<Tr> <Th> Highest points scorer </Th> <Td> Shaun Johnson - 813 </Td> </Tr> <P> The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia . They were formerly known as the Auckland Warriors, and are officially known as the Vodafone Warriors for sponsorship reasons . The Warriors are coached by Stephen Kearney and captained by Roger Tuivasa - Sheck . They are based at Mt Smart Stadium in the Auckland suburb of Penrose . </P> <P> For the 1995 season the newly - formed Auckland Warriors became the first club from outside Australia to be admitted to the Australian Rugby League's premiership when it expanded from 16 to 20 teams . As a result of the Super League war in the mid-1990s, Auckland left the ARL to compete in the Super League competition of 1997, before joining the re-unified NRL the following year . They re-branded themselves the New Zealand Warriors in 2001 . Over 21 seasons the Warriors have claimed one minor premiership (in 2002), reached two grand finals (2002 and 2011), reached the play - offs seven times, and provided the majority of the New Zealand national team's players . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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