New Zealand Warriors
| Club information | |||
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| Full name | New Zealand Warriors Limited | ||
| Nickname(s) | The Warriors, The Wahs | ||
| Short name | WAR | ||
| Colours | Blue Green Red White | ||
| Founded | 1995 as Auckland Warriors | ||
| Website | warriors.kiwi | ||
| Current details | |||
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| CEO | Cameron George | ||
| Chairman | Ken Reinsfield | ||
| Coach | Andrew Webster (NRL) Ronald Griffiths (NRLW) | ||
| Captain | Mitchell Barnett & James Fisher-Harris (NRL) Apii Nicholls (NRLW) | ||
| Competition | NRL Men's Premiership | ||
| 2025 season | 6th | ||
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| Current season | |||
| Records | |||
| Premierships | 0 | ||
| Runners-up | 2 (2002, 2011) | ||
| Minor premierships | 1 (2002) | ||
| NSW Cup | 1 (2025) | ||
| NRL State Championship | 1 (2025) | ||
| Wooden spoons | 0 | ||
| Most capped | 301 – Simon Mannering | ||
| Highest try scorer | 152 – Manu Vatuvei | ||
| Highest points scorer | 1,476 – Shaun Johnson | ||
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Auckland Warriors, and are affectionately known as the Wahs. The Warriors are coached by Andrew Webster. Mitch Barnett and James Fisher Harris are the current co-captains, having taken over after former captain Tohu Harris announced his retirement in January 2025. The Warriors are based at Mount Smart Stadium in the Auckland suburb of Penrose.
For the 1995 season the newly formed Auckland Warriors became the first club from outside Australia to be admitted to the Australian Rugby League's premiership when it expanded from 16 to 20 teams. As a result of the Super League war in the mid-1990s, Auckland left the ARL to compete in the Super League competition of 1997, before joining the re-unified NRL the following year. They re-branded themselves the New Zealand Warriors in 2001. The club has yet to win a premiership as of 2026. They have won one minor premiership (in 2002), and reached two grand finals (2002, 2011), reaching the finals ten times but always falling short.