1957 New Zealand rugby league season

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1957 New Zealand rugby league season
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The 1957 New Zealand rugby league season was the 50th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.

International competitions

See also:
List of New Zealand Kiwis matches

New Zealand attended the

George P Turner, vice-captain George Menzies, Sel Belsham, Jock Butterfield, Bill McLennan, Henry Maxwell, captain Cliff Johnson, Kevin Pearce, Jim Riddell, John Yates, Rex Percy and Keith Bell
.

An Auckland junior team toured Australia, winning matches against Illawarra, Western Suburbs and twice beating Eastern Suburbs. The squad included future Kiwis Brian Reidy, who captained the squad, and Gary Phillips.[1]

National competitions

Northern Union Cup

Northern Union Cup
at the end of the season.

Inter-district competition

Canterbury and the West Coast drew in Greymouth.[2]

Club competitions

Auckland

See also: Auckland Rugby League club trophies

Ellerslie won the Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial Trophy.[3] They shared the Rukutai Shield with City Newton. Otahuhu won the Roope Rooster.

The first University of Auckland rugby league club was founded in 1957.[4] Affiliated to the Ellerslie club, the university side included Murray Paterson.[1]

Wellington

St George won the Wellington Rugby League's Appleton Shield.[3]

Canterbury

Papanui won the Canterbury Rugby League's Massetti Cup.[3]

The Canterbury Rugby League experimented with a "sin bin" until the New Zealand Rugby League instructed them to return to International rules. The sin bin is now a permanent feature of the rugby league rules.[2]

The Rugby League finally sold Monica Park during the season.[2]

Kaiapoi registered with the Rugby League.

Jock Butterfield played for Sydenham.

Other competitions

The Manawatu Rugby League was formed in February with six clubs; Takaro, Kiwi, Celtic, Kia Ora, Marton and Feilding. Ex-Australian international Noel Pidding played for the Marton club. Feilding won the first ever Championship title defeating Takaro.[5]

Runanga defeated Papanui 19–17 to win the Thacker Shield.[2]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4
    .
  2. ^ a b c d Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
  3. ^ a b c Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 New Zealand Rugby League, 1990. p. 72
  4. ^ Auckland University Rugby League Football Club Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine aucklandleague.co.nz
  5. ^ MRL History Archived 28 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Manawatu Rugby League
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