NZRL National Competition

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NZRL Men's National Competition
Current season or competition:
Rugby football current event.svg 2022 New Zealand rugby league season
Sport Rugby league
Formerly known as Bartercard Premiership
Instituted2010
Inaugural season 2010
Number of teams12
CountryFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Holders Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons (2022)
Most titles Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons (9 titles)
Website www.NZRL.co.nz/
Broadcast partner Sky Sport

The NZRL Men's National Competition (previously called the National Zonal Competition) is the top-level rugby league competition run by the New Zealand Rugby League. In 2010 the competition replaced the Bartercard Premiership following a Sparc funded review and restructure of the New Zealand Rugby League. Since 2019, the competition has consisted of a four-team national premiership and an eight-team national championship (split into North and South Island Conferences) with a promotion and relegation between the two divisions.

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Trophies and awards

Senior teams compete for the Albert Baskerville Trophy, which is named after Albert Baskerville, the organiser of the 1907-1908 All Golds tour. Under-17s compete for the Mark Graham Cup, which is named after Mark Graham, the New Zealand Rugby League player of the century. Under-15s compete for the Nathan Cayless Cup, which is named after Nathan Cayless, the only captain to win the World Cup for New Zealand.

Structure

The competition was reformatted for the 2016 season, with Akarana, Counties Manukau, Canterbury and Wellington competing in a national championship. The Upper Central and Mid-Central zones reverted to district teams with these teams, alongside Northland and the South Island districts, competing in four regional championships. The four regional winners then compete in a National Premiership competition, which play a promotion-relegation match against the last placed national championship side. [1]

From 2019, this changed again, with a 4-team Premiership and 8-team, two conference (North and South Island) Championship contested.

NZRL Premiership Teams

TeamCity/RegionCurrent CoachHome Grounds
Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons Auckland Steve Buckingham Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls Christchurch Andrew Auimatagi [2] Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub, Christchurch
St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau Stingrays South Auckland Rod Ratu Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
Waikatoleague.png Waikato Mana Hamilton FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton

NZRL Championship Teams

TeamCity/RegionCurrent CoachHome Grounds
North Island Conference
Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Vulcans Auckland Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
Australian colours.svg Mid-Central Vipers New Plymouth Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
LebanonRLcolours.png Upper Central Stallions Tauranga & Rotorua Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Wellington colours.svg Wellington Orcas Wellington Mike Kuiti Jerry Collins Stadium, Porirua
South Island Conference
Ireland colours.svg Aoraki Eels South Canterbury Ashbury Park, Timaru
Parramatta colours.svg Otago Rugby League Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Ramscolours.svg Southland Rams Invercargill Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Illawarra colours.svg West Coast Chargers Greymouth Wingham Park, Greymouth

Season winners

YearPremiershipChampionshipJuniors
Albert Baskerville TrophyScoreRunner upMinor PremiersWooden SpoonChampionship winnerScoreChampionship Runner-UpMark Graham Cup (U-17)Nathan Cayless Cup (U-15)
2010 Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland 14-6 St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland New South Wales colours.svg Northern Swords N/AN/AN/A St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau
2011 Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Pride 44-34 Scorpions.png South Island Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Pride New South Wales colours.svg Northern Swords Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Pride Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Pride
2012 Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons 38-20 St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau New South Wales colours.svg Northern Swords Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau
2013 Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons 22-12 St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau Australian colours.svg Central Vipers St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons
2014 North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls 40-8 Parramatta colours.svg Waicoa Bay Stallions St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau* New South Wales colours.svg Northern Swords Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons
2015 St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau [3] 41-10 North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau New South Wales colours.svg Northern Swords Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons
2016 Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons [4] 32-12 St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau Wellington colours.svg Wellington Orcas Waikatoleague.png Waikato Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau
2017 Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons 30-4 Waikatoleague.png Waikato Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons Wellington colours.svg Wellington Orcas Parramatta colours.svg Bay of Plenty Lakers
2018 Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons 51-20 St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons Wellington colours.svg Wellington Orcas
2019 Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons 28-10 North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons Waikatoleague.png Waikato
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
2021
2022 Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons 46-4 North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons Waikatoleague.png Waikato Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Vulcans 48-12 Parramatta colours.svg Otago St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau
2023 Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Vulcans 70-4 St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Vulcans North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls Parramatta colours.svg Bay of Plenty Lakers 62-16 Ireland colours.svg Aoraki Eels

Note: *In 2014 Counties Manukau were disqualified from the final for fielding an ineligible player.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NZRL re-launch national competition for 2016". APRL. 23 February 2016. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Auimatagi new Canterbury Bulls coach". 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Stingrays romp home in premiership final nzrl.co.nz, 17 October 2015
  4. ↑ "Falcons fly high for premiership crown".
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