1996 ARL Optus Cup

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Auckland Warriors

Order by: First appearance, Number of appearances, Player name (alphabetical), Most used players by position, Most successful lineup

Legend: FB = Fullback; C = Centre; W = Winger; FE = Five-Eighth; HB = Half-back; FR = Front Row; H = Hooker; 2R = Back Row; L = Lock; B = Bench.

Season Player Summary

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Player	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Marc ELLIS	FB		FB		W	B		B	FB	FB	W	W	B	B	B	W	W	C	W	W	W
Sean HOPPE	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	B	B	W	W	W		B	W	W	W	W
Richie BLACKMORE	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C			C			C	C	C
Tea ROPATI	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		B	B	C	C	FE	C	C	C	C	C
John KIRWAN	W		W	W	FB	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		B	B
Stacey JONES	FE	FE	FE	HB	FE	FE	FE	FE	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB
Greg ALEXANDER	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB	HB	HB			FB	FB			FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Gavin HILL	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Syd ERU	H	H						H	H	H	H	H	H	H						H	H
Andy PLATT	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Denis BETTS	2R	2R			2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R			2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
Stephen KEARNEY	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
Mark HORO	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	FR	B	L	L	L	L	B	B	B	H	L	L
Phil BLAKE	B	W	H	H	H	H		B	B	B			FB	FB	H	B	B	B	L	B	B
Tony TUIMAVAVE	B	B	2R	2R																	B
Joe VAGANA	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	FR	FR	B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	B	B	B	FR	FR
Mark CARTER	B						H	B	B			B	B	B	B
Gene NGAMU		FB	B	FE	B	FB	FB	FB	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	B	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE
Nigel VAGANA		B
Tony TATUPU		B	B	B	B	B	B		B	B			2R	2R	B
Awen GUTTENBEIL			B	B	B	B	B	B	B	L	L					L	L	L	B	B
David MURRAY				FB
Iva ROPATI				B			B
Hitro OKESENE										B									B	B	FR
Anthony SWANN											C	C	C	C	C	C	C	B	B
Brady MALAM											B	B	B	B	B	FR	FR	FR
Bryan HENARE														B					B		B
Aaron LESTER																H	H	H

