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The Waitakere City Raiders were a 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...

rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

club that represented Waitakere City 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...

from 1994 to 1996.

Notable players

Notable players included; Boycie Nelson

Boycie Nelson

Boycie Nelson is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Glenora Bears. His position of preference is in the Centres and he also kicks goals.-New Zealand:...

, David Bailey

David Bailey (rugby league)

David Bailey is a former rugby league player. His position of preference was in the Centres although he also played at Five Eighth. He is the son of New Zealand international Roger Bailey.-Early years:...

, Ben Lythe

Ben Lythe

Ben Lythe is a former professional rugby league player. His position of preference was at Halfback. He was also a noted goalkicker.-Early years:...

, Tony Tuimavave

Tony Tuimavave

Antonio Emil Tuimavave is a former professional rugby league player who is the current head coach of the Ponsonby Ponies. He played mainly at prop or at lock forward. He was nicknamed The Chief because he is a chief back in his native Samoa....

, Robbie

Robbie Paul

Robert Rawiri 'Robbie' Hunter-Paul is a New Zealand rugby league player. He currently plays for Leigh Centurions in England. He played for the New Zealand national team 27 times. He is the younger brother of Leeds Carnegie player Henry Paul.-Early years:Born in Tokoroa, New Zealand, his junior...

and Henry Paul

Henry Paul

Henry Paul , is a dual code rugby international. Paul has previously represented New Zealand in rugby league and England in rugby union XV's and 7's. He currently holds the world record for the most consecutive kicks on the field.Paul's usual position is loose forward/Lock. He can also operate in...

, Willie Swann

Willie Swann

Willie Swann is a former Samoa, Warrington Wolves and Auckland Warriors rugby league player.-Playing career:Swann was a Marist Saints junior who played fifteen matches for the Waitakere City Raiders in the 1994 Lion Red Cup, scoring 29 points. He was a Junior Kiwi in 1993...

, Julian O'Neill

Julian O'Neill (New Zealand)

Julian O'Neill is a former professional rugby league footballer who spent most of his career playing in Super League...

, Brady Malam

Brady Malam

Brady Malam is a former New Zealand rugby league player. His preferred position was at Prop.-Early years:A junior from the Glenora club, Malam played for Auckland at Hooker before bulking up and moving to Prop in his late teens. He played for the Junior Kiwis in 1992 and 1993...

, Anthony Swann

Anthony Swann

Anthony Gilbert Swann is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented both New Zealand and Samoa in international rugby league. He was educated at Liston College, Henderson.-Playing career:...

, Cliff Beverley

Cliff Beverley

Cliff Beverley is a former professional rugby league player. His preferred position was Five Eighth, although he was somewhat of a utility and spent considerable time at fullback.-Early years:...

, Brian Jellick

Brian Jellick

Brian Andrew Jellick is a former professional rugby league footballer who represented his country. His position of preference was on the .-Playing career:...

, Fred Robards and Paki Tuimavave

Paki Tuimavave

Paki Tuimavave is a former rugby league player who represented Samoa. He is the brother of fellow internationals Tony and Paddy Tuimavave.-Playing career:...

Season Results

Season	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position	Finals
1994	22	9	1	12	530	487	43	19	Seventh	N/A
1995	22	10	1	11	430	386	44	21	Eighth	N/A
1996	22	19	0	3	697	342	355	38	Minor Premiers	Lost Grand Final

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