Rugby League Park

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Apollo Projects Stadium
Addington Rugby Stadium.jpg
Aerial view of Rugby League Park in July 2012
Rugby League Park
Former namesRugby League Park, AMI Stadium, Christchurch Stadium
Location95 Jack Hinton Drive, Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand
Coordinates 43°32′37″S172°36′15″E / 43.5437°S 172.6041°E / -43.5437; 172.6041
Owner Canterbury Rugby League
Capacity 17,104 (Sport mode)
Construction
Expanded24 March 2012
Architect Populous
Tenants
Canterbury Bulls, South Island, Crusaders [1]

Apollo Projects Stadium is a sports stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. [2] It was formerly called Orangetheory Stadium,AMI Stadium, and before that, the Addington Showgrounds. [3]

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History

The park is part of a complex with Wolfbrook Arena and Addington Raceway and has hosted international rugby league matches since the 1950s, including World Cup matches in 1975, 1977, 1988, 1990 and 1991.

The ground was bought by Canterbury Rugby League from the Christchurch City Council in the 1990s.

It was at this ground that the Kiwis won the 1988 Great Britain Lions tour's sole test in New Zealand to qualify for the 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup final.

Apollo Projects Stadium

Rugby League Park sustained significant damage during the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and was closed until 24 March 2012. [4] After the earthquake the stands had to be demolished.

The 2011 earthquake damaged AMI Stadium at Lancaster Park, the main sporting ground in Christchurch, beyond repair. As a temporary replacement for the city, Rugby League Park was upgraded and renamed AMI Stadium to seat 18,000 by March 2012 with a possible expansion to 26,000 for major games. As a result, the Crusaders are based there indefinitely, and the stadium has also hosted All Blacks test matches as well as a Wellington Phoenix pre-season match in September 2012. [1] [5] [6] On 9 November 2013 it held a round 5 A-League match between Wellington Phoenix and Perth Glory in which the teams drew 1-1. On 14 May 2016, the ground played host to an NRL match between the Penrith Panthers and the New Zealand Warriors with the former being the home team. [7] Another NRL game took place on 9 June 2018 with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles replacing Penrith as the home team against the Warriors. [8] The Sea Eagles played another game at the stadium in 2019 but decided to not play in Christchurch in the 2020 season.

On 6 July 2018, the stadium was officially renamed to the Wyatt Crockett Stadium, becoming de-branded from AMI Stadium. This was to commemorate the Crusaders player Wyatt Crockett reaching the milestone of playing 200 Super Rugby matches.

On 6 April 2019, it was announced that the stadium would soon be known as Orangetheory Stadium. [9] The new name went into effect in June 2019.

In June 2023 it was announced that in August 2023 the stadium would be renamed to Apollo Projects Stadium, sponsored by Apollo Projects, a design and construction company. [10]

In 2023, the New Zealand Warriors announced a three year deal to play one home game a year in Christchurch from the 2024 NRL season onwards with Rugby League Park hosting the matches in 2024 and 2025 before Te Kaha opens its doors in 2026. [11] The Warriors defeated the Canberra Raiders 18-10 in the first of the fixtures on 22 March 2024.

International rugby league matches

A list of rugby league test matches played at the Addington Showgrounds / Rugby League Park. [12]

Test#DateResultAttendanceNotes
129 July 1950Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand def. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 16–1010,000 1950 New Zealand vs Great Britain series
227 June 1953Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand def. Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25–55,509 1953 Trans-Tasman Test series
31 August 1964Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand def. Flag of France.svg  France 18–84,935 1964 New Zealand vs France series
419 July 1970Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain def. Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 23–98,600 1970 New Zealand vs Great Britain series
54 August 1974Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain def. Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 17–86,316 1974 New Zealand vs Great Britain series
615 June 1975Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand def. Flag of France.svg  France 27–02,500 1975 Rugby League World Cup
712 June 1977Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain def. Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 30–127,000 1977 Rugby League World Cup
85 August 1979Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain def. Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22–78,500 1979 New Zealand vs Great Britain series
922 July 1984Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand def. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28–129,824 1984 New Zealand vs Great Britain series
1017 July 1988Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand def. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 12–108,525 1988 Great Britain Lions tour
1123 June 1991Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand def. Flag of France.svg  France 32–102,0001991 New Zealand vs France series
124 November 2017Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand def. Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 74–612,130 2017 Rugby League World Cup Group B
1318 November 2017Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga def. Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 24–228,309 2017 Rugby League World Cup Quarter finals
149 November 2019Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji def. Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 22–208,875 2019 Oceania Cup
159 November 2019Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand def. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23–88,875 2019 Great Britain tour of Oceania

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