1917 New Zealand rugby league season

The 1917 New Zealand rugby league season was the tenth season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.

International competitions

New Zealand played in no international matches in 1917.

National competitions

Northern Union Cup

Auckland again held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season.

Club competitions

Auckland

Ponsonby United won the Auckland Rugby League's competition and the Roope Rooster.^[1]

The Auckland Rugby Union champions, Railway (themselves a War time combination of the Marist and City clubs), split with a breakaway group led by Conrad McDevitt challenging Ponsonby United to a game of rugby league. Railway XIII, who included most of the club's leading players, defeated Ponsonby United 12-3 at the Auckland Domain. They then lost to the City Rovers 6-18. Railway XIII included Ces Dacre, who later represented New Zealand at cricket.^[2] In 1918 the club merged with Grafton Athletic. McDevitt was later involved in the formation of the Marist club in 1919.^[2]

Canterbury

Sydenham won the Canterbury Rugby League's competition, for which they were awarded the Thacker Shield.^[1]

Federal, Hornby, Linwood and Sydenham were the only senior teams.

During the year former Canterbury captain and New Zealand international Bill Bussell was killed in action.^[3]

Other Competitions

The Wellington Rugby League's competition was suspended from 1916 until 1918.

References

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

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

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