Bay of Plenty Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in the Bay of Plenty

Bay of Plenty

The Bay of Plenty , often abbreviated to BOP, is a region in the North Island of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name...

 region of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. Following the restructuring of the New Zealand Rugby League

New Zealand Rugby League

The New Zealand Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in New Zealand. The NZRL was founded on the 25 April 1910 in preparation for a tour of Great Britain that same year....

 they are part of the Upper Central Zone along with Waikato Rugby League

Waikato Rugby League

Waikato Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The WRL are represented by the Waikato rugby league team...

 and Coastlines Rugby League.

Representative Side

The Bay of Plenty rugby league team is nicknamed the Bay of Plenty Stags In 2008 and 2009 they competed in the Bartercard Premiership. In the new National Zonal Competition

National Zonal Competition

The National Competition is the top level rugby league competition run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The competition replaced the Bartercard Premiership following a Sparc funded review and restructure of the New Zealand Rugby League. Seven teams compete in the competition each representing a Zone...

 they are part of the Mid-Central team.

Previous National Competitions

Between 1994 and 1996, the Bay of Plenty region was represented by the Bay of Plenty Stags in the Lion Red Cup

Lion Red Cup

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...

 competition.

Lion Red Cup results

Season	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position	Finals
1994	22	2	0	20	262	800
4	Wooden Spoon	N/A
1995	22	2	1	19	304	752
5	Wooden Spoon	N/A
1996	22	11	3	8	440	441
25	Fifth	Lost Elimination Play-off

Bartercard Premiership results

Season	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position	Finals
2008	5	1	0	4	114	186
2	Fifth	N/A
2008	5	0	0	5	70	254
0	Wooden Spoon	N/A

Bartercard Cup

The Bay of Plenty region has been represented by two separate teams in the Bartercard Cup competition.

• The Ngongotaha Chiefs
  Ngongotaha Chiefs
  The Ngongotaha Chiefs are a New Zealand rugby league club. They are from Ngongotaha in the Bay of Plenty. In 2000 and 2001 they competed in the Bartercard Cup but now they compete in the Bay of Plenty Rugby League competition.-Notable players:...
  
   competed in the 2000 and 2001 seasons. The team is notable for losing the first sixteen matches of the 2001 season, causing the Chiefs to withdraw from the competition six rounds before the completion of the season.
• The Waicoa Bay Stallions
  Waicoa Bay Stallions
  The Waicoa Bay Stallions are a rugby league team that represent the Upper Central Zone in the Albert Baskerville Trophy. This is a vast area that includes Hamilton, Rotorua and Taupo...
  
  , a co-operative team involving players from Waikato
  Waikato Rugby League
  Waikato Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The WRL are represented by the Waikato rugby league team...
  
  , Coastline and Bay of Plenty federations, joined the competition in 2004, replacing the Taranaki Wildcats. The team is notable for having former international Tawera Nikau
  Tawera Nikau
  Tawera Nuieia Nikau is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative forward, he played club football at a number of different clubs in New Zealand, England and Australia during his career, including the Melbourne Storm's victory...
  
  as head coach for their inaugural year. The Stallions folded along with the competition at the end of the 2007 season.

  Team	Season	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position	Finals
  Chiefs	2000	22	4	0	18	424	685
  8	Eleventh (Twelve)	N/A
  Chiefs	2001	16	0	0	16	282	1000
  0	Twelfth (Twelve)	N/A
  Stallions	2004	16	4	2	10	380	455
  10	Ninth (Twelve)	N/A
  Stallions	2005	16	3	0	13	368	620
  6	Wooden Spoon (Twelve)	N/A
  Stallions	2006	18	5	2	11	494	662
  12	Eighth (Ten)	N/A
  Stallions	2007	18	5	1	12	418	682
  11	Seventh (10)	N/A