The Coastline rugby league team are 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...

 team that represents the Coastline Rugby League. They have been nicknamed the Mariners.

History

The first time Coastline competed as an independent district was in 1995

1995 New Zealand rugby league season

The 1995 New Zealand rugby league season was the eighty eighth season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the second season of the Lion Red Cup competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League...

, previously they had been represented by the Bay of Plenty side. They recorded their first ever win when they defeated Gisborne-East Coast 41-32 in their debut season.

In 2000 Coastline won the Rugby League Cup

Rugby League Cup

The Rugby League Cup is a New Zealand rugby league trophy that is currently contested between districts on a challenge basis. The trophy was originally known as the Northern Union Cup...

. They lost the Cup to Tasman

Tasman rugby league team

The Tasman rugby league team are New Zealand rugby league team that represents the Tasman Rugby League. They have previously been nicknamed the Orcas but in 2010 adopted the Titans nickname...

 in early 2001.

Between 2004 and 2007 they were represented by 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...

 in the Bartercard Cup

Bartercard Cup

The Bartercard Cup was the top level rugby league club competition in New Zealand from 2000 until 2007. For the entire life of the tournament it was sponsored by Bartercard. The cup was administered by the New Zealand Rugby League...

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Notable players

In 2001 the Mariners were coached by former Kiwi Tony Gordon

Tony Gordon (rugby league)

Anthony Ralph "Tank" Gordon is a New Zealand former rugby league and rugby union player and coach who represented the New Zealand Kiwis in the 1975 World Cup and coached them to the 1988 World Cup Final.-Early years:...

 and included Tongan international Andrew Leota

Andrew Leota

Andrew Leota is a Tongan rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby league at the 2000 World Cup.-Playing career:Leota originally played rugby league, being named in the Tonga squad for the 2000 World Cup and representing Coastline between 1997 and 2001...

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External links

• Contact Details Coastline Rugby League