium (Capacity: 17,104; round 8 only)

The 2025 New Zealand Warriors season is the 31st season in the club's history and they will compete in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Head coach Andrew Webster maintained his club position for the 3rd consecutive season, whilst captain Tohu Harris announced his retirement on 9 January 2025, prior to the club's season beginning. The new captain will be announced closer to the start of the season.^[1]

For the first time, the Warriors will play at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, as part of the Rugby League Las Vegas annual event organised by the NRL.^[2]

Squad

New Zealand Warriors 2025 squad
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Top 30 squad - 2025 NRL season						Supplementary list		Coaching staff
Bunty Afoa – PR Tom Ale – PR Mitchell Barnett – PR, SR Rocco Berry – CE Tanah Boyd – HB, FE Kurt Capewell – SR Erin Clark – PR, LK Wayde Egan (vc) – HK James Fisher-Harris – PR Jackson Ford – SR, PR		Leka Halasima – SR Morgan Harper – CE, WG Chanel Harris-Tavita – FE Sam Healey – HK Edward Kosi – WG Jacob Laban – SR Ali Leiataua – CE Freddy Lussick – HK Te Maire Martin – FE, HB Luke Metcalf – FE		Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad – FB, FE Marata Niukore – SR, PR Adam Pompey – CE, SR Tanner Stowers-Smith – PR Taine Tuaupiki – FB Roger Tuivasa-Sheck – CE, FB, WG Demitric Vaimauga – PR Dylan Walker – LK, SR Dallin Watene-Zelezniak – WG		Kayliss Fatialofa – SR, CE Kalani Going – LK Luke Hanson – FE Eddie Ieremia-Toeava – SR, PR Patrick Moimoi – CE Sio Kali – CE, WG		Head coach Andrew Webster Assistant coaches Richard Agar (Backs) Stacey Jones (Halves & Special Plays) Slade Griffin (Forwards) Balin Cupples (High Performance) Kai Kara-France (Wrestling) Daryl Halligan (Goalkicking) David Tangata-Toa (NSW Cup coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 21 March 2025 Source(s): Warriors Football Department

Squad changes

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

Transfers in

Player	Previous Club	Length	Ref.
Tanah Boyd	Gold Coast Titans	2026	^[3]
Erin Clark	Gold Coast Titans	2027	^[4]
James Fisher-Harris	Penrith Panthers	2028	^[5]
Sam Healey	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2027	^[6]

Transfers out

Player/Coach	New Club	Ref.
Addin Fonua-Blake	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	^[7]
Shaun Johnson	Retired	^[8]
Marcelo Montoya	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	^[9]
Jazz Tevaga	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	^[10]
Tohu Harris	Retired	^[1]

Pre-season

The Warriors are set to play against the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks in Sydney and the Melbourne Storm in Auckland as their pre-season fixtures. Both matches were part of the third edition of the NRL Pre-season Challenge.^[11]

Win Draw Loss

Round 1: 7 February 2025	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	v	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney
19:30 AEDT				Stadium: Sharks Stadium

Round 2: 15 February 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Melbourne Storm	Auckland
15:30 NZDT				Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Storm	2	2	0	1	86	42	+44	6	Advance to finals series
2	Brisbane Broncos	3	2	1	0	98	62	+36	4
3	Canberra Raiders	2	2	0	0	62	30	+32	4
4	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2	2	0	0	68	44	+24	4
5	Newcastle Knights	2	2	0	0	36	20	+16	4
6	New Zealand Warriors	3	2	1	0	58	52	+6	4
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2	2	0	0	41	38	+3	4
8	Wests Tigers	2	1	1	0	40	16	+24	2
9	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2	1	1	0	58	40	+18	2
10	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2	1	1	0	58	48	+10	2
11	Penrith Panthers	3	1	2	0	84	90	−6	2
12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2	0	2	1	44	53	−9	2
13	Gold Coast Titans	1	0	1	1	24	40	−16	2
14	Sydney Roosters	3	1	2	0	58	96	−38	2
15	Dolphins	2	0	2	0	26	42	−16	0
16	North Queensland Cowboys	3	0	3	0	40	104	−64	0
17	Parramatta Eels	2	0	2	0	24	88	−64	0

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2025. Source: National Rugby League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	N	H	H	A	–	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	–	H	A	–	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W
Position	14	11
Points	0	2

Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 21 November 2024.^[12]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Round 1: 1 March 2025	Canberra Raiders	30–8	New Zealand Warriors	Las Vegas, United States
16:00 PST	Tries: Kris 5', 44' Savage 26', 31' Timoko 55' Goals: Fogarty 5/6 6', 32', 45', 56', 75 pen' Sin bin: Tapine 64' to 74'	Report	Tries: Capewell 36' Tuivasa-Sheck 71' Goals: Metcalf 0/2	Stadium: Allegiant Stadium Attendance: 45,209 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 2: 14 March 2025	New Zealand Warriors	36–16	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Auckland
20:00 NZDT	Tries: Harris-Tavita 18' Tuaupiki 25' Leiataua 29' Egan 49' Tuivasa-Sheck 70' Metcalf 79' Goals: Metcalf 6/6 20', 27', 31', 50', 71', 80'	Report	Tries: T. Trbojevic 3' Saab 45' Cherry-Evans 55' Goals: Garrick 2/4 10 pen', 57' Sin bin: J. Trbojevic 62' to 72'	Stadium: Go Media Stadium Attendance: 21,212 Referee: Adam Gee

