Inside Warriors

Still no premiership, finally a system.

The Warriors are top of the ladder in late August at 15 and 6, in a 32nd season that finally looks like the one. The history is thin for a market this size: no premiership since entry in 1995, ten finals seasons, 14th all-time for win rate and 12th across the decade. The last three years are the turn, seventh for win rate, with the junior system suddenly decorated: Harold Matthews titles in 2024 and 2025 and last year's NSW Cup premiership. The club backed the coach accordingly. Andrew Webster's extension to the end of 2032, reported by the NZ Herald in August, is the longest deal any NRL coach has held. Depth has a price, paid in exits: captain Mitch Barnett released to Brisbane for 2027, Luke Metcalf reluctantly let go with the halves overstocked, and Jett Cleary released to join his brother at Penrith, a request that cost the two clubs a brief public sulk.

• Owned outright by Autex SORL Ltd, the Robinson family manufacturer, since September 2019. No financial statements published.
• 86 named football staff, 31 of them in performance and medical roles. The club is a tenant at council-run Go Media Stadium.

Checked 21 August 2026 · Evidence medium

At a glance

• Home crowd, 2026: 21,841 across 14 home matches, down 3,475 on 2025
• Members, 2024: 18,000 (Cap Dramas Estimate, 13,500–18,000)
• Following: 1,699,645 across 5 platforms
• Brand value, 2024: $37M, 14th of 17 clubs
• Who owns the club: Autex Industries (Robinson family), 100% · since 2019
• Accounts we can see: None located for the operating company
• Training base: Go Media Stadium, Mt Smart · council-owned venue, terms not public
• Head coach: Andrew Webster through 2032

Ownership & Financials

• New Zealand Warriors Limited (company 1090488) has 815,330 shares, all held by Autex SORL Limited of Rosebank Road, Avondale; its registered directors are Cameron George (from 5 February 2016), Mark Robinson and Marcel van Vliet (both from 7 October 2019).
• Autex Industries, a family-owned New Zealand manufacturer, took sole ownership of the Warriors on 24 September 2019, lifting its 33% stake of 2018 after a deal with the Carlaw Heritage Trust, the previous majority shareholder.

Following & Sponsorship

• Principal Sponsor: One NZ

Leadership

• Cameron George, Chief Executive Officer
• Andrew McFadden, Head of recruitment and pathways
• Ken Reinsfield, chair

Football Department

• Andrew Webster, NRL head coach
• Richard Agar, NRL assistant coach
• Stacey Jones, NRL assistant coach
• Slade Griffin, NRL assistant coach
• David Tangata-Toa, NRL transition coach
• David Tangata-Toa, NSW Cup head coach
• Ron Griffiths, NRLW head coach
• Paul Pou, NRLW assistant coach
• TJ Ashford, Jersey Flegg head coach
• Shannon Rushworth, SG Ball head coach
• Albert Vete, Harold Matthews head coach

Training Base

• Go Media Stadium, Mt Smart, Penrose: The club's match and training base and registered address. The venue is run by Auckland Stadiums, the stadium arm of the council organisation Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, which lists the Warriors among its home teams alongside Auckland FC and athletics; it has a hybrid-turf main field and four other fields.

Pathways

• Below Harold Matthews the Warriors' ladder runs through Auckland Rugby League's representative competitions, relaunched jointly with the club for 2026 (Shaun Johnson Shield U15, Dean Bell Cup U17 for boys; Georgia Hale Cup U16, Apii Nicholls Cup U19 and the open-age Kathleen Wharton Cup for women), and through the Sky Sport Future Warriors academy and school partnerships rather than club junior teams. From Harold Matthews up the men's ladder is all club teams to NRL; the women's ladder goes straight from those external competitions to NRLW, with no club-run women's team beneath it.
• Auckland Rugby League and the Warriors jointly launched a five-competition representative programme for 2026 — Shaun Johnson Shield (U15 boys), Dean Bell Cup (U17 boys), Georgia Hale Cup (U16 girls), the new Apii Nicholls Cup (U19 girls) and the new open-age Kathleen Wharton Cup — with age grades aligned to the Warriors' pathways and described as the route to the club's NRLW system.
• The club sealed a pathways partnership with TIPENE, the reopened St Stephen's School in South Auckland, on 12 June 2026, two weeks after formalising a relationship with St Thomas of Canterbury College in Christchurch.
• The club won the Harold Matthews Cup on debut in 2024 and again in 2025, and in 2025 won the NSW Cup premiership, State Championship and minor premiership.

Results

• All-time win rate: 46.0% (All first-grade games), 14th of 17
• Last 10 seasons: 45.7% (2017–2026), 12th of 17
• Last 3 seasons: 54.7% (2024–2026), 7th= of 17
• Team Rating: 79.9 (2026 season), 9th of 17
• Premierships: 0 (Since 1995), 16th= of 17
• Finals seasons: 11 (Since 1995), 14th of 17

Sources

• About — New Zealand Warriors
• Legal — New Zealand Warriors
• New Zealand Warriors Limited (1090488) — Shareholdings — New Zealand Companies Office
• New Zealand Warriors Limited (1090488) — Directors — New Zealand Companies Office
• Management and office — New Zealand Warriors
• Autex Industries takes full ownership — New Zealand Warriors
• Football department — New Zealand Warriors
• Andrew Webster locked in long-term with One New Zealand Warriors — New Zealand Warriors
• Go Media Stadium — Auckland Stadiums
• Who we are — Auckland Stadiums
• Warriors and ARL launch new-look representative programme — New Zealand Warriors
• TIPENE and Warriors seal pathways partnership — New Zealand Warriors
• Warriors coach Andrew Webster extends through till 2032 — The New Zealand Herald

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