4-896: The Waitakere Rangers were a team in the now defunct Bartercard Cup Rugby league competition in New Zealand . They represented five clubs based in Waitakere City including the Glenora Bears who previously represented the City in the Bartercard Cup. The other four clubs were the Waitemata Seagulls , Te Atatu Roosters , New Lynn Stags and Bay Roskill Vikings . They were based at the Trusts Stadium although on occasion they played their matches at
8-601: The Canterbury Bulls 26-20 and then lost to the Tamaki Leopards 25–24 in extra time the following weekend to be elimiminated from the play-offs. After finishing fourth in the regular season, The Rangers were defeated by the Canterbury Bulls 35–18 in the first week of the playoffs to be eliminated from the competition. Bartercard Cup The Bartercard Cup (successor of the Lion Red Cup )
12-537: The grounds of their feeder clubs. At various times their playing squad included former Warrior Cliff Beverley , former Melbourne Storm player Matt Rua and Awen Guttenbeil 's brother Karl. Warriors assigned to the Rangers included Epalahame Lauaki and Sione Faumuina . In 2006 the Rangers secured a playoff position and eventually finished third. The Rangers lost a close play-off match in Christchurch to
16-660: Was the top level rugby league club competition in New Zealand from 2000 until 2007. For the entire life of the tournament it was sponsored by Bartercard . The cup was administered by the New Zealand Rugby League . The tournament was discontinued by the NZRL in 2007 and was replaced by the Bartercard Premiership in 2008. The format of the competition changed several times over the life of
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