Round 3: 21 March 2025	New Zealand Warriors	14–6	Sydney Roosters	Auckland
20:00 NZDT	Tries: Leiataua 25', 70' Harris-Tavita 65' Goals: Metcalf 1/3 71'	Report	Tries: Whyte 21' Goals: S. Smith 1/1 22'	Stadium: Go Media Stadium Referee: Ashley Klein

Round 4: 30 March 2025	Wests Tigers	v	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney
20:15 AEDT				Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium

Round 5 (Bye for New Zealand Warriors)

Round 6: 13 April 2025	Melbourne Storm	v	New Zealand Warriors	Melbourne
14:00 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

Round 7: 19 April 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Brisbane Broncos	Auckland
19:30 NZST				Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 8: 25 April 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Newcastle Knights	Christchurch
20:05 NZST				Stadium: Apollo Projects Stadium

Round 9: 3 May 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	North Queensland Cowboys	Brisbane
17:30 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 10: 10 May 2025	St. George Illawarra Dragons	v	New Zealand Warriors	Wollongong
17:30 AEST				Stadium: WIN Stadium

Round 11: 17 May 2025	Dolphins	v	New Zealand Warriors	Brisbane
15:00 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 12: 25 May 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Canberra Raiders	Auckland
18:05 NZST				Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 13: 1 June 2025	South Sydney Rabbitohs	v	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney
14:00 AEST				Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 14: 7 June 2025	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	v	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney
17:30 AEST				Stadium: Sharks Stadium

Round 15 (Bye for New Zealand Warriors)

Round 16: 21 June 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Penrith Panthers	Auckland
17:00 NZST				Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 17: 28 June 2025	Brisbane Broncos	v	New Zealand Warriors	Brisbane
15:00 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 18 (Bye for New Zealand Warriors)

Round 19: 13 July 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Wests Tigers	Auckland
16:00 NZST				Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 20: 20 July 2025	Newcastle Knights	v	New Zealand Warriors	Newcastle
16:05 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 21: 26 July 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Gold Coast Titans	Auckland
17:00 NZST				Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 22: 1 August 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Dolphins	Auckland
20:00 NZST				Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 23: 9 August 2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney
19:35 AEST				Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 24: 15 August 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Auckland
20:00 NZST				Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 25: 23 August 2025	Gold Coast Titans	v	New Zealand Warriors	Gold Coast
17:30 AEST				Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium

Round 26: 29 August 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Parramatta Eels	Auckland
20:00 NZST				Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 27: 5 September 2025	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	v	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney
18:00 AEST				Stadium: 4 Pines Park

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "'Devastated' Warriors captain Tohu Harris explains his decision to retire ahead of 2025 season". Stuff. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
^ Burgess, Michael (2 July 2024). "NRL Vegas: Warriors confirmed to open 2025 season at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ "Warriors sign Gold Coast Titans halfback Tanah Boyd on two-year contract". The New Zealand Herald. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
^ Sargeant T, St John M, Laughton M (10 September 2024). "Exiled Eels prop granted immediate release; Benji's signing spree continues: Transfer Centre". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ "Warriors sign James Fisher-Harris". Radio New Zealand. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ "Warriors sign Sam Healey, son of former Sharks legend". Stuff. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ "Addin Fonua-Blake signs with Cronulla Sharks from 2025 NRL season". The New Zealand Herald. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ "League: Shaun Johnson won't change retirement decision despite Kiwis comeback". The New Zealand Herald. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ "Marcelo Montoya granted early release from Warriors contract". 1News. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ Cousins, Wayne (10 October 2024). "Jazz Tevaga brings experience and grit to Sea Eagles". Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ "2025 NRL Pre-Season Challenge". National Rugby League. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ "Every game, every round as 2025 NRL draw released". Fox Sports. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

External links

Website for the New Zealand Warriors

[tohu-1] "'Devastated' Warriors captain Tohu Harris explains his decision to retire ahead of 2025 season". Stuff. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[2] Burgess, Michael (2 July 2024). "NRL Vegas: Warriors confirmed to open 2025 season at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[3] "Warriors sign Gold Coast Titans halfback Tanah Boyd on two-year contract". The New Zealand Herald. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[4] Sargeant T, St John M, Laughton M (10 September 2024). "Exiled Eels prop granted immediate release; Benji's signing spree continues: Transfer Centre". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[5] "Warriors sign James Fisher-Harris". Radio New Zealand. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[6] "Warriors sign Sam Healey, son of former Sharks legend". Stuff. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[7] "Addin Fonua-Blake signs with Cronulla Sharks from 2025 NRL season". The New Zealand Herald. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[8] "League: Shaun Johnson won't change retirement decision despite Kiwis comeback". The New Zealand Herald. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[9] "Marcelo Montoya granted early release from Warriors contract". 1News. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[10] Cousins, Wayne (10 October 2024). "Jazz Tevaga brings experience and grit to Sea Eagles". Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[11] "2025 NRL Pre-Season Challenge". National Rugby League. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[12] "Every game, every round as 2025 NRL draw released". Fox Sports. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

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