2019 New Zealand Warriors The Little General Jersey
The "Little General" jersey - a Stacey Jones tribute worn in 2019, the club's 25th season. A predominantly white strip with a blue-and-green chevron drawn from the 1997 Auckland Warriors kit Jones wore when, aged 21, he won the club's player of the year. "The Little General" was Jones's nickname.
★ Stacey Jones ("The Little General") tribute, based on the 1997 kit; worn in the club's 25th-anniversary 2019 season.
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The 2019 season
The club marked 25 seasons in the competition. The first-grade side was coached by Stephen Kearney. Wahpedia catalogues 7 distinct 2019 Warriors designs in total, 6 of them first-grade match jerseys, all listed on the 2019 season page.
Maker and sponsor
Canterbury made the Warriors' on-field jerseys from 2009 to 2021, so this design belongs to the Canterbury era of the club's kit. The front-of-jersey sponsor in 2019 was Vodafone, the club's principal partner of the period.
Collector's notes
Alternate strips are worn for only a handful of games and made in small runs, which puts this among the scarcer 2019 designs. To check a 2019 alternate jersey, compare the neck and hem labels with the maker for that season (Canterbury), make sure the sponsor set matches 2019 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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