List of Matches

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Competition	Round	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13	B14	B15	B16	B17
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 2	Illawarra	W	18	-	10	Ellis	Hoppe	Blackmore   1T	T. Ropati   2T▮	Kirwan	Jones	Alexander   2G	Hill   1G	Eru	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Horo	Blake	Tuimavave	J. Vagana	Carter	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 3	Western Suburbs	L	8	-	22	Ngamu	Hoppe	Blackmore	T. Ropati	Blake	Jones	Alexander   1G	Hill   1G	Eru	Platt	Betts▮	Kearney	Horo	J. Vagana   1T	Tuimavave	N. Vagana	Tatupu	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 4	North Sydney	W	12	-	8	Ellis   1G	Hoppe	Blackmore	T. Ropati	Kirwan	Jones   1T	Alexander   1G	Hill   2G	Blake	Platt	Tuimavave	Kearney	Horo	Ngamu	J. Vagana	Tatupu	Guttenbeil	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 5	Manly	L	10	-	22	Murray	Hoppe	Blackmore	T. Ropati	Kirwan	Ngamu   1T 1G	Jones	Hill▮	Blake   1T	Platt	Tuimavave	Kearney	Horo	Tatupu	J. Vagana	Guttenbeil	I. Ropati	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 6	Illawarra	W	30	-	20	Kirwan	Hoppe	Blackmore	T. Ropati	Ellis   1T	Jones   1T	Alexander   1T	Hill   2G	Blake   1T	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Horo	Ngamu   3G	J. Vagana	Tatupu   1T	Guttenbeil	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 7	Parramatta	W	28	-	4	Ngamu   3G	Hoppe   1T	Blackmore	T. Ropati	Kirwan   2T	Jones	Alexander   1T	Hill   1G	Blake	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Horo   1T	Ellis	J. Vagana	Tatupu	Guttenbeil	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 8	Sydney City	L	16	-	28	Ngamu   1G	Hoppe   1T	Blackmore   1T	T. Ropati   1T	Kirwan	Jones	Alexander	Hill   1G	Carter	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Horo	Tatupu	J. Vagana	I. Ropati	Guttenbeil	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 9	Newcastle	L	18	-	22	Ngamu   2G	Hoppe	Blackmore	T. Ropati	Kirwan   2T	Jones	Alexander	J. Vagana	Eru	Platt	Betts   1T	Kearney	Horo	Blake	Ellis   1G	Guttenbeil	Carter	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 10	Cronulla	L	24	-	28	Ellis	Hoppe   1T	Blackmore	T. Ropati	Kirwan   1T	Ngamu   1T 4G	Jones	J. Vagana	Eru	Platt	Betts	Kearney   1T	Horo	Guttenbeil	Blake	Tatupu	Carter	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 11	Sydney Tigers	L	22	-	34	Ellis   1T 1G	Hoppe	Blackmore   1T	T. Ropati   1T	Kirwan   1T	Ngamu   2G	Jones	Horo	Eru	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Guttenbeil	Blake	Tatupu	J. Vagana	Okesene	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 12	Penrith	W	26	-	16	Alexander	Ellis   2T	Swann	Blackmore	Kirwan   1T	Ngamu   3G	Jones	J. Vagana	Eru	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Guttenbeil	Horo   1T	Malam	Hoppe   1T		>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 13	Western Suburbs	W	32	-	16	Alexander   1T	Ellis	Swann	Blackmore	Kirwan   1T	Ngamu   4G	Jones   2T	J. Vagana	Eru   1T	Platt	Betts	Kearney▮	Horo	Malam	Carter	Hoppe   1T	T. Ropati	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 14	Souths	W	24	-	10	Blake	Hoppe	Swann	Blackmore	Kirwan   1T	Ngamu   4G	Jones   1T	J. Vagana	Eru   2T	Platt	Tatupu	Kearney	Horo	Malam	Ellis	Carter	T. Ropati	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 15	Gold Coast	W	28	-	14	Blake	Hoppe	Swann   1T	T. Ropati	Kirwan	Ngamu   4G	Jones	J. Vagana	Eru	Platt	Tatupu	Kearney   1T	Horo   1T	Malam	Carter	Ellis   1T	Henare   1T	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 16	Western Reds	L	12	-	32	Alexander	Hoppe	Swann   1T	T. Ropati	Kirwan	Ngamu   2G	Jones	J. Vagana	Blake	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Horo	Carter	Ellis   1T	Malam	Tatupu	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 17	South Queensland	W	16	-	12	Alexander	Kirwan	Blackmore   1T	Swann   1T	Ellis   1G	T. Ropati	Jones	Malam	Lester	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Guttenbeil	J. Vagana	Ngamu   3G	Horo	Blake	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 18	North Qld	W	52	-	6	Alexander	Kirwan   1T	T. Ropati	Swann	Ellis	Ngamu   3T 8G	Jones   1T	Malam	Lester	Platt	Betts   1T	Kearney	Guttenbeil	Blake   1T	Hoppe   1T	Horo   1T	J. Vagana	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 19	St George	L	6	-	35	Alexander	Kirwan	T. Ropati	Ellis	Hoppe	Ngamu   1G	Jones	Malam	Lester	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Guttenbeil   1T	Swann	Blake	Horo	J. Vagana	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 20	Canterbury	L	18	-	20	Alexander	Hoppe	T. Ropati   1T	Blackmore   1T	Ellis	Ngamu   3G	Jones	J. Vagana	Horo	Platt	Betts   1T	Kearney	Blake	Okesene	Guttenbeil	Swann	Henare	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 21	Canberra	L	6	-	30	Alexander	Hoppe	Blackmore   1T	T. Ropati	Ellis	Ngamu   1G	Jones	J. Vagana	Eru	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Horo▮	Blake	Okesene	Guttenbeil	Kirwan	>
1996 ARL Optus Cup	Round 22	Brisbane	L	6	-	38	Alexander	Hoppe   1T	Blackmore	T. Ropati	Ellis	Ngamu   1G	Jones	Okesene	Eru	Platt	Betts	Kearney	Horo▮	Tuimavave	Kirwan	Henare	Blake	>

Contributions: Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Big League