LeagueNews.co | Jess Malloy
The NZ Warriors' 2024 NRL draw is filled with Friday night football, with exactly a third of their 24 regular season matches scheduled for the night lights.
This is just one fewer than the nine Friday night fixtures they had in 2023.
The team's first and last home games are both Friday night affairs, with the season opening against the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks at Go Media Stadium on Friday, March 8th at 8:00pm.
The season will close with a match against the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in Auckland on Friday, August 23rd at 8:00pm.
Additionally, there are three Friday night encounters in the first seven rounds against the Sharks in round one, Canberra in Christchurch in round three, and St George Illawarra in Wollongong in round seven.
The latter part of the campaign also features a heavy diet of Friday night games, with the Warriors playing five end-of-the-week night games in the space of six rounds.
In all, five of their Friday night games are at home and three away.