1997 New Zealand Warriors World Club Championship Jersey
- Season 1997
- Category World Club Championship
- On-field maker Nike
- Data confidence low
Nike-made jersey in the same Super League design family as the 1997 home strip - predominantly white across the chest and shoulders with blue and green curved stripes and red collar trim - worn with full DB Bitter and competition sponsorship for the World Club Championship.
★ Worn during the Warriors' participation in the 1997 World Club Championship between Australian and English Super League clubs.
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The 1997 season
The Warriors played in the breakaway Super League competition, the only season the club has spent outside the ARL/NRL. The first-grade side was coached by John Monie, then Frank Endacott. Wahpedia catalogues 4 distinct 1997 Warriors designs in total, 3 of them first-grade match jerseys, all listed on the 1997 season page.
Maker and sponsor
Nike made the Warriors' on-field jerseys from 1997 to 1999, so this design belongs to the Nike era of the club's kit. The front-of-jersey sponsor in 1997 was DB Bitter, the club's principal partner of the period.
Collector's notes
One-off jerseys like this are among the rarest Warriors designs and the hardest to authenticate, so provenance from the club or a player is worth more than condition. To check a 1997 special jersey, compare the neck and hem labels with the maker for that season (Nike), make sure the sponsor set matches 1997 rather than a neighbouring year, and compare stitching, collar and sponsor placement against the photo above. Replicas are usually a looser cut in a lighter fabric than player-issue jerseys, which also carry a number and, in most eras, a tighter athletic fit. Data confidence for this entry is low and the primary source is rljerseys.com.
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