Waitakere Rangers

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**Bartercard Cup**

Club name	Waitakere Rangers
First Season	2006
Ground	Waitakere Stadium, Jack Colvin Park, Harold Moody Park
Coach	Bernie Perenara
Premierships	Nil

The Waitakere Rangers are a new franchise in the Bartercard Cup rugby league competition in New Zealand. They represent five teams based in Waitakere City including the Glenora Bears, who previously represented the City in the Bartercard Cup. They are based at the Trusts Stadium.

[edit] Notable Players

The playing squad includes former Warrior Cliff Beverley, former Melbourne Storm player Matt Rua and Awen Guttenbeil's brother Karl. Current Warriors assigned to the Rangers include Epalahame Lauaki and Sione Faumuina.[1]

[edit] 2006 Results

See Also: Bartercard Cup season 2006

Season 2006	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Finished Third	18	12	0	6	608	435	173	24

After a slow start the Rangers managed to get the team working well together and strung together enough wins to not only secure themselves a playoff position but to finish third. This was despite Matt Rua leaving halfway through the season for the Central Comets. Fullback Cliff Beverley has been a standout. The Rangers lost a close play-off match down in Christchurch 26-20 and then went down to the Tamaki Leopards 25-24 in extra time the following weekend to be elimiminated from the play-offs.