2004 New Zealand Warriors Home Jersey
Continuation of the 2003-2005 home design: plain black-and-grey Puma strip with colour limited to the sponsor logos on the chest and arm. Vodafone front sponsor.
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The 2004 season
A difficult season that ended with a coaching change mid-year. The first-grade side was coached by Daniel Anderson, then Tony Kemp. Wahpedia catalogues 4 distinct 2004 Warriors designs in total, 3 of them first-grade match jerseys, all listed on the 2004 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 2004 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 2004 jersey to find and the usual starting point for a season-by-season collection. To check a 2004 home jersey, compare the neck and hem labels with the maker for that season (Puma), make sure the sponsor set matches 2004 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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