List of rugby league clubs in New Zealand

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This is an incomplete list of past and present rugby league clubs in New Zealand

Contents

National teams

NRL Club sides

Defunct

Zonal teams

District teams

Regional competitions

Northland

Junior Clubs

Auckland

Wai-Coa-Bay

Waikato

Coastline

Bay of Plenty

Western Alliance

Taranaki

  • Western Suburbs /Tigers
  • Bell Block Marist /Dragons
  • Waitara /Bears
  • Hawera /Hawks
  • Coastal /Cobras
  • Normanby-Okaiawa /Knights
  • Patea / Warriors

Manawatu

  • Levin /Wolves- Wanderers- Taitoko United- Knights- Lions
  • Linton /Cobras
  • Palmerston North /Kia Ora Warriors
  • Otaki /Whiti Te Ra
  • Marton /Bears
  • Foxton /Rebels
  • Waiouru /Bobcats
  • Ohakea /Magpies
  • Dannevirke /Tigers
  • Whanganui /Vikings - Boxon - Castlecliff /Seagulls
  • City Titans
  • Pahiatua Panthers
  • Massey Mako
  • Taihape /Mokai Patea
  • Feilding /Falcons

Eastern Alliance

Hawkes Bay

  • Bridge Pa sports club
  • Maraenui Phoenix Rugby League
  • EITSA
  • Tapuae
  • Te Rangatahi o Omahu
  • Western Suburbs
  • Flaxmere Falcons rugby league
  • Otane sports club
  • Clive Cougars

New Zealand

These are the Teams that have Registered in Gisborne Comps over the years, this update is 2012 .

  • Manutuke Mustangs* Moana Toa* Paikea Whalers* Kaiti Devils
  • Turanga Panthers* Gisborne United Bulldogs* Repongaere Eels
  • Mahaki Warriors* Whakaki Kirituna* Wairoa Tigers* Uawa Nasties
  • Ruatoria Raiders+ Turanga Panthers+ Waengapu Stallions

+ Tapuae Taniwha+ Te Urewera Raiders+ Knights+ Kahawai + Seeka Falcons

Wellington

(* denotes senior 1st division only)

Defunct clubs

  • Miramar Roosters
  • Marist Northern
  • Trentham
  • Paremata Raiders
  • Porirua City Phoenix
  • Taita
  • Eastern Suburbs Eagles (Rugby League Park, Newtown)
  • Korodale
  • Naenae
  • Central
  • Waterside
  • Hutt

Tasman

West Coast

Canterbury

Aoraki

Southland

Otago

See also

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References

  1. "Formation of New Club". New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19914. 5 April 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 30 September 2019.