14 Apr 2022

NZ Sporting History: The Warriors 2002 NRL Grand Final

From Afternoons, 2:25 pm on 14 April 2022

Today for NZ Sporting History we're going to be looking back on the 2002 NRL season when the New Zealand Warriors made club history by making it all the way to the Grand Final for the very first time.

To help us remember the incredible but also heartbreaking moment in rugby league is Motu Tony who was the teams very young five-eighth in the final!

Motu is currently the General Manager for High Performance at New Zealand Rugby League

Warriors fans cheer on as the team arrive in Auckland after defeating the Melbourne Storm in the preliminary final to reach the grand final since 2002. (Photosport)

Stacey Jones scored the only try for the Warriors. (Photosport)

Motu Tony hugs Stacey Jones after scoring for the Warriors. (Photosport)

06 October 2002. Telstra Stadium, Sydney, Australia. NRL Grand Final. New Zealand Warriors v Sydney Roosters. (Photosport)

Brad Fittler and Brett Mullins hold up the trophy.