The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league club based in Auckland, New Zealand, and the only team from outside Australia in the National Rugby League premiership. The club was formed in 1995 as the Auckland Warriors, affectionately known as the Wahs, and was the first club from outside Australia to be admitted to the Australian Rugby League's premiership when it expanded from 16 to 20 teams. During the Super League war of the mid-1990s it left the ARL to compete in the 1997 Super League competition before joining the re-unified NRL the following year, and it took the name New Zealand Warriors in 2001. The Warriors are based at Mount Smart Stadium in the Auckland suburb of Penrose. As of 2026 the club has yet to win a premiership, but it won one minor premiership in 2002 and reached the grand finals of 2002 and 2011.
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The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league club based in Auckland, New Zealand
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are a professional rugby league club based in Auckland
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They were formed in 1995 as the Auckland Warriors
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The club has yet to win a premiership as of 2026.
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The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league club based in Auckland, New Zealand
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competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership
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last played as a halfback for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League
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He played rugby league for the Bradford Bulls in the Super League and the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League.
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