2007 New Zealand Warriors season

• 25 March - Round 2: Evarn Tuimavave made his 50th appearance for the club.
• 8 April - Round 4: Logan Swann became the third player to play 150 first grade games for the Warriors.[1]
• 5 May - Round 8: Nathan Fien made his 50th appearance for the club.
• 20 May - Round 10: Ruben Wiki made his 50th appearance for the club.
• 3 June - Round 12: Tony Martin made his 50th appearance for the club.
• 7 July - Round 17: Manu Vatuvei and Steve Price made their 50th appearances for the club.
• 26 August - Round 24: Wairangi Koopu made his 150th appearance for the club and Epalahame Lauaki made his 50th appearance for the club.
• 16 September - Semi Final: Micheal Luck and Simon Mannering made their 50th appearances for the club.

The Warriors used Mt Smart Stadium as their home ground in 2007, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Trial Matches

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
18 February	Trial 1	Auckland Lions	Mt Smart Stadium No 2, Auckland	Win	64–4	Hohaia (3), Byrne 2, Martin, Lawrie, Vuna, Witt, Gatis, Packer, Crockett	Witt (5), Martin (3)	5,000	[2]
24 February	Trial 2	North Queensland Cowboys	Leprechaun Park, Mackay	Loss	14–32	Vatuvei, McKinnon, Lauaki	Martin (1)	8,000	[2]
3 March	Trial 3	Bulldogs	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland	Win	36–6	Vatuvei, Crockett, Swann, Fien, McKinnon, Byrne	Martin (6)	15,122	[2]

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
17 March	Round 1	Parramatta Eels	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	34–18	Crockett (2), Hohaia, Mannering, McKinnon, Price	Martin (5)	13,587
25 March	Round 2	Brisbane Broncos	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	24–14	Crockett (2), Price, Witt	Martin (4)	16,738
1 April	Round 3	Melbourne Storm	Olympic Park, Melbourne	Loss	12–30	Rapira, Vatuvei	Martin (2)	12,874
8 April	Round 4	Manly Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval, Sydney	Loss	10–13	Mannering, Martin	Martin (1)	16,358
15 April	Round 5	North Queensland Cowboys	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	34–14	Byrne, Fien, Price, Rovelli, Vatuvei, Witt	Martin (5)	11,260
	Round 6	Bye			-
29 April	Round 7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Telstra Stadium, Sydney	Win	18–16	Byrne, McKinnon, Rovelli	Martin (3)	13,044
5 May	Round 8	Cronulla Sharks	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	20–22	Anderson, Rapira, Witt	Martin (4)	13,587
12 May	Round 9	Newcastle Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle	Loss	18–24	Fien, Ropati, Wiki	Hohaia (3)	15,107
20 May	Round 10	Wests Tigers	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	26–30	Ah Van, Hohaia, Mannering, Ropati, Vatuvei	Martin (3)	10,282
28 May	Round 11	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney	Loss	6–30	Swann	Martin (1)	11,160
3 June	Round 12	Bulldogs	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	20–40	Ah Van, Mannering, Ropati, Swann	Martin (2)	10,041
10 June	Round 13	Melbourne Storm	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	2–4		Martin (1)	6,209
16 June	Round 14	Cronulla Sharks	Toyota Park, Sydney	Win	12–2	Vatuvei, Witt	Witt (2)	4,202
22 June	Round 15	Penrith Panthers	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	54–14	McKinnon (2), Witt (2), Anderson, Gatis, Koopu, Lauaki, Vatuvei	Witt (6), Martin (3)	9,978
30 June	Round 16	Gold Coast Titans	Gold Coast Stadium, Gold Coast	Win	22–6	Gatis, McKinnon, Rapira	Witt (5)	17,608
7 July	Round 17	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville	Loss	12–18	Ah Van, Vatuvei	Witt (2)	19,648
15 July	Round 18	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	44–16	Mannering (2), Crockett, Gatis, McKinnon, Ropati, Tuimavave	Witt (8)	10,037
22 July	Round 19	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney	Win	28–16	Rovelli (2), Koopu, Luck, Ropati	Witt (4)	14,012
28 July	Round 20	Newcastle Knights	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	52–10	McKinnon (2), Ropati (2), Rovelli (2), Koopu, Price, Vatuvei	Witt (8)	11,301
5 August	Round 21	Sydney Roosters	SFS, Sydney	Draw (G.P.)	31–31	Lauaki (2), McKinnon, Ropati, Vatuvei	Witt (5 & FG)	15,124
11 August	Round 22	Gold Coast Titans	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	30–6	Rovelli (3), Ropati (2)	Witt (5)	20,609
18 August	Round 23	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium, Canberra	Loss	24–26	Crockett, Fien, Lauaki, Vatuvei	Witt (4)	8,134
26 August	Round 24	Manly Sea Eagles	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	36–14	Koopu (2), Gatis, Lauaki, Mannering, Vatuvei	Witt (6)	25,070
1 September	Round 25	Penrith Panthers	CUA Stadium, Sydney	Win	24–20	Byrne (2), Rapira, Rovelli	Witt (4)	14,473

