The New Zealand Warriors 2011 season was the New Zealand Warriors 17th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team is Ivan Cleary while Simon Mannering is the club's captain. The Warriors lost to the Manly Sea Eagles 10-24 in the 2011 NRL Grand Final. The Junior Warriors won the Toyota Cup for the second consecutive year while the Auckland Vulcans finished second in the NSW Cup. The finals form of the Warriors in 2011 increased the NRL's television audience in New Zealand by 29 per cent this year. Milestones 12 February – All Stars Match: Feleti Mateo represents the NRL All Stars and Joel Moon represents the Indigenous All Stars in the pre-season All Stars Match. 16 April – Round 6: Micheal Luck played in his 200th National Rugby League match. 4 June – Round 13: Lewis Brown played in his 50th match for the club. 8 July – Round 18: Jacob Lillyman played in his 50th match for the club. 15 July – Round 19: Aaron Heremaia played in his 50th National Rugby League match. 24 July – Round 20: Shaun Berrigan played in his 200th National Rugby League match. 3 September – Round 26: Joel Moon played in his 50th match for the club. 10 September – Qualifying final: Kevin Locke played in his 50th match for the club. 24 September – Preliminary final: James Maloney played in his 50th match for the club. Jersey and sponsors Fixtures The Warriors opened the season by hosting the Parramatta Eels at Eden Park in Auckland. This was the first time that the Warriors played a home match away from Mount Smart Stadium. The remaining 11 home games were played at Mount Smart Stadium, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995. Pre-season training The main squad returned to training on 15 November 2010 to start preparing for the 2011 season. Players involved in the 2010 Four Nations and other representative matches returned to training later. Pre-season matches A fourth match was added to the Warriors schedule to raise money for the West Coast region after the Pike River Mine disaster. In a joint partnership with the NZRL, NRL and Newcastle Knights, all money raised was donated to the Pike River mining relief fund and the West Coast Rugby League. The teams arrived early on 3 February to carry out