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2011 New Zealand Rugby League Season
The 2011 New Zealand rugby league season was the 104th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the NZRL Men's National Competition, National Competition run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The premier teams competed for the Albert Baskerville Trophy, which was won by the Auckland rugby league team, Auckland Pride when they defeated the South Island Scorpions 44 - 34 in the Grand Final. International competitions The New Zealand national rugby league team were going to host the ANZAC Test for the first time since 1998, as the match was originally announced to be played in Christchurch's Lancaster Park, AMI Stadium on 6 May. However, following the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake this decision was reviewed and on 4 March it was announced the match would be played at the Skilled Park on the Gold Coast, Australia, Gold Coast. New Zealand lost the match 10–20. New Zealand were coached by Stephen Kearney and included Lance H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 New Zealand Rugby League Season
The New Zealand rugby league season 2010 was the 103rd season of rugby league that was played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the new National Zonal competition run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The premier teams competed for the Albert Baskerville Trophy, which was won by Auckland rugby league team, Auckland when they defeated Counties Manukau rugby league team, Counties Manukau 14 - 6 in the Grand Final. International competitions Five test matches took place in New Zealand in 2010. First New Zealand hosted Samoa national rugby league team, Samoa in a warm up match to the 2010 Rugby League Four Nations, 2010 Four Nations, defeating them 50–6. It was the first time the two nations had played each other in a test match. As part of the Four Nations competition New Zealand played England, Australia and Papua New Guinea in Wellington, Auckland and Rotorua respectively. England and PNG also play each other as a curtain raiser to the New Zealand vs Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
