2003 New Zealand Warriors Home Jersey
Plain, understated Puma design in black and grey, with effectively all of the colour coming from the sponsor logos on the chest and sleeve. Vodafone front sponsor.
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The 2003 season
Back-to-back finals campaigns, reaching the preliminary final. The first-grade side was coached by Daniel Anderson. Wahpedia catalogues 3 distinct 2003 Warriors designs in total, 3 of them first-grade match jerseys, all listed on the 2003 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 2003 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 2003 jersey to find and the usual starting point for a season-by-season collection. To check a 2003 home jersey, compare the neck and hem labels with the maker for that season (Puma), make sure the sponsor set matches 2003 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 high and the primary source is rljerseys.com.
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