1929 New Zealand rugby league season

The 1929 New Zealand rugby league season was the 22nd season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.

International competitions

New Zealand played in no international matches in 1929.

The New South Wales Rugby Football League's South Sydney Rabbitohs toured the country late in the season. They played two matches against Marist, with both sides securing one win. South Sydney also defeated Huntly.^[1] Souths were without five Kangaroos who were on a tour of Great Britain. Marist won the first match 10-9 at Carlaw Park while Souths won the second 21-5 in front of 15,000 fans.

National competitions

Northern Union Cup

Auckland again held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season. They defeated Canterbury 47-18 before defeating South Auckland 11-8 and Northland 22-19.^[1] It was Northlands first season of rugby league.

Auckland included Frank Delgrosso and Allan Seagar.^[1]

Inter-island competition

The South Island defeated the North Island 23-13. It was the first time the South had won the inter-island match.^[2] The South Island team included Claude Dobbs, Mick O'Brien, Jim Amos, Jim Calder, Norm Griffiths, Alf Townsend, captain Jim Sanders, Charlie McElwee and Bert Eckhoff.

Club competitions

Auckland

Marist in 1929

Ponsonby won the Auckland Rugby League's competition.^[3] Marist Brothers won the Roope Rooster, Stormont Shield and Thistle Cup, defeating Ponsonby 28-14 in the champion of champion matches. Point Chevalier won the Norton Cup.

Steve Watene played for the City Rovers.

Marist were coached by Jack Kirwan and included Norm Campbell, Gordon Campbell, Charles Gregory, Hec Brisbane and Wilf Hassan. Jim O'Brien was the clubs' secretary. Frank Delgrosso captained Ponsonby.

Wellington

Celtic won the Wellington Rugby League's Appleton Shield.^[3]

Canterbury

Addington won the Canterbury Rugby League's McKeon Cup and Thacker Shield.^[3]

Other Competitions

The Otago Rugby League's Christrian Brothers defeated Addington 29-8 to win the Gore Cup.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
1 2 Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
1 2 3 Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 New Zealand Rugby League, 1990. p.72

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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