2009 New Zealand Warriors season

The coach of the Warriors was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the team's captain.

In 2009 Warriors games were broadcast on New Zealand's Sky network averaged 107,163 viewers.

Warrior Sonny Fai went missing at around 7pm on 4 January 2009, after being caught in a rip current while trying to save some family who had got into difficulty at Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Auckland.

[21][22] The entire team attended his two memorial services, one in a Samoan Methodist Church and one held at Te Henga (Bethells Beach).

[23] The Warriors wore black armbands for their opening NRL match of the 2009 season, as well as jerseys embroidered with Fai's signature and official team number in honour of him.