The Christchurch City Shiners 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 Christchurch

Christchurch

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 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. They were administered by the Canterbury Rugby League

Canterbury Rugby League

Canterbury Rugby League is the regional body that administers rugby league in Canterbury, New Zealand. CRL manages local competitions from senior level down to age group competitions. Canterbury Rugby League also manages the Canterbury rugby league team which represents the region in New Zealand...

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Feeder clubs included Addington, Sydenham and Linwood.

Players

Notable players included Simon Angell

Simon Angell

Simon Alexander Angell is a former rugby league player who represented his country.-Playing career:Angell played for the Canterbury side that bet Auckland in 1993, starting in the second row in the Provincial grand final....

, Blair Harding

Blair Harding

Blair Edward Harding was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in 1993.-Playing career:Harding played for Papanui in the Canterbury Rugby League competition. He played for Canterbury in 1993, being part of the side that defeated Auckland to win the National Provincial...

, Shane Endacott

Shane Endacott

Shane Endacott is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player. His position of preference was Five Eighth, however he was also often used at lock, hooker or in the centres...

, Phil Bergman

Phil Bergman

Phil Bergman is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand Māori and played professionally for Paris Saint-Germain in the Super League.-Playing career:...

 and Marty Crequer

Marty Crequer

Martin Paul Crequer was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented his country.-Playing career:A Hornby junior in the Canterbury competition, Crequer was a Schoolboy Kiwi in 1979 and a Junior Kiwi in 1983...

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Coaches

The Shiners had three different coaches over the three years of the competition: Wayne Wallace

Wayne Wallace

Wayne John Wallace is a New Zealand former rugby league player and coach who represented his country in the 1988 World Cup Final.-Playing career:...

, Lex Clarke and Mark Vincent. Kiwis coach Frank Endacott

Frank Endacott

Frank Morris Endacott, ONZM is a retired rugby league player and coach from New Zealand. His son, Shane, also played rugby league.-Playing career:Endacott played for Addington and Hornby in the Canterbury Rugby League competition...

assisted Wallace in the first year of the competition.

Season Results

Season	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position	Finals
1994	22	6	0	16	358	630
12	Eleventh	N/A
1995	22	12	1	9	455	419	36	25	Sixth	N/A
1996	22	3	0	19	360	643
6	Wooden Spoon	N/A