Lion Red Cup

Lion Red Cup

Sport	Rugby league
Inaugural season	1994
Ceased	1996
Replaced by	Bartercard Cup
Number of teams	12
Country	New Zealand
Last Premiers	Wainuiomata Lions (1989-2007)
Most titles	Wainuiomata Lions (2 titles)

The Lion Red Cup was a New Zealand domestic rugby league competition that ran from 1994–1996 sponsored by brewers Lion Nathan. It was created due to the increase in public awareness of domestic rugby league due to the Auckland Warriors being accepted into the Winfield Cup. The competition was a huge success in its inaugural year, although it made a massive loss financially. Throughout its three-year history it continued to make a loss, eventually being scrapped by the New Zealand Rugby League.

Teams

The teams that participated were:

Team	Seasons	Played	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Premierships	Runner Up	Minor Premierships	Wooden Spoon
Auckland City Vulcans	1994	23	14	1	8	539	393	119	0	0	0	0
Auckland Warriors Colts	1995	24	19	0	5	711	398	323	0	1	1	0
Bay of Plenty Stags	1994-6	67	15	4	48	1024	2028	−1061	0	0	0	2
Canterbury Country Cardinals	1994-6	69	32	5	32	1504	1475	197	0	0	0	0
Christchurch City Shiners	1994-6	66	21	1	44	1173	1692	-519	0	0	0	1
Counties Manukau Heroes	1994-6	76	53	3	20	2115	1332	801	1	1	1	0
Hawkes Bay Unicorns	1994-6	66	24	2	40	1217	1545	-328	0	0	0	0
Hutt Valley Firehawks/Dolphins	1994-6	67	33	2	32	1460	1429	52	0	0	0	0
Manawatu Mustangs	1996	22	5	0	17	404	732	-328	0	0	0	0
North Harbour Sea Eagles	1994-6	75	50	1	24	1940	1235	1027	2	0	0	0
Taranaki Rockets	1994-6	66	23	2	41	1336	1744	-453	0	0	0	0
Waikato Cougars	1994-6	73	45	3	25	1696	1412	363	0	0	0	0
Waitakere City Raiders	1994-6	68	39	2	27	1705	1257	404	0	1	1	0
Wellington City Dukes	1994-6	66	27	2	37	1446	1554	-108	0	0	0	0

Seasons

Year	Champions	Score	Score	Defeated	Minor Premiers	Wooden Spoon
1994	North Harbour Sea Eagles	24	16	Counties Manukau Heroes	Counties Manukau Heroes	Bay of Plenty Stags
1995	North Harbour Sea Eagles	28	21	Auckland Warriors Colts	Auckland Warriors Colts	Bay of Plenty Stags
1996	Counties Manukau Heroes	34	22	Waitakere City Raiders	Waitakere City Raiders	Christchurch City Shiners

Leading Scorers

Top Point Scorers^[1]

500: Paul Howell (Wellington City/Hutt Valley)
405: Blair Nickson (Taranaki)
395: Earl Va’a (Wellington City/Hutt Valley)
304: Ben Lythe (Waitakere City)

Top Try Scorers^[1]

36: Paul Howell (Wellington City/Hutt Valley)
34: Don Stewart (North Harbour)
30: Marlon Gardner (Bay of Plenty)
39: David Bailey (Waitakere City)

Most Appearances^[1]

73: Esau Mann (Counties Manukau)
72: Matthew Sturm (Counties Manukau)
68: Darryn Avery (Canterbury Country)
66: Paul Howell (Wellington City/Hutt Valley)

References

1 2 3 New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998.

External links

Zealand Competitions The Vault

Lion Red Cup

Seasons	1994 (North Harbour Sea Eagles) 1995 (North Harbour Sea Eagles) 1996 (Counties Manukau Heroes)

Teams	Auckland City Vulcans Auckland Warriors Colts Bay of Plenty Stags Canterbury Country Cardinals Christchurch City Shiners Counties Manukau Heroes Hawke's Bay Unicorns Hutt Valley Firehawks Manawatu Mustangs North Harbour Sea Eagles Taranaki Rockets Waikato Cougars Waitakere City Raiders Wellington City Dukes

Rugby league in New Zealand

Federations	New Zealand Rugby League

Representative teams	Men's ("Kiwis") Women's ("Kiwi Ferns") Junior Māori Residents

New Zealand Kiwis	Players Coaches Matches

Zones	Northern Auckland Counties-Manukau Upper Central Mid-Central Wellington Southern

Districts	Auckland (team) Bay of Plenty (team) Canterbury (team) Coastline (team) Gisborne Tairawhiti (team) Manawatu (team) Northland (team) Otago (team) Southland (team) Hawke's Bay (team) Taranaki (team) Tasman (team) Waikato (team) Wellington (team) West Coast (team)

Australian competition teams	New Zealand Warriors (NRL) Auckland Vulcans (defunct) Auckland Lions (defunct)

Competitions	National Competition Rugby League Cup Bartercard Premiership (defunct) Bartercard Cup (defunct) Lion Red Cup (defunct)

New Zealand domestic seasons	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

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