2000 New Zealand Warriors Home Jersey
Puma's debut Warriors jersey, a predominantly white home strip with blue panels, criticised for the sleeve blue not aligning with the body blue and clip-art-style detailing; carried the Puma logo and Vodafone front sponsorship.
★ First jersey of the long Puma manufacturing era (2000-2008).
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The 2000 season
The final season under the Auckland Warriors name before the club was rebranded as the New Zealand Warriors. The first-grade side was coached by Mark Graham. Wahpedia catalogues 2 distinct 2000 Warriors designs in total, 2 of them first-grade match jerseys, all listed on the 2000 season page.
Maker and sponsor
Puma made the Warriors' on-field jerseys from 2000 to 2008, so this design belongs to the Puma era of the club's kit. The front-of-jersey sponsor in 2000 was Vodafone, the club's principal partner of the period.
Collector's notes
As the season's primary strip it was produced in the largest numbers, so it is the easiest 2000 jersey to find and the usual starting point for a season-by-season collection. To check a 2000 home jersey, compare the neck and hem labels with the maker for that season (Puma), make sure the sponsor set matches 2000 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 medium and the primary source is rljerseys.com.
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