The 2004 Pacific Rim Championship and the 2004 Pacific Cup was the 9th Pacific Cup , a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted in Auckland and for the first time split into two competitions; The Pacific Rim Championship between national teams and the Pacific Cup between Auckland-based selections. In the final of the Pacific Rim competition the Cook Islands defeated New Zealand Māori 46-6 while Samoa XIII defeated Tonga XIII 52–18 to win the Pacific Cup.
18-694: The tournament, organised by both the New Zealand Rugby League and Pacific Island Rugby League Association (PIRLA), was a revival of the Pacific Cup which had not been held since 1997 due to the Super League war . The aim of the Pacific Rim Championship was to promote awareness of the game in the region with a view to re-establishing international fixtures and full contact with the main nations Australia , Great Britain and New Zealand in
36-569: A new pathway for developing elite talent, this includes 2 teams from Auckland, Auckland Blue and Auckland White, Wai-Coa Bay, Central Districts, Northland and South Island. They are also responsible for elite pathway programmes including the NZ 16s and NZ 18s teams, the NZ Taurahere and the Junior Kiwis . They have previously managed the now defunct Lion Red Cup and Bartercard Cup competitions. The NZRL
54-793: Is an incorporated society under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908. The current patron of the NZRL is Sir Anand Satyanand , who replaced Sir Peter Leitch in the role in 2019. In April 1910, the New Zealand Rugby League was formed for the purpose of administering the new code in New Zealand and "with the blessing of the Northern Rugby Football Union , on the condition that the Auckland District would not have
72-863: The New Zealand Kiwi Ferns . Currently they manage the NZRL National Secondary Schools Tournament, the NZRL Women's National Tournament and the NZRL National 20's Competition, a seven Zone national competition played at 16s, 18s grades. The premier competition is known as the National Premiership and the National Championship which is a tier below. NZRL launched the Inaugural National 20's Competition in 2021 as
90-722: The Greater Wellington region . It is responsible for the local competition of the same name, as well as its representative team, the Wellington rugby league team . The Senior WRL competition involves 9 teams in the Premier Grade with most fielding a Reserve Grade team also: The 5 other clubs that aren't in the Senior WRL are: The winner is awarded the Appleton Shield, which has been in use since 1940. In 1912 four teams played for
108-760: The Lion Red Cup . One player from the Dukes, Earl Va'a , later went on to represent Samoa in Rugby union . Both teams folded along with the competition in 1996. Wellington initially had two sides in the Bartercard Cup competition - the Porirua Pumas and the Wainuiomata Lions , based in the city of Porirua and Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata respectively. Results between the two were dissimilar - with Wainuiomata reaching
126-460: The Legends of League was introduced in 1995. 1995 Inductees 2000 Inductees 2001 Inductees 2007 Inductees 2008 Inductees 2010 Inductees 2012 Inductees ( Wellington centenary) 2013 Inductees ( Canterbury centenary ) Wellington Rugby League Wellington Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in
144-523: The Seigel Cup; Petone, Hutt, Athletic and Newtown. Petone won the first ever Wellington club competition. Wellington played its first game on 24 August 1908 when they took on Auckland at Victoria Park, Auckland in the first provincial game of rugby league in New Zealand. During 1909, 1910 and 1911 Wellington continued to play a number of provincial games and, in 1909, defeated Auckland in Auckland, 22-19,
162-413: 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. Throughout New Zealand, the sport is administered by seven zones and fifteen districts and has seven Affiliates. Zones Districts Affiliates 47 players have been inducted since
180-572: The first of only five victories over Auckland in over 100 years. The Wellington Rugby League Association was officially formed on 23 May 1912 at the Trades Hall in Wellington when 1907-08 All Golds captain, Hercules Richard (Bumper) Wright presided over a meeting of 75 footballers and supporters, many of them prominent rugby union players in Wellington. The founding committee was chaired by W J Riorden and included Daniel Fraser . Will Appleton
198-534: The management of the entire game in New Zealand". Board Staff The 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,
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#1732859245238216-622: The near future. The teams that participated in the 2004 Pacific Rim competition were: Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand Māori, Niue, Samoa and the Cook Islands. The Pacific Cup included Auckland Māori, New Caledonia, Samoa XIII, Tonga XIII and two other teams. The official opening was held as part of the pre-match programme for the Tri-Nations test match between Australia and the New Zealand Kiwis on 16 October. A colourful parade of flags representing
234-527: The participating countries was led into the stadium in front of about 20,000 spectators before kick-off. Matches were played at Waitemata Stadium , Ericsson Stadium and North Harbour Stadium . The Pacific Rim competition featured international and New Zealand based players while the Pacific Cup squads were limited to Auckland-based players with the exception of New Caledonia who sent a development squad. New Zealand Māori were coached by Tawera Nikau who
252-530: The preliminary final in the first season, and Porirua coming last place in theirs. However, in 2002 it was decided that one team (later to be named the Wellington Orcas ) was needed in the competition. They narrowly missed out on a finals spot in 2002, being on equal points but with a lower For and Against than the Marist Richmond Brothers . Unfortunately this was a high point for the franchise with
270-621: The replacement competition for the Bartercard Premiership , known as the " Wellington Orcas ". In 2004, working with the Wellington Rugby League, a consortium called the Southern Orcas was involved in bidding for a National Rugby League franchise to be based in the city. The franchise ultimately went to the Gold Coast who joined the NRL for the 2007 season. In 2007 reports emerged that
288-500: The team never making the play-offs. In 2006, the then-unnamed Bartercard Cup franchises adopted the name of Wellington Orcas, after the unsuccessful NRL expansion bid. The Wellington Rugby League were awarded a place in the new six-team National Provincial Competition as the region Wellington . The team plays its home matches at Porirua Park. Wellington Rugby League was then placed in the NZRL National Competition as
306-525: Was assisted by Terry Hermansson . The Fijian squad was composed mainly of locally based players. New Zealand Rugby League The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in New Zealand . The NZRL was founded on 25 April 1910 in preparation for a tour of Great Britain that same year . The NZRL administers the New Zealand Kiwis and
324-544: Was president of the Wellington Rugby Football League between 1940 and 1958 and presented the Appleton Shield, which is used to this day as the premier club trophy. In 1990 Wellington defeated the touring Great Britain side 30-22. This is Wellington's only victory over a touring side. Between 1994 and 1996, Wellington was represented by the Wellington City Dukes and Hutt Valley Firehawks in
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