Finals

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
7 September	Qualifying Final	Parramatta Eels	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Loss	10–12	Byrne, Witt	Witt (1)	28,745
16 September	Semi Final	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville	Loss	12–49	Crockett, Martin	Witt (2)	21,847

Twenty three players were used by the club in 2007. Four players made their debuts for the club, although only one (Corey Lawrie) made his National Rugby League debut. In addition Aidan Kirk was in the squad but did not play a game due to injury.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Warriors Debut	App	T	G	FG	Pts
42	Logan Swann		SR	1 March 1997	25	2	0	0	8
64	Wairangi Koopu		CE / SR	9 April 1999	17	5	0	0	20
99	Lance Hohaia		UB	6 April 2002	10	2	3	0	14
102	Evarn Tuimavave		PR	1 September 2002	25	1	0	0	4
108	Jerome Ropati		CE / FE	31 August 2003	12	10	0	0	40
109	Tony Martin		CE	14 March 2004	13	2	34	0	76
110	Epalahame Lauaki	/	SR	14 March 2004	24	5	0	0	20
112	Louis Anderson		LK	28 March 2004	10	2	0	0	8
115	Manu Vatuvei		WG	23 May 2004	23	10	0	0	40
121	Steve Price		PR	13 March 2005	23	4	0	0	16
122	Todd Byrne		WG	13 March 2005	12	5	0	0	20
123	Ruben Wiki		PR	13 March 2005	22	1	0	0	4
124	Nathan Fien		HK	13 March 2005	26	3	0	0	12
125	Simon Mannering		CE	26 June 2005	26	7	0	0	28
126	Micheal Luck		SR	12 March 2006	26	1	0	0	4
127	Grant Rovelli	/	HB	12 March 2006	23	10	0	0	40
128	George Gatis	/	HK	25 March 2006	22	4	0	0	16
129	Patrick Ah Van		WG	9 April 2006	12	3	0	0	12
131	Sam Rapira		PR	20 May 2006	26	4	0	0	16
132	Wade McKinnon		FB	17 March 2007	22	9	0	0	36
133	Michael Crockett		WG	17 March 2007	14	7	0	0	28
134	Michael Witt		FE	17 March 2007	25	7	62	1	153
135	Corey Lawrie		LK	15 April 2007	4	0	0	0	0

• Chief Executive Officer: Wayne Scurrah

Auckland Lions Premier League players during at match against St George Illawarra

Senior players who were not required for the first team played with the Auckland Lions in the NSWRL Premier League. Graeme Norton coached the side which finished in tenth spot (out of thirteen), just two wins outside of the top eight.

The Auckland Lions featured many players who were yet to make their first grade debuts for the Warriors, such as Leeson Ah Mau, Sonny Fai, Isaac John, Aidan Kirk, Kevin Locke, Russell Packer and Malo Solomona.[4]

Steve Price won the Player of the Year award.[5]

• Warriors official site
• NRL 2007 - Warriors rugbyleagueproject.org