Auckland, New Zealand, December 19, 2008 – Saturday night games are on the menu for the first two home games of the Vodafone Warriors’ 2009 NRL campaign.
In releasing full details for the first five rounds of the draw, the NRL has handed the Vodafone Warriors a season-opening 7.30pm clash against Parramatta at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday, March 14.
That game is set to provide major individual milestones for captain Steve Price and Kiwi World Cup-winning prop Evarn Tuimavave.
Price – who’ll then be 35 – is poised to become only the 11th player in history to appear in 300 first-grade games when he leads the team out that night while Tuimavave will become the 13th player to make 100 NRL appearances for the Vodafone Warriors if he lines up.
The match will also be a homecoming of sorts for new Parramatta coach Daniel Anderson, who guided the Vodafone Warriors in 92 games from 2001-2004.
In round three the Vodafone Warriors will be back at Mt Smart Stadium for another Saturday night match, this time against Brisbane with the chance of new signings winger Denan Kemp and standoff/centre Joel Moon having an early outing against their former club (along with second-year Vodafone Warriors centre Brent Tate).
In their first two away games the Vodafone Warriors have Sunday afternoon matches against 2008 NRL premiers the Manly Sea Eagles in round two (March 22) and the Newcastle Knights in round five (April 12).
In round four the Vodafone Warriors face South Sydney in a Sunday afternoon match on April 5.
The Vodafone Junior Warriors will again play their NYC matches as curtain-raisers at the same venues as the club’s NRL side.
The full draw for the first five rounds is (kick-off times listed are all local times):
Round 1 March 13-16
Storm vs. Dragons Olympic Park Fri 7.35pm
Broncos vs. Cowboys Suncorp Stadium Fri 7.35pm
Warriors vs. Eels Mt Smart Stadium Sat 7.30pm
Sharks vs. Panthers Toyota Stadium Sat 7.30pm
Bulldogs vs. Sea Eagles ANZ Stadium Sat 7.30pm
Titans vs. Knights Skilled Park Sun 1.00pm
Roosters vs. Rabbitohs Sydney Football Stadium Sun 3.00pm
Wests Tigers vs. Raiders Campbelltown Sports Stadium Mon 7.00pm
Round 2 March 20-23
Rabbitohs vs. Eels ANZ Stadium Fri 7.35pm
Broncos vs. Storm Suncorp Stadium Fri 7.35pm
Dragons vs. Titans WIN Stadium Sat 5.30pm
Panthers vs. Bulldogs CUA Stadium Sat 7.30pm
Cowboys vs. Wests Tigers Dairy Farmers Stadium Sat 8.30pm
Raiders vs. Roosters Canberra Stadium Sun 2.00pm
Sea Eagles vs. Warriors Brookvale Oval Sun 3.00pm
Sharks vs. Knights Toyota Stadium Mon 7.00pm
Round 3 March 27-30
Wests Tigers vs. Roosters Sydney Football Stadium Fri 7.35pm
Titans vs. Bulldogs Skilled Park Fri 7.35pm
Warriors vs. Broncos Mt Smart Stadium Sat 7.30pm
Eels vs. Raiders Parramatta Stadium Sat 7.30pm
Cowboys vs. Storm Dairy Farmers Stadium Sat 8.30pm
Rabbitohs vs. Knights Bluetongue Stadium Sun 2.00pm
Dragons vs. Sharks Jubilee Oval Sun 3.00pm
Sea Eagles vs. Panthers Brookvale Oval Mon 7.00pm
Round 4 April 3-6 (Aust and NZ Daylight Savings ends at 2am Sun 5th)
Broncos vs. Dragons Suncorp Stadium Fri 6.35pm
Roosters vs. Eels Sydney Football Stadium Fri 7.35pm
Panthers vs. Wests Tigers CUA Stadium Sat 5.30pm
Storm vs. Titans Olympic Park Sat 7.30pm
Warriors vs. Rabbitohs Mt Smart Stadium Sun 2.00pm
Bulldogs vs. Sharks ANZ Stadium Sun 2.00pm
Knights vs. Sea Eagles Energy Australia Stadium Sun 3.00pm
Raiders vs. Cowboys Canberra Stadium Mon 7.00pm
Round 5 April 10–13 (Easter)
Roosters vs. Broncos Sydney Football Stadium Fri 7.35pm
Eels vs. Dragons Parramatta Stadium Fri 7.35pm
Sharks vs. Raiders Toyota Stadium Sat 5.30pm
Storm vs. Panthers Olympic Park Sat 7.30pm
Cowboys vs. Titans Dairy Farmers Stadium Sat 7.30pm
Knights vs. Warriors Energy Australia Stadium Sun 2.00pm
Sea Eagles vs. Wests Tigers Brookvale Oval Sun 3.00pm
Bulldogs vs. Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium Mon 7.00pm
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