1968 New Zealand rugby league season

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1968 New Zealand rugby league season
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The 1968 New Zealand rugby league season was the 61st season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.

International competitions

See also:
List of New Zealand Kiwis matches

Anthony Kriletich, Brian Lee, Colin McMaster, Robert Mincham, Colin O'Neil, Paul Schultz, Ray Sinel, Gary Smith, Roger Tait, Henry Tatana and Ernie Wiggs
.

New South Wales Country toured New Zealand, losing to Southern Zone 12–10, Northern Zone 13-5 and New Zealand Māori 18–12.[1]

The

NSWRL Premiership winning South Sydney Rabbitohs toured the country, defeating the Auckland Rugby League champion Mount Albert Lions 27–13, Ponsonby 31-1 and Auckland Māori 33–14.[1]

Ernie Wiggs won the New Zealand Rugby League's player of the year award.[2]

National competitions

Northern Union Cup

Addington Showgrounds and Canterbury regained the trophy.[3] Canterbury defended the trophy against Otago
, winning 35–11.

Inter-district competition

Auckland won the Rothmans trophy, beating Wellington 28–4 in the final.[2]

Auckland defeated Canterbury 29-15 during Queen's Birthday weekend.[1]

Ernie Wiggs, Roger Bailey, Mike McClennan, Dennis Key, Ken McCracken, John Sparnon, Gary Woollard, Victor Yates, Bill Burgoyne, Doug Gailey, Ray Williams, Ray Wilson, Robert Orchard, Tony Kriletich, Doug Ellwood, Ray Sinel and Eric Carson played for Auckland.[1]

Canterbury included

Arthur Gillman, Bill Noonan, captain Jim White, Gary Clarke and Leo Brown
.

Club competitions

Auckland

See also: Auckland Rugby League club trophies

Mount Wellington
won the Sharman Cup.

John Young, from Ellerslie, won the

Rothville Trophy. Ernie Wiggs, from Otahuhu, again won the Painter Rosebowl Trophy.[5]

The

Pakuranga club was formed as a feeder club to Ellerslie.[7]

Ponsonby included Mike McClennan and Roger Bailey.[1]

Wellington

Randwick won the Wellington Rugby League's Appleton Shield.[4]

Canterbury

Linwood won the Canterbury Rugby League's Pat Smith Challenge Trophy, defeating Papanui 9–7 in extra time in the Grand Final.[4] Addington and Papanui had shared the Massetti Cup as minor premiers while Eastern Suburbs won the Gore Cup.

The Christchurch club renamed itself Eastern Suburbs.[3] Marist also became Marist-Western Suburbs.

Jim Toki (Papanui) won the A.G.Bailey Challenge Cup as leading tryscorer while John Rosanowski (Linwood) won the Turner and Le Brun Cup as leading goalscorer.[3]

Jim Bond, Spencer Dunn and Gary Clarke played for Papanui.[3]

Other Competitions

Runanga defeated Linwood 5–0 to win the Thacker Shield.[3]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4
    .
  2. ^ a b Sky Rugby League Annual '98 New Zealand Rugby League, 1998
  3. ^ a b c d e Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
  4. ^ a b c Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 New Zealand Rugby League, 1990. p. 72
  5. ^ Otahuhu Rovers Rugby League Football and Sports Club Inc Archived 5 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine aucklandleague.co.nz
  6. ^ Auckland University Rugby League Football Club Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine aucklandleague.co.nz
  7. ^ History Archived 8 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine ellerslieleague.co.nz
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