Gisborne Tairawhiti rugby league team

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Gisborne Tairawhiti
Club information
Nickname(s)Lions
Current details
Ground(s)
  • Awapuni Stadium
CompetitionNew Zealand Rugby League
Records
Rugby League Cup2007

The Gisborne Tairawhiti rugby league team are New Zealand rugby league team that represents the . In the past they were known as the Gisborne East Coast Lions.

History[]

The Gisborne and East Coast region has not been a strong rugby league area and as a result the team has not been very strong at a national level. For example, the team was winless between 1991 and 1994.[1]

The team did not compete in the Lion Red Cup, with the region being represented by the Hawke's Bay Unicorns. In 1995 Gisborne-East Coast defeated Northland for the first time ever.[2]

The region was not represented in the Bartercard Cup.

In 2007 Gisborne Tairawhiti won the Rugby League Cup, eventually losing the challenge trophy to the Hawke's Bay 58-6 on 15 September 2007.[3]

Currently the region is represented in the National Zonal Competition by the Waicoa Bay Stallions.

References[]

  1. ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.176-178
  2. ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.180
  3. ^ Bay crowned cup kings Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Hawke's Bay Today, 17 September 2007
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