Waicoa Bay Stallions

Waicoa Bay Stallions

Club information
Founded	2004
Current details
Ground(s)	Davies Park, Rotorua Stadium, Resthills Park, Owen Delany Park, Tokoroa Domain, Blake Park, Puketawhero Park
Coach(s)	Tahe Morunga

The Waicoa Bay Stallions are a rugby league team that represent the Upper Central Zone (Waikato Rugby League (Wai), Coastline Rugby League (Coa) and the Bay of Plenty Rugby League (Bay) and Gisborne) in the Albert Baskerville Trophy. This is a vast area that includes Hamilton, Rotorua and Taupo. As a result they shared their home games around several different stadiums.

They previously competed in the now defunct Bartercard Cup rugby league competition. The Ngongotaha Chiefs had previously represented part of this area in the competition.

Notable personnel

See also: Category:Waicoa Bay Stallions players

In their debut year they were coached by former international Tawera Nikau .

New Zealand Warriors assigned to the club included Lance Hohaia, Wairangi Koopu & Sam Rapira. The Stallions most notable local product was Isaac John.

History

The Stallions joined the competition in 2004, replacing the Taranaki Wildcats. They were not disgraced in their first year, performing well for a new club and securing four wins and two draws. However in their second season they could only manage three wins and ended up collecting the Wooden Spoon. In 2006 they missed the finals again, finishing eighth out of ten teams. In the final year of the competition, 2007, they finished seventh.

Season	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position	Finals
2004	16	4	2	10	380	455	-75	10	Ninth (Twelve)	N/A
2005	16	3	0	13	368	620	-252	6	Wooden Spoon (Twelve)	N/A
2006	18	5	2	11	494	662	-168	12	Eighth (Ten)	N/A
2007	18	5	1	12	418	682	-264	11	Seventh (10)	N/A