Warriors and Panthers - the new All Blacks

[schnitzel]

Identical jerseys with white logos - WTF?

 

[Meth]

Warriors jersey was a one off to commemorate playing at Eden Park and as a nod to the All Blacks in their World Cup year

 

[applesauce]

I wish the Warriors did 2 things:

a) Went back to being the Auckland Warriors
b) Went back to their old colours (there heritage jersey is the best in the NRL) or changed their colours to Red and Black which they seem to be slowly doing...Hurry up!!

 

[Desert Qlder]

I wish the Warriors did 2 things:

a) Went back to being the Auckland Warriors
b) Went back to their old colours (there heritage jersey is the best in the NRL) or changed their colours to Red and Black which they seem to be slowly doing...Hurry up!!

or c) utilised their Maori design jersey.

That is such a fantastic jersey and I reckon just wearing would lift the side a few notches.

 

[thorson1987]

wouldnt mind it if the Warriors wore the NYC jerseys. They look good.

 

[age.s]

Penrith playing in their black strip at home on a 33 degree day with their opponents comfortable in white was one of the stupider things I've seen.

 

[Southern Rooster]

Penrith playing in their black strip at home on a 33 degree day with their opponents comfortable in white was one of the stupider things I've seen.

Ah good I wasn't alone.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Penrith playing in their black strip at home on a 33 degree day with their opponents comfortable in white was one of the stupider things I've seen.

Penrith seem to have it locked in that they have to wear the black at home and that green/teal/cyan/aqua thing at every away game regardless of any other factors.

The all black jersey doesn't work for either the panthers or warriors. You have to have a little bit of colour variation.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Penrith seem to have it locked in that they have to wear the black at home and that green/teal/cyan/aqua thing at every away game regardless of any other factors.

The all black jersey doesn't work for either the panthers or warriors. You have to have a little bit of colour variation.

It doesn't even work for the Kiwis let alone the Warriors. The White Chevrons on black is what gives the Kiwis their identity and mystique.

I don't understand the need to defer to the NZ union side.

 

[Timmah]

As the person in post #2 said, the jersey was a one off for Eden Park. They'll be in their white jersey this weekend and back to their normal black & white jersey next weekend.

That said, it's no great revelation that the Warriors and Panthers share the same primary colour, and have done so almost ten years now.

 

[TheDalek079]

Warriors need to either take games outside of Auckland or drop the New Zealand name and colours

 

[East Coast Tiger]

The Warriors don't NEED to do anything of the sort. They represent all of NZ but play in Auckland. Nothing wrong with that. The WA Reds won't be playing anywhere but Perth and plenty of other "regional" or provincial teams only play in one centre. But the Warriors do play pre-season games elsewhere and are well supported elsewhere anyway. It makes little sense alienating people outside Auckland for no reason by calling the team Auckland.

 

[Timmah]

It's worth mentioning they don't have the New Zealand name tbh. The argument's been had before - they're simply "Warriors" or "Vodafone Warriors". Only the parent company that owns the club bears the name "New Zealand Warriors Limited", but like the Bulldogs until 2009, they simply use "Warriors".

 

[sheepbender]

The Warriors need to add a dark shade of green rather than red, or like what was said, using last years heritage.

 

[Goddo]

The Warriors should go back to Auckland once a second NZ side is started up in Wellington or Christchurch.

I am surprised games aren't taken to parts of NZ other than Auckland very often - I know the Chooks did it last year, and there was talk of the Sharkies doing it, but surely there is merit and money in it, especially when the NRL foots the travel costs.

If the CC and Perth get in, I'd expect a few Sydney sides to sell more games in NZ and Brisbane. If Brisbane and Perth get in, the number of Sydney sides taking games to Gosford will continue as is.

 

[Lockyer4President!]

It's worth mentioning they don't have the New Zealand name tbh. The argument's been had before - they're simply "Warriors" or "Vodafone Warriors". Only the parent company that owns the club bears the name "New Zealand Warriors Limited", but like the Bulldogs until 2009, they simply use "Warriors".

That’s following on from all of the S14 and netball teams I think. I wonder why NZ sports teams tend to distance themselves from using locations in their names.

 

[Iafeta]

It's worth mentioning they don't have the New Zealand name tbh. The argument's been had before - they're simply "Warriors" or "Vodafone Warriors". Only the parent company that owns the club bears the name "New Zealand Warriors Limited", but like the Bulldogs until 2009, they simply use "Warriors".

Spot on. They are the Warriors. Not New Zealand.

 

[Iafeta]

The Warriors should go back to Auckland once a second NZ side is started up in Wellington or Christchurch.

I am surprised games aren't taken to parts of NZ other than Auckland very often - I know the Chooks did it last year, and there was talk of the Sharkies doing it, but surely there is merit and money in it, especially when the NRL foots the travel costs.

If the CC and Perth get in, I'd expect a few Sydney sides to sell more games in NZ and Brisbane. If Brisbane and Perth get in, the number of Sydney sides taking games to Gosford will continue as is.

I'm not sure what the official reasoning is behind it (not playing elsewhere), I'm guessing its a commercial decision based on crowd revenues to compensate for any penalties (at a guess) to move away from their Mt Smart base. Its great though seeing the game go around the country. Sadly there are a number of fans (I'm guessing a vocal minority) who have been outspoken about feeling they were duped in buying season tickets and then having to go to Eden Park for one of those games. Its a strange issue, most fans have a crack because they don't go and play elsewhere, and then woe-was-me the hatchet comes out when they dare to take one game across town.

 

[Te Kaha]

That’s following on from all of the S14 and netball teams I think. I wonder why NZ sports teams tend to distance themselves from using locations in their names.

because each team is "Regionally" based... These teams are in "middle" level comps. Both Rugby and Netball have National provincial comps, they want to differentiate between the NPC teams and the Super 15/trantasman netball teams.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

On a slighly unrelated note, the Warriors will be playing a game in Taupo in a few weeks against the Sharks. It's a slightly off place for the Sharks to play but it's not a bad place to visit if you're a fan.

Not sure what the facilities are like though, and the capacity of 37,000 seems a bit OTT.

http